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@aknecht Parenting & Social Media Tips for Safely Using Social Media

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Presentation initially delivered Feb. 29, 2012 at a public school in the Hamilton Wentworth District School Board.5 basic tips to help parents understand and mitigate the risks of their children using social media.

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@aknecht

Parenting & Social Media

Tips for Safely Using Social Media

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About Me!

• Author• Online Lecturer for University of

San Francisco• Partner at Digital Always Media Inc.• Avid user of social media since early

90s• Parent (12yr old girl & 10 yr old boy)

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My Definition of Social Media

• Social Media (noun)a variety of medium used to draw together people with a common goal or objectiveSource: A. K’necht

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Popular Social Apps

• Facebook• Texting• Interactive

games• Chats• Blogs/Review

sites• Twitter

• YouTube• G+ (Google)• Apple - FaceTime• Skype

(webcams)• Email• Flickr

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Which Ones Do Your Kids Use?

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Social Media & Parenting• Which type parenting style is best?

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Tip 1: Have the talk

& Social Media

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Tip 2: Build Trust

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Tip 3: Automate Monitoring

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Google Alerts

• Set-up an alert on your child’s name +– School– Sports team– Other identifiable activities

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Setting up Google Alerts

• http://www.google.com/alerts

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Setting up Google Alerts

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Email Monitoring

• Configure email account to automatically bcc you on all email they receive

• Easy to do if you administer the email

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Email Monitoring• Register a personal domain for

your family or your child– FamilyName.ca/com– FirstInitialFamilyName.com/.ca– Etc.

• Make a memorable email– [email protected]/com– [email protected]/com

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Facebook

• Make sure your child friends you• Don’t spy, but their posts will show

up in your stream• Respond when appropriate• Periodically take a look at what

they’re up to

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Don’t Assume!

www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/teenager-faces-47-charges-in-child-luring-case/article2329710/

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http://www.zdnet.com/blog/facebook/33-facebook-terms-kids-use-and-parents-should-know/8450

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Tip 4: Protect Yourself Now & In the Future

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Teach What Not to Post

• Only post/write what you’d want:– Announced over school’s PA system– Your grandmother to see– Displayed on main bulletin board at

school– Kids telling other kids at school

• Both today & in the future

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Once Posted to the Internet

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Once Post to the Internet

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http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2012/02/over-3-years-later-deleted-facebook-photos-are-still-online

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Tip 5: Don’t Share Too Much

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Don’ts for Parents

• Don’t check in on foursquare at your child’s school

• Don’t tweet out personal info on your kids

• Don’t post personal identifiable information on your kids (i.e. on Facebook) and make it public

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Do for Parents

• Do check social media application privacy settings regularly– Perhaps every 30 or 60 days

• Do know who has access to your posts and act accordingly

• Get active in social media to see what’s out there

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Do for Parents

• Turn off geo-tagging for photos on your phones when taking pictures of your kids

• Wait until your back from vacation to post public photos (burglars know how to use social media)

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The Paid Option

• SocialShield– Searches the web & consolidates

information– $9.99 US per month– http://www.socialshield.com

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So Now You Know!

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Thank You

Alan K’[email protected]

@aknecht

Just type my name into Google