2. Poor Usage
• 13-year old girl sends
14,000 text messages
in one month - $5,000
bill
• Nude Pictures
• Cyberbullying – mean
text messages
• Bad Digital Footprint
3. In Public
• Bathroom
• Shopping
• Miss opportunities
to Socialize
• Church
• Transportation –
bus / subway / car
pooling
• Plane / Airport
• #1 emergency
room visit
• Safety – not
aware of
surroundings –
travel training
7. Gossip Girl TV Show
• Snap phone pix-
send to everyone
on their phone list
• Send text to entire
student body
• Clip fights, cheating,
locker rooms
8. Relationships and Texting
• ROFL Rolling on floor laughing
• CAM Camera
• CB Chat break
• C&G Chuckle & grin
• RYS Are you single?
• RUOK Are you okay?
• RUMOF Are you male or female?
• SH^ Shut up
• SRSLY Seriously
9. Driving and Cells
• Some states can’t use
handheld cell while driving-
CT, NY
• Alert?
• Texting n driving – illegal in
some states
• Man jail – texting and drove
into river with kids
• Boston last year T-
conductor for green line was
distracted by texting and
caused HUGE accident
when colliding with another
subway train –
• police check texting records
10. Questions:
• How can you block someone who you
don’t want texting you?
• Why should you know your cellphone
plan?
• Why shouldn’t I send naked or
inappropriate pictures of myself (any pic I
wouldn’t want my folks or boss to see)?