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.