Principal’s Corner

Dear Families,

One of our building goals this year is to increase the use of technology across all curricular areas. If this is the case, how can technology be considered dangerous?

As many of us know, the use of technology has increased a great deal in the last decade. For some of us, our days are filled with the reliance upon the Internet for personal and professional uses.

As a responsive middle school, we are educating our students on the many uses and benefits to utilizing technology, and specificly the Internet.

What could be the danger? I would propose that many of our students know more about their computers than their parents. I have first hand experience in raising a teenager that is much more adept at using the computer than both of her parents combined. Like most teenagers, our home computer is used for educational as well as social purposes. The social use creates a possible dangerous situation. Unfortunately, teenagers can be naieve to the world of the Internet. Sites like myspace.com invite young people to create their own sites, complete with photos and personal information that identifies them for the entire world to see.

I would encourage all families to have serious discussions about Internet usage. Does your student have their own web page? Do they know your expectations?

Let’s keep our kids safe! The use of technology is amazingly powerful…when used in the right way.

Thanks for your continued partnership.
Sincerely,
Sue Kreuser