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“I would guess that 95 percent of parents have no idea, anything about ChatGPT, haven’t thought about it, or don’t know anything about it. It is not uncommon for children and young adults to be ahead of the adults in their lives with certain technological advances. It has made headlines for its humanlike and unique responses to questions, which sparked concern among some educators around cheating and a loss of critical thinking skills. Provided it's used responsibly I don't think there's a problem with schools using it.The new AI technology has become so popular that some schools have banned it as it makes its way into the lives of K-12 and college students around the U.S. The world changes and social media is now an intrinsic part of most people's lives. I doubt many people would want to go back to being without all those things.

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It's true that schools managed without social media in the past, but they also managed without email, cashless catering, online homework and indeed without computers full stop. I can't really see any risk in that - it's not like they will be posting his contact details or anything. It's the first time he has been out of the country without us so the occasional picture of the group showing him hopefully enjoying himself will be welcome. My son is going on a trip abroad with school in a few weeks and I know there will be updates on Twitter, which personally I will find quite reassuring to read.

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No more finding notes crumpled in the bottom of school bags, plus it has to be better for the environment. Since electronic communication in all its forms has taken over from notes being sent home I feel a lot better informed.

There's no really personal information shared on public pages - a bit more social chit chat on the closed groups maybe but since it's only staff and other parents there I don't mind. The phone signal in our village is not terribly reliable so I don't always have a signal at home, hence I'd rather get a message via the internet if a match is cancelled or I need to remember swimming kit etc. Mainly they are used to advertise upcoming events, changes to schedules and so on which I find helpful. Our secondary isn't on FB but does have twitter and all the out of school groups that my kids participate in have some kind of social media account too. Our primary school has a FB page which is public, a group which is closed and a twitter account. I personally would say that properly used, a school (even better, a class) Facebook page would be a good way of beginning that education, especially as a lot of parents are either unable or unwilling to.

but instead of treating iPads, smartphones and the like as tools, too many of us treat them as toys. if a child is old enough to be given an internet enabled device, they are old enough to be taught frankly about the dangers as well as the benefits of internet use. the problem is the lack of education about social media among the young. you cannot sue, because you have no right to prevent those photos), in the second case no one can prevent this legally) in the first case, the school could sue for damages unless the child had the schools permission to take photos (note. and the school cannot offer any real control over photography (for example, another pupil taking the photo, or someone on a public path taking photos of the playground, will be able to publish those photos. by leaving your children in the school, the LEA already have the right to allow them to be photographed. One reason schools ask for objections to photos rather than permission is that they already have 'permission'. and as the photographer then owns those photos, they can publish or sell the pictures as they wish. again, the permission of the subject is not needed. on private property (like a school) the photographer needs the permission of the landowner or their representative. well, the legal take on this is that in a public place, anyone can take photos of anyone they like, without asking permission. In nearly all of the well-publicised cases of predators using Facebook to ensnare their victims, the victim was known personally to the predator before they befriended them on Facebook, or was a friend of a friend.Īs for permission. they don't need pictures posting on Facebook. usually parents, step parents, siblings, cousins, uncles, aunts, or close family friends. The great majority (over 96%) of kidnapped, murdered or abused children are the victims of people they already know.