New website teaches safe texting to teens

TORONTO – The website textED.ca promises to teach teens about the risks associated with texting, and how to deal with the various situations new technologies present. And, it offers teachers a way to incorporate these lessons in to their curriculum.Developed by the Canadian Centre for Child Protection, textED.ca consists of an interactive new website and a series of associated lesson plans for teachers to use with their Grade 7 students. All of the lessons are tied to provincial curriculum outcomes, making them ideal for use in classrooms across the country.“Considering the main form of communication for much of today’s generation is...