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  Date / Time: 5/20/2009 8:35 PM UTC

  PIT Crew Conversation with Marsha Finkelstien
  

  
  A quote form today's show:
  
  If it ain't fun it ain't getting done....
  
  This is an approach to have around encouraging summer learning
  Marsha Finkelstien, of www.movingbeyondcoaching.com, recommends that parents and their tween/ teen use the summer break to have conversations around learning that are fun.
  
  One way to do this is to have your tween and teen share with you their knowledge of their social media tool of preference.
  
  Also, set aside some time to create a family technology plan
  for the summer that would idenitfy:
  

  daily times to use the internet
  what are appropriate sites to use
  what is appropriate information to share on these sites
  

  
  Yes, if you and your tween or teen have not had the conversation around the appropriate information to post on a social site now is the time!
  
  Use any of the major job posting site ( monster.com, yahoo jobs, your local newspapers on line resource for jobs and resume writing)
  They have great suggestions for parents to help set guidelines around  appropriate information to share on these social sites. Tweens and teens are operating from an very fluid perspective-- they see social media-- posting of pictures , etc as a very temporary  process.
   What  a tween/teen may not realize is usually the information on social sites belongs to the entity running the site after it is posted.
  It may stay on the site even after your tween or teen thinks it has been removed.
  'Email is forever' Is a standard operating perspective that many large corporations have in their employ handbooks. Message here: if you do not want your boss/enemy to see it don't post it.
  
  It actually goes back to the age old adage: if you have nothing nice to say -- say nothing.
  
   You and your tween/teen need to educate yourselves around what prospective employers find in social media networks in checking job references --especially  for the summer job opportunity that may be a part of the summer plan.
  
  Marsha recommends reading:
  Coaching teens to success ( McCray)
  Parents as Coaches( Jenkins)
  as great books to help begin the process of positive conversations with your tween/teen
  Check out all our resources at www.parentdrivenschools.org for fun ways to create life long learners this summer!
  
  
  
  
  
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