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Parenting in the Digital World
Holly LaraTechnology Integration Specialist
Charles Wright Academy
Sam HarrisMiddle School LibrarianCharles Wright Academy
Overview
Agenda:• Digital Citizenship• Teens and Privacy• Bullying Prevention: What really
works.• The Importance of Parents
What is Digital Citizenship?
Being a good digital citizen means using technology...
• safely • responsibly• critically• proactively for the
good of society
FACT:
We all have a digital foot print. 92 % of children now
have an online footprint before they
are 2 years old.
Source: Byrne, Ciara. “Generation Tech: More Kids Can Play A Computer Game than Ride a Bike.” Venture Beat, 19 Jan. 2011.
MYTH:
Young people don’t care about privacy.
What do young people think?
Source: Paul, Pamela. “Cracking Teenagers’ Online Codes.” The New York Times, 20 Jan. 2012.
Teenagers absolutely care about privacy.
Like adults, they share things to feel love, connected and supported.
-danah boyd, Microsoft Researcher
More than half of online teens have decided not to post
something online because they were concerned it might reflect
badly on them in the future.
Source: Teens, Kindness and Cruelty on Social Network Sites. Pew Research Center’s Internet and American Life Project. 9 Nov. 2011.
62% of teens restrict their profiles to be viewable only
by friends.
However…
One in three online
teens has shared a
password with a friend
or significant other.
Teens who have negative experiences are more likely to have public profiles.
Practical experience
Bullying Prevention: What Really Works
Talk with kids…and start young.
Language choice
matters.
Accurate facts and information
decrease bullying.
Focus on the behavior, not
the technology
Parents matter
58% of teens say their
parents have the greatest
influence on what they think
is appropriate or
inappropriate behavior on a
cell phone or online.
Parents Matter: Our Top 5 Tips
1. Talk to your kids about the impact of technology and media on their lives.
7.5 hrs/dayKaiser Family Foundation Study,
2010!
Parents Matter: Our Top 5 Tips
2. Create tech time and space in your home.
Parents Matter: Our Top 5 Tips
3. Make using technology fun and get involved in their world.
Parents Matter: Our Top 5 Tips
4. Encourage digital citizenship
• Know what your footprint says about you and how much can you control.
• Model positive online behavior.• Encourage young people to contribute!
Parents Matter: Our Top 5 Tips
5. Acknowledge the importance of technology in the lives of young people.
Did you know...
"...fully 65 percent of today’s grade-school kids may end up doing work that
hasn’t been invented yet.”
Source: Cathy N. Davidson, "Education Needs a Digital Upgrade" • Co-director of the annual MacArthur Foundation Digital Media and Learning
Competitions.• Author of
Now You See It: How the Brain Science of Attention Will Transform the Way We Live, Work, and Learn.
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