As stated in the Washington Post...Sending nude photos via cellphone now has a name. It's called "sexting" and it's the latest talking point for parents of teens.

It is hard for me to find the words to explain my sadness for the children that had such little respect for themselves and their bodies to allow themselves to engage in sending nude photos of themselves to their so called "friends" at school and such.

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Recently in the Dallas Morning News there was an article written by Katherine Leal Unmuth about textbooks in Garland ISD....the link below ..... you will find the article in full.

http://www.quickdfw.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/032609dnmettextbooks.3a33d62.html

The article points out the path of textbooks and the growing problem with publishers bundling the textbooks and on-line access to these books. Publishers force the school district to purchase textbooks if they want to have access to on-line content. Is this more money for the publishers? I doubt it is any of consequence. Teachers in the classroom keep about 30 books in the classroom as reference books but students are not given their own book to use during the school year. It appears the teachers are concerned that the books will not be taken care of. The books are stored away!

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One of my favorite links ... please view.... think of the world our children are growing up in....

Do you worry that your child is spending too much time on the internet? Does your child appear to be constantly thinking about the internet when he is not on it? Did you know that between 2005 and 2008 there were 10X the number of text messages sent? Flash forward 5 years.... I wonder how big this problem will become....How will internet dependency and depression affect future employers and employees?

The internet is a tool that has changed our world and a tool that won't go away. 10 years ago, teachers and their classrooms were becoming internet and "Google" connected.... teachers, students and parents were all equally excited about the delivery of computers into the classroom. Possibilities! Our dreams and imaginations ran toward all the possibilities the internet and ease of information would take education. Today, we have not really found that the internet and computers have made our students smarter or quicker better students prepared for the jobs of tomorrow. In reality, education is preparing students for future jobs that are not even created yet. Think about this... a freshman college student learning computer technology in college today will graduate 4 years later with a degree that became outdated before they receive it! Technology outdates itself every 3 years.

Early on and even still today... children have better computer and internet skills than their teachers have and most of their parents. Their brains are becoming re-wired because of technology...

In general people are "addicted" to the internet. We have excepted the speed and ease of information without question. The real question that comes to my mind is "why should we allow our children to become addicted?" to the internet without questioning it.... And the follow up question is "How will that addiction affect their future?"

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