Parents+and+Community

__**Your task:** Parents & Community__

__Talking Points__: __Strategies__:
 * Making parents aware of social networking, even for younger kids. (Club Penquin, Web Kins, Disney's Virtual Magic Kingdom, Nick-A-Tropolis....)
 * Basic Internet awareness - where the computer located in the home? Is it monitored? Is there a time limit? Checking the histories, etc.
 * Cyberbullying
 * Private vs. Public sites
 * How to we get parents interested attending sessions to become informed?
 * Familiarity with Kid Friendly Search engines
 * Have "Literacy nights" or "tech nights" and offer various sessions parents might be interested in signing up for. Sessions can be lead by CRS, LMS and Guidance counselors
 * Group with other schools to present the information to parents to increase attendance.
 * Partner with the police department
 * MySchoolMail, online safety calendar, PTA newsletter - (any home-school communications)

__Resources__:
 * DOE
 * VBCPS