Sometimes when Patch gives presentations, audience members ask what they can do to stay better informed and what actions they might take to contribute to their own well-being and the well-being of the world around them. Patch started offering a small flyer of ten suggestions of everyday actions, ideas, questions, magazines, and websites:

The parents need to understand that social technology is not going away. And they need to understand that it is in their own best interest that their kids understand both how to use it and how to be responsible digital citizens.

Turns out their teachers (same ones I wrote this letter to) are crazy about the idea of their students blogging. And so, they've given my boys permission to do their weekly home/school connections via their blogs.