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Home HRMS Choose Database: 6th Grade 7th Grade 8th Grade Peabody Institute Library Dream Teams	Parent Connections: Web Sites and Information of Interest to Parents and Families March 2010 This month our focus is on MySpace, the online social networking site that is so popular with teens. Visit one of the Web sites below for information and resources on MySpace and Internet safety in general. Or come in to the library and borrow our new book: MySpace Unraveled: A Parent's Guide to Teen Social Networking (from the Directors of BlogSafety.com) by Larry Magid and Anne Collier, published in 2007 The book addresses such topics as: Online Socializing Basics MySpace for Parents Social Networking Safety A Parents' Toolkit MySpacers' Advanced Tricks and Tips Web sites: Safety Tips for Teens and Parents http://collect.myspace.com/misc/tipsForParents.html In additon to the Safety Tips, this site offers several links to more online resources: * Netsmartz.org * SafeTeens.com * WebWiseKids.org * BlogSafety.Com * Common Sense Media How MySpace Works http://computer.howstuffworks.com/internet/social-networking/networks/myspace.htm 'This introduction to the prominent social networking site Myspace describes what it "really is, what it can do for you, [and] how it blew past the competition." Discusses how the idea of social networking is applied online ("It's the simple act of expanding the number of people you know by meeting your friends' friends, their friends' friends and their friends' friends' friends."). Also addresses safety issues. From How Stuff Works.' (lii.org)
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Parent Connections: Web Sites and Information of Interest to Parents and Families

March 2010
This month our focus is on MySpace, the online social networking site that is so popular with teens.

Visit one of the Web sites below for information and resources on MySpace and Internet safety in general.

Or come in to the library and borrow our new book:

MySpace Unraveled: A Parent's Guide to Teen Social Networking (from the Directors of BlogSafety.com) by Larry Magid and Anne Collier, published in 2007

The book addresses such topics as:

Online Socializing Basics
MySpace for Parents
Social Networking Safety
A Parents' Toolkit
MySpacers' Advanced Tricks and Tips

Web sites:

Safety Tips for Teens and Parents
http://collect.myspace.com/misc/tipsForParents.html
In additon to the Safety Tips, this site offers several links to more online resources:

* Netsmartz.org
* SafeTeens.com
* WebWiseKids.org
* BlogSafety.Com
* Common Sense Media

How MySpace Works
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/internet/social-networking/networks/myspace.htm
'This introduction to the prominent social networking site Myspace describes what it "really is, what it can do for you, [and] how it blew past the competition." Discusses how the idea of social networking is applied online ("It's the simple act of expanding the number of people you know by meeting your friends' friends, their friends' friends and their friends' friends' friends."). Also addresses safety issues. From How Stuff Works.' (lii.org)