Wednesday, October 17, 2007

PaLA - Wild, Wild Web Session

Jayne Hitchcock is offering us a boatload of very practical, applicable information on online abuse issues, safety tips and mechanisms for dealing with the dangers, threats and scams.

My most eye-opening issue was Leetspeak, and I've already emailed our teen librarians to let them know about it. It's a language created by teens because parents have become too sophisticated and now understand regular text message shortcuts.

The WHO@ website has tons of information, including a downloadable brochure with online and off-line safety tips. It is so worth looking at!

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