This summer I'm doing a series on What Parent's Need to Know about *insert some type of online thing here*... because it's not just parents that need to know these things but teachers too AND if there is one thing we all know it's that online stuff changes so often it's hard to keep up (especially when you aren't even using that app/program)!
Today I'm talking about Instagram
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| What Parents Need to Know About Instagram |
1) You CAN make an account private so only people you approve will see what you (or your son/daughter/student/etc) posts
2) You CAN filter inappropriate comments. With so many "keyboard warriors" out there you should make sure this feature is turned on to protect your son/daughter/student/etc from seeing hurtful comments. And if one happens to slip through, use it as a teaching moment on how hurtful those things can be and why no one should post them (and then delete it).
3) Encourage your son/daughter/students to not use the location tagging and explain how it can be dangerous (remember the big Kim Kardashian robbery that could have maybe been avoided had her location, and some of the expensive things she had with her, hadn't been so obvious?)
Last week I talked about what we should all know about Youtube.
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