Aug 6, 01:03 PM

Well, not exactly. We do have a beauty, literally…Lindsay Caesmer, Miss Missouri 2007 will be on hand to talk about her experience with a cyberstalker while a student in college. And, we have Chris Pickering of the Missouri Attorney General’s office. Not exactly a beast, but I won’t be picking any fights with him! He will be setting the record straight on illegal downloads and other questions that keep parents and teachers awake at night.

If you are around kids, you know they are continually texting, chatting, e-mailing, surfing and who-knows-what-elseing with their computer, phone, BlackBerry or other device. Kids inherently gravitate towards the technology, and they seem to know more about it without reading the manual than we do after reading the manual 2 or 3 times. I have often wondered if it helps to read it in the other 7 languages printed in the manual. One of them surely has to be the native language of the author. :)

• Is Facebook really that dangerous?
• How do we know that our students are making wise choices with the time they spend on the Internet?
• Is it legal to download music on-line?

The Postscript session Keeping Kids Safe Online: The Biggest Risks and How to Talk About Them with Chris and Lindsay will be an awesome opportunity to have students and teachers sit down and have a lively and interactive discussion about these topics and others. They are a great team and really interact well with the kids. This will be a great way to learn how to keep your kids safe, learn about signs that someone is being cyberbullied and how you can help your kids make good choices as they use the Internet.

Oh yeah, we will be connecting up students and teachers from across the nation as we use video streaming and video conferencing technology to really expand the walls of our classroom. Come see firsthand the Teaching and Learning 2.0 technology. You might even be able to get an autographed picture with our presenters.

One more thing, my name is Randy Raw and I manage the Network Security group at MOREnet. I am passionate about keeping kids safe on-line and this is one of the ways we are working to help your kids be safe. Visit our website at besafe.more.net for more resources.