Parent presentation information literacy

Technology and Your Children
By: James McConville
http://jamesmcconville.blogspot.com

About me
Father
Husband
Teacher
Learner – even today!

Today
Safety on the net
Generational change
Learning (teaching) opportunities

Internet Safety

Safety on the Net
Giving out personal information
http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/games/cybersense_nonsense/

CyberSafety Media Awareness
Curriculum Links

Safety on the Net
Clicking on the wrong link
Advice:
Safety plugs for your computer
Personal login for the child
Clean off the desktop icons, links to trusted sites.

Parental Controls in Windows 7

Windows Live Family Safety Filter
http://download.live.com/familysafety

As they get older
Safety
Privacy
Marketing
Ethics and cyberbullying
Evaluation of online information

Generational Change

Don Tapscott
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoqiRRMQ0fs

When we were kids
The Berlin Wall fell and Windows PC rose
Wiring – the dot com era
Dot com bust
Outsourcing – made in China

When our kids grow up
The Soviet Union has never existed
DNA has always been admissible in court
Wireless, yet always connected
VHS, tape and faxing will never have existed
Google has always been a verb
Text messaging is their email
They have rarely used a stamp

Did you know video

USTHEM
Physical world Digital world
Stability / predictable Unpredictable
Tools Integration
Objective reality Subjective reality
Conformity Personalization
Closed Open
Isolated Connected

Discuss
What did you do with free time?
What do your kids do?

Flow Theory - MihalyCsikszentmihalyi

How are children meeting these needs?
Communication
Connection
Adventure
Belonging
Risk
Being heard
Identity

Don Tapscott

Communicate
Podcast
Record something they are proud of
Skype
Talk to an expert
Author
Write a book review!
Email
Tell someone you are thinking about them

Discussion
What are some differences between yourself and your son/daughter?

Learn
Information Literacy

Searching on the Internet

Advanced Searches

District Purchased Resources
World Book Online
Full featured encyclopedia
Kid (K-3 version) and secondary school version
View all topics for each grade
Timeline tool
http://worldbookonline.com/student/home

Evaluating a source
Relevance – is it the information you need, scope
Currency - updated
Authority – do you trust the author?
Bias
Accessibility – reading level
Special features – pictures, animations, videos
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Canadian Points-of-View
Points and Counterpoints on 190 Canadian Issues
Full text articles from newspapers and magazines
Accessibility
features
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=pov-can

http://learnnowbc.ca/learningcentre/

Thank you
Questions/Comments?
http://jamesmcconville.blogspot.com/
jmcconville1000@gmail.com

Parent presentation information literacy

by James McConville on Feb 15, 2011

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