Bais Rivkah High School and parents have been collaborating over the past few months to educate fellow parents, students and even teachers about responsible usage of modern technology.
They teamed up with Technology Awareness Group (TAG) to discuss the options of safeguards to enable appropriate usage of smartphones and other devices, a source said.
Alex Paskie, an app developer and a volunteer for T.A.G., will interact directly with parents to discuss the risks of unvetted access to the internet.
The event is titled “Awareness Education: Boundaries on Technology and Smartphones.”
Watch live on COLlive.com at 8:00 pm.
Spoken from the heart! We all need to take note what he says, and be aware of all the pitfalls of the internet etc especially for our children and grandchildren.
Filters are good for someone making a mistake. If you pressure them they will go to Manhattan with their friends. They are free ppl. Ppl have to want to do the right thing that comes from the parents. Making sure the parents don’t have style magazines, ny times etc. And obviously the parents aren’t spending wasted time online.
i am a kid and we have k9 on our computer, i dont want to gte it off , even though i can google it and it says how to get rid of it wothout the password cuz i dont care for all the other stuff. k9 blocks what u whant it to block and u can unblock with a password. other people maybe different and feel the need to watch youtube videos which k9 blocks, bit i would recommend it
No question. We as a community. leadership, mashpiyim and our Chinuch system is in total DENIAL. Pretending there are no problems do NOT rid us of all these devastating problems. Time to take an HONEST look at what is REALLY going on.
There’s no way to protect teens from going around filters, that’s why they shouldn’t have any smartphone. Don’t fool yourself.
why should a factory reset be allowed? Is there a way to not allow that unless you have credentials/passwd.
Alex Paskie here responding. Thanks for the words of encouragement.
Filters do work, depends on who does the install. I recommend letting a TAG Professional advise.
Also, filters ALONE aren’t the answer. AWARENESS is the answer. Discuss with the family, guide the family and work TOGETHER as a family.
Hatslaha!
any filter can be removed by factory reset, so just check the phone every month or so.
Technology is constantly changing and kids are smarter than their parents as they have grown up in a technological generation.
Of course you will have some kids who can crack codes and break the filters but having something in place is better than nothing!
Great talk and listening and acting is a great start
Web Chavez works welll it sends out weekly reports of your Web browsing to your chaver and it comes with filters that work well.
wish we all knew this long ago before we gave our kids computers/phones. though awareness and open discussion is most important, as you say, not all children are able or ready to take this on themselves with peer pressure. most parents are also not so aware of the lasting dangers and effects.
Be certain that you use netsparks. There filters can’t be bypassed
I paid good money for a highly respected filter – thinking that now my precious daughter could safely do her school work. Six months later I found out that she had restarted her computer to factory level and erased the filter and got into all the shmutz. The company refunded part of my money but let my sad story influence people to start teaching internet safety if papers must continue to be typed and researched for school! Otherwise have computer rooms in the school to do the papers like we had in the ’80s.
Well said
One of the best talks on the subject
Practical realistic and not just fear mongering
Taking seriously his words will enable us to use technology responsibly
Very well said! Thank you very much for the great work you do Alex Paskie!
thank you parents of bais rivkah for initiating!
we are all in this together.
i hope parents have the strengh to put filters in place and not cave to peer pressure.
this is a huge test to our generation . i hope we can rise above it
Bcm already has tag