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!
3. 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
8. “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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9. based on communities, collaboration,
Harnessing Collective
Intelligence
reading, writing, and sharing
16. 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
17. games
• Connected
worldwide with
thousands of
other players at
once.
• Detailed virtual
worlds with
sophisticated,
potentially
addictive
gameplay.
31. virtual learning
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
Edunation! Skoolaborate!
32. What are the issues?
• Keeping tabs on
where your kids
go
• Privacy
• Inappropriate
content
• Bullying and
predators
42. What can we do?
Understand!
• Public spaces for
computers
Trust!
• Open dialogue
• Negotiate use and
purpose
• Monitor behaviour
• Set limits
• Listen to
understand
43. What can they do?
• No personal details
Private!
• No meeting
strangers
Grow!
• No sharing
passwords
IM
• Agree on limits
• Combat
cyberbullying!
• Keep safe!
44. The Internet
is
the human network
Welcome to the human network