Cyberbullying

Who-Lori Drew, Megan Meier
What-Drew posed as a teenage boy online and sent disturbing messages to Megan Meier. Shortly after receiving these messages, Megan committed suicide
Where-Missouri, U.S.
When-Oct. 2006

Main Idea-The main idea is that cyberbullying is a crime and people should be punished in doing this act. This act could cause great harm in dealing with person mental problems similar to what happened to Megan.

Own Idea-This act could cause great harm in dealing with person mental problems similar to what happened to Megan. Sometimes people can’t deal with these problems the right way and therefore can lead to traumatic events.

Conflict-The conflict is that so many people get away in doing this crime. When this happens the “victim” should alert a professional who deals with this issue and the cyber bully will be stopped.

Teenager’s Internet Socializing Not a Bad Thing

“All those hours their teenagers spend socializing on the Internet are not a bad thing,” states the MacArthur Foundation from recent studies. The majority of teenagers have at least one social networking site that they belong to, such as Facebook and Myspace. By visiting these sites every day, teenagers are learning how to communicate with one another on the World Wide Web. Mizuko Ito, a lead researcher on the study, said, “But their participation is giving them the technological skills and literacy they need to succeed in the contemporary world. They’re learning how to get along with others, how to manage a public identity, how to create a home page.” This is important, because the internet is where the future is going and sooner or later, every teenager or adult would need to be able to use a computer. Just look today. People can get their news, weather, and sports on the internet and never have to turn on the television to get this. The internet is what the majority of people use and I believe that it’s good to belong to a social networking site because then teenagers can really learn now and in the future, the communicating that will take place.

Not only do teenagers have these social networking identities, but well known people have them. For example, our future President Barack Obama has a facebook and you can friend him. Teenagers and adults have become friends with Obama on facebook and can share their ideas with him by writing on his wall. This gives them a great understanding about politics and major issues for our country.

The internet is the future of learning and communicating and teenagers should be able to have these social networking identities. With these, they won’t have trouble in the future using a computer and will have success for years.

Safe Blogging

Posting blogs can be a little dangerous if you don’t know how to use it properly, but with these few easy rules, you’ll have a fun time posting blogs and doing it in a safe manner. Most importantly, you should only use your first name and never your last. This is important because not only your friends can view your blogs, but the entire internet nation can and you want to keep your personal life out of it. When writing a blog you should no use vulgar words and if you think it may offend someone, keep that to your self and therefore no ones feelings will get hurt. The last rule for safe blogging is not to put up inappropriate links and pics either of you or someone else. In other words, don’t put up websites that are not significant for the topic that your are writing on. If you will follow these rules you will have a fun time blogging. So be careful and safe blogging.