Digital Life: Our Kids

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Digital Life Our Kids Connected Culture
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Socializing
Communicating
Creating
Playing
Exploring
Learning
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content
Content
Pushes boundaries
World at fingertips
Negative health effects
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Anywhere and anytime access
Mobile
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Kids connect and collaborate
Norms of communication
Addiction
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Scale
Everything takes place before a vast audience
15 minutes of fame
You dont know who will see your information
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Searchable
Easy to find information
Kids dont always think before they post
Damage to reputation
Access to information
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Anonymity
Identities are unknown
Cyberbullying
Self-exploration
Sexual predators
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Replicable
Everything can be cut and pasted
Information can go viral
Sexting
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Persistent
Persistent
Once something is out there, its hard to erase
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So that means our kids are leaving digital
footprints
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Raising Digital Citizens
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Basic Rules of the Road
Embrace their world
Encourage balanced use
Monitor media use as best you can
Discuss what sites they can visit
No cyberbullying
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Protecting Personal Privacy
Explain that nothing is really private
Set up privacy settings
Keep passwords private
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What Kids Can Trust and Believe
Teach kids to ask the who, what, when, and how
questions
Balance research sources
Is a person who they say they are?
Point out all the ways marketers target them
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Common Sense Media
Easy-to-use reviews and ratings of media titles
Parenting advice and education
Advocacy
www.commonsense.org
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Raise good digital citizens!