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Wesley Fryer

Discussing profile pictures and avatars with kids

Have you had a conversation with your own children or students lately about their online profile? What's appropriate to use for a profile picture or avatar? What could the consequences be down the road (or right away) of using an inappropriate profile picture or avatar?

Some social networking sites use "gravatars" which can be "rated" like you rate movies.

Avatar ratings on Gravatar

I wrote a post over on my main blog that discusses this topic in more depth. If you haven't talked about this with your own kids and students lately, it might be a good topic of conversation to address soon.

Tags: avatar, profile, safety

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