parent presentation 2010-11

Parenting in a Digital World

CWA Parent WorkshopJanuary, 19th 2011

Holly Lara and Sam Harris

Topics:

• Overview of the evening• Survey Results: CWA Student perceptions vs.

Parent/Guardian perceptions• Digital Footprints• Online Privacy• Anonymity and Ethical Choices• Cyberbullying Resources• Other topics and links to resources

Survey Results

• Cell Phones• Issues with online homework?• What are kids doing online? – Parent Responses vs. Student Responses

• What issues are important?• What did you want us to know?

Survey Results: Cell Phones

Survey Results: Online Homework

Survey Results: Have you/your child ever…

Survey Results: Important Issues

• Parents’ responses1. Online Privacy2. Managing Online

Homework3. Digital Footprints4. Anonymity5. Multitasking

• Students’ responses1. Online Privacy2. Managing Online

Homework3. Social Networking Pros

and cons4. Cyberbullying5. Multitasking

46% of students don’t know anything about digital footprints.

Survey Results: What’s next?

• Discussion with faculty• Pro/Con discussion with students– Small groups– Real World Examples– Strategies and modeling– Digital Footprints!

"It is a constant surprise to those of us over a certain age, let's say 30, that large parts of our life can end up online... But that's not a behavior anyone under 30 has had to unlearn.”

Clay Shirky, writer, consultant and teacher on the social and economic

effects of technology.

Digital Footprints?• What are they?• How do you find yours?• Things to consider…• I don’t want one! Too

bad…• Thinking long-term…

• “Google” yourself• Spezify• Personas• Spokeo

Privacy: Balancing safety and independence• One size does not fit all.• Keep talking about it…and say ‘yes’ when you can. • Strategies that have worked for others…

– Frequent reminders or check-ins about common issues:• Stranger danger, private vs. public information, cyberbullying.

– All ‘screens’ in common household areas– Common area for charging phones/gadgets and/or a

technology curfew– Get to know the apps your kids are using…and use them too.

• Technological solutions?– Safetyweb– Social Shield– Google “parental controls”

Facebook

• The Facebook Guide for Parents• No, everyone doesn’t have a Facebook

account.• Are you 13? – Built-in protections for ages 13 – 17

• Modeling positive online interactions– Do you have a Facebook account?– Are you Facebook friends with your kids?

Anonymity and Ethical Choices

• What does the world model for us?– NY Times: Anonymity Breeds Contempt– NPR: Gotcha! Why Online Anonymity May be Fading– Harvard: Citizen Media Law Project resources on Anonymit

y

• What are we modeling for our students?– Curriculum examples– Grandma rule!

Cyberbullying• Encourage kids to talk to a trusted adult if

they feel bullied.• Be proactive: Talk about what it is, how it feels

to be bullied and what to do BEFORE it happens.

• Role play: What does it look like to be a bully, bystander and victim.

• Ask for help! Check for resources at Holly and Sam’s Blog

Additional Resources

• Multitasking:– Seattle Times article on Stanford Study

• Cyberbullying:– Recent TNT Articles: Gays often targets of bullies and

Blindsided by Bullies– Holly and Sam’s Blog Resources and Delicious

Bookmarks• Digital Footprints:– Delete Me!– Pew Research on Digital Footprints