The dangers of online chat

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The dangers of online chat
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Parents teachers, and school counselors are
concerned about the fact that many teenagers
visit online chat rooms and chat programs such as
ICQ, Yahoo Chat and MSN to chat to their friends
and even to strangers.

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As with any issue, those concerned have different
viewpoints.
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Your job is to discuss this issue within your
group and try to think from the viewpoint of the
interest group you have been assigned. Each group
will have a teacher, a parent, a school counselor
and a teenager. You will need to identify
yourself and speak in the first person role
playing the role you have been assigned
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Example Interest group
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John Walker Computer Technician, Hong Kong West
Secondary School
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You say that
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• I am a computer technician at Hong Kong West
  Secondary School. I am not worried about
  teenagers using online chat rooms
• I feel that students know the dangers of chat
  rooms. They are very sensible.
• Students can talk to their friends while doing
  homework.

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Students have very little chance to chat during
school hours. Online chat is good for teenagers
because they can stay in contact with their
friends and do so from the safety of their own
homes
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Interest group Teenagers
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Teenagers say that they like to use chat rooms.
They say that
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Interest group Parents
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Parents are concerned about teenagers using chat
rooms. They say that
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Interest group Teachers
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Teachers are concerned about teenagers using chat
rooms. They say that
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Interest Group School Social worker/counselor
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School social workers/counselors say that
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There will be two observers, who move between
groups and listen to the discussion.
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The role of observers is to help the discussion
along when it stops and to bring any questions
for help back to the teacher.
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Observers will need to listen and make commenting
about the quality of discussion for each group.
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You will be marked on the following
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How well you participate within your assigned
role.
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How much you contribute to discussion
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How much you attempt to keep discussion going.
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How much English was spoken.