As Palfrey and Gasser very well claims, we live in a world where we have the feeling that we know

people because we follow them on social media like facebook or twitter. We know what they look

like and what they do. We know their taste in music and know what movies they see. All this only

because we have an online friendship.

They've got another good point where an 8 year old girl makes her own movies and shares them

on YouTube accessible to all. What is appropriate to share with "everyone" and what happens to

the things that we share online and later might regret?

The children that we encounter in today’s schools are digital natives and that we cannot

change! The digital age provides innovative opportunities in communications and multimodal

presentations. It is important that we do not let our fear of the digital world destroy the learning

opportunities that are present.

“How do we take effective steps to protect our children, as well as the interests of others, while

allowing those same kids enough room to figure things out on their own?”

Palfrey and Gasser are saying that if we overcome our fear of the digital media and reflect over the

problems we think are following them, such as bullying, stalking and Copyright violations then it

actually is problems that we have been dealing with for decades. To get a good ethic surrounding

in the use of web 2.0 Palfrey and Gasser highlights that it is primarily the inner core - the parents

who have responsibility, just as they would have it under "older" ethical guidelines. The use of

digital media is already introduced when kids are attending school. I think that the parents have

obligations to the way their kids get along with other people - also digitally. The teacher can build

a code of conduct for the Internet use. Below are the copyright as well as it would be if you read in

a book, where you also cannot just copy the text or images without ensuring that it is legal.

The important thing to teach children must be how they present themselves on the internet. We

would have done the same thing about how they are acting in the classroom and how specific

behavior works. The thing is with the internet, that you have to know how to use it safely.

Think about what your pictures are saying about you. Maybe a future boss will Google you and

something inappropriate will appear. You need to know the consequences of your online image.


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