Posted by admin on September 22nd, 2009 in Internet Use, Parenting, Technology

The new Digital Nation website is just awesome.  They are calling their video submission page “Life On the Frontier” and when you visit you’ll see a whole page full of interesting interviews with people.   They’re from all walks of life, every age imaginable – talking about technology and it’s impact on their life.

I’ll write a more in-depth piece about the new site soon.  Today, I want to discuss  YouTube.  I haven’t spent much time (in fact there’s not a single post in my archives) discussing teenagers and   You Tube.   But after discovering the video below (on the Digital Nation site), I have a lot to consider.

Liability and Such

Nancy Mantelli, a teacher, was filmed at NECC ‘09. Hear what she has to say about video-taping and liability issues:

Shocking or Just Fun?

We’ve all heard about teenagers who display  their terrible behavior, including getting stoned or throwing babies – on Youtube.

Listening to Ms. Mantelli,  reminds me there are legal issues  not many parents discuss with their kids.  My teens aren’t heavily involved in making videos, so I haven’t thought much about it.   I’m thinking now!   Look for more on this …I’m not done yet.

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