Inappropriate Use of Digital Media

Middle school students use digital media inappropriately.  We had a student that created a video and song on his youtube channel.  The song was a derogatory song about a girl in his class.  It was brought to the attention of the school since he had a history with this girl.  We are a private school and it eventually led to him leaving our school so there were real consequences.  He wasn't expelled, but the parent saw the writing on the wall that this wasn't going anywhere good.  Maybe if we had done more digital citizenship lessons early on that may have helped.  I also think parents need to follow guidelines of websites.  I'm pretty sure youtube says you have to be 13 to have an account.  He was only 12.  Parents need to supervise at home and follow recommendations.