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Texting–Education on the way

Texting–Education on the way

What do young people need to know about text messaging? The use of cell phones for texting is raising a number of issues including harassment, privacy and sexually explicit messages. To help prevent texting hazards, the Canadian Centre for Child Protection and the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association propose a pilot course: textED.ca. Initially, one hundred Grade 7 classrooms will take part in this initiative. It is hoped the course will be offered nationwide starting in September. To learn more, you'll want to read Text ed to be offered to grade 7 classrooms.