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Parenting in the Digital World
Holly LaraTechnology Integration Specialist
Charles Wright Academy
Sam HarrisMiddle School LibrarianCharles Wright Academy
Overview
• Presenter Introductions• Agenda:
– Digital Citizenship– Ripped from the Headlines!– Myths vs. Reality
• Digital Footprints• 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
Ripped from the headlines!
Ripped from the headlines!
Ripped from the headlines!
Ripped from the headlines!
Ripped from the headlines!
Ripped from the headlines!
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.
What's your digital footprint?
Image created with Tagxedo using the definition of "digital
footprint" from Wikipedia
Get to know your footprint!•Spezify•Personas•Google yourself
Contribute to your footprint strategically.
MYTH:
Young people don’t care about privacy.
What do young people think?
Source: Social Privacy in Network Publics: Teens' Attitudes, Practices, and Strategies. danah boyd and Alice Marwick, Microsoft Research, 2011.
Every teenager wants privacy, every single last one of them, whether they
tell you or not, wants privacy...And just because teenagers use internet sites
to connect to other people doesn't mean they don't care about their
privacy." - Waffles, 17, NC
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.
MYTH:
Kids are naturals at technology. They are “digital natives” and unlike
me, they just, 'get it.'
The Reality...
Confidence ≠ Wisdom
Our Favorite Teachable Moments:
• YouTube to MP3 Converter• Craigslist: Is it safe? • Oops…I sent the text where? • How long has YouTube been around? • Do colleges REALLY look at my digital
footprint?• Mockipedia
Bullying Prevention: What Really Works
What’s the reality?– Inconsistent statistics lead to misconceptions.– “Scary” statistics may increase bullying
behavior.– Accurate facts and information decrease
bullying.
80% of young
people HAVE
NEVER engaged
in cyberbullying.
Bullying Prevention: What Really Works
Talk with kids…and start young.
Language choice
matters.
It takes a village.
One size
does not fit
all.
Empower witnesses
and bystanders.
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.
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
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.