myspace or yours: possibilities and pitfalls
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What parents need to know about kids online and potential problems. What makes our 21st century kids tick? Don't demonise the net - work out what to do to be safe!TRANSCRIPT
MySpace or Yours?
Judy O’Connell Catholic Education Office
Presentation for Parents
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possibilities & pitfalls
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Ten Years Past Few or no experiences with....
websites, email, spam, phishing,
computer viruses
mobile phones were rare and expensive
a Sony Walkman was state of the art
The Digital Generation Gap
Pandora
“There has been an explosion of interactive communications: the internet is the biggest thing since the invention of the printing press, and is having a tremendous impact on our society, our institutions and our kids”........Real Wired Child: What Parents Need to Know About Kids Online.
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Harnessing CollectiveIntelligence
based on communities, collaboration, reading, writing, and sharing
i’ts all about seeing
online tools are abundant
• Blogging
• Sharing music, videos, photos
• Messaging and Social Networking
• Gaming and Teen Life
• Commenting on others’ sites
• Personalising their own pages
games• Connected
worldwide with thousands of
other players at once.
• Detailed virtual worlds with
sophisticated, potentially addictive
gameplay.
music Peer 2 Peer file sharingApple iTunesMp3 download sites
social networking • Friend of a
friend concept
• Profiles• MySpace,
Bebo, Facebook, Piczo
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social publishing
self publishing & sharingBloggingWikisStartPagesYouTubeFlickr
self publishing & sharing
http://heyjude.wordpress.com/
leading learninga new angle?
Definitely!
virtual learning
Edunation! Skoolaborate!
In short Mike's Mum had threatened to cut off his Internet access. Her perception was that Mike was wasting his time playing 'silly computer games'. She wanted him (according to Mike) to go and get a job at Kentucky Fried Chicken. Imagine that - the best second life developer I have seen giving it all away to go work in a fast food joint! Ahhh
What are the issues? • Keeping tabs on
where your kids go
• Privacy• Inappropriate
content• Bullying and
predators
`Think before you post
it’s about digital natives
and digital immigrants
oopsanger
common misconception
Finding information
Finding information
http://www.pandia.com/index.html
school toolsblogswikispodcastsvideosimagesvoicethreadssocial networkingand cybersafety!
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RSS browsing
What can we do?• Public spaces for
computers• Open dialogue• Negotiate use and
purpose• Monitor behaviour• Set limits• Listen to
understand
Trust!Understand!
What can they do? • No personal details• No meeting
strangers• No sharing
passwords• Agree on limits• Combat
cyberbullying!• Keep safe!
Private!Grow!
IM
The Internetis
the human network
Welcome to the human network
4513
Information OverloadIntroduction to Social Bookmarking
Learn more…Useful sites for information
Stop Cyberbullying stopcyberbullying.org/ StaySafe.org www.staysafe.org/teens/default.htmlNetAlert www.netalert.gov.au/home.htmlEducation Programs www.netalert.gov.au/programs.htmlCybersmart Kids http://www.cybersmartkids.com.au/
Learn about Web 2.0Judy’s Web 2 Notes www.judyoconnell.wordpress.com
it’s just a rollercoaster ride!
Thank You.
With thanks to Graham Wegner and Sue Waters