YouTube for internet safety tips??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-EgAu_S4OI&feature=related

Wow! Youtube has many, many videos available for view. Some pure entertainment, others quite detailed instructional types. This one is a very simple video that highlights some basic computer safety tips for parents.

It takes a bit of time to narrow down the search to some meaningful words that will get you to helpful videos. However, once you are there, there are lots of related videos that pop up and can be readily linked to.

For me, I would only go there looking for something specific; however, my girls love to view fred videos and have gone there for specific instruction on acro dance moves.

There is much that is valuable in the Youtube world, but also much that is useless. I can see that streaming is an easy way to access information in a readily available and visual way.

I would be unlikely to explore YouTube on a whim but agree that there is merit to seeking out specific items that have an educational/instructional focus or that are pure fun.

Just staying ahead of my kids

My girls are 9 and 11, one very computer savvy, the younger one just feeling a beginning comfort in the web world. What is frightening is that they catch on so fast and have no fear of the web world...unlike me, an older mom with some hesitation to explore this crazy technological world which has seemingly little sense of personal boundaries.

So, on a scale of 1 (web 2 huh) and 10 (web 2 guru), I would rate myself as a 3. This is the place that seems to me to reflect maintaining just enough exposure to be able to respond to the questions thrown at me with some semblance of knowing something, but not really knowing it. I get the computer, use it everyday for work, but once outside my comfort zone and into the web world, my discomfort climbs rapidly.

Yes, just staying ahead of my kids is all I'm trying to do!!