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Don't know about others, but I was caught off guard by the first photo of the article (she's teaching 3rd graders to tweet and post on IG). I'm under the impre

Don't know about others, but I was caught off guard by the first photo of the article (she's teaching 3rd graders to tweet and post on IG). I'm under the impression that you must be 13 or older to agree to a TOS and most 3rd graders are 8-9 years old. Does this also mean that all of these kids have their own smart phone? So many questions... While I'm not a teacher I have no idea how this (IG and Twitter) is beneficial to learning at the slightest. I definitely know that I would delay giving my kid any smart device for as long as absolutely possible so they can get as much of their childhood away from staring at the screen as they can.

mcculley 9y ago
There are words attached to the article below the photo: "She teaches them to post daily on the class Twitter and Instagram accounts she set up."
- lobotryas 9y ago
  Yeah, that's what I'm referring to.
patja 9y ago
I teach at the middle school level and I can tell you very few teachers have any awareness of COPPA. They see kids using these apps and services and just assume it is normal. Parents are checked out or overly-permissive about telling their kids to lie about their birthdate in order to get on FB, Twitter, and Instagram. When I explain and ask "is it OK to misrepresent yourself in order to deceive someone to give you something that otherwise they would reject as an illegal act" I get blank stares.
- slavik81 9y ago
  Perhaps it's been implicitly ingrained in them that the answer to your question is "yes." They lie about their age because if they tell the truth, they are discriminated against and marginalized.
- cm2012 9y ago
  If I had kids, I would tell them to sign up as 18 years old always. No need to have some arbitrary rules restrict them.
- buttcoinslol 9y ago
  "is it OK to misrepresent yourself in order to deceive someone to give you something that otherwise they would reject as an illegal act" It depends on the situation, sometimes the answer is yes
saint_fiasco 9y ago
It's OK for an 8 year old to see a movie for 13 year olds if they are supervised by an adult. Hopefully that teacher is educating the children about the safe use of those services.
cmiles74 9y ago
It reads like the teacher has setup an account in her own name that she then shares with the class. > She teaches them to post daily on the class Twitter and Instagram accounts she set up. This may violate the TOS, but these accounts are shared by the class.

mcculley 9y ago

There are words attached to the article below the photo: "She teaches them to post daily on the class Twitter and Instagram accounts she set up."

lobotryas 9y ago
Yeah, that's what I'm referring to.

patja 9y ago

I teach at the middle school level and I can tell you very few teachers have any awareness of COPPA. They see kids using these apps and services and just assume it is normal. Parents are checked out or overly-permissive about telling their kids to lie about their birthdate in order to get on FB, Twitter, and Instagram. When I explain and ask "is it OK to misrepresent yourself in order to deceive someone to give you something that otherwise they would reject as an illegal act" I get blank stares.

slavik81 9y ago
Perhaps it's been implicitly ingrained in them that the answer to your question is "yes." They lie about their age because if they tell the truth, they are discriminated against and marginalized.
cm2012 9y ago
If I had kids, I would tell them to sign up as 18 years old always. No need to have some arbitrary rules restrict them.
buttcoinslol 9y ago
"is it OK to misrepresent yourself in order to deceive someone to give you something that otherwise they would reject as an illegal act" It depends on the situation, sometimes the answer is yes

saint_fiasco 9y ago

It's OK for an 8 year old to see a movie for 13 year olds if they are supervised by an adult. Hopefully that teacher is educating the children about the safe use of those services.

cmiles74 9y ago

It reads like the teacher has setup an account in her own name that she then shares with the class. > She teaches them to post daily on the class Twitter and Instagram accounts she set up. This may violate the TOS, but these accounts are shared by the class.