L'intervento di Alfonso Fuggetta in occasione del Safer Internet Day 2016.

1. We Need Education, Not Just Repression
Alfonso Fuggetta
CEFRIEL – Politecnico di Milano

2. The Digital Age
• Immense opportunities
• Indisputable risks
• ... especially for kids.

3. What's The Answer?
• Too often, we just talk about repression and control
• Technical means
• Enforcing rules
• Do they work?
• Partially
• Are they enough?
• No
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4. Why Are Not Enough?
• It is difficult to enforce them effectively
• We need to help our kids exploit the potential of digital
technologies and Internet, not just protect them from
their “dark side”
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5. The “Digital Natives” Myth
• A “digital native” is someone born into an innate "new culture”.
• We often assume they know “how to use” digital technologies
and the Internet
• What do we mean by “how to use”?
• This belief is significantly flawed and is causing a number of
misunderstandings and mistakes.
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6. What a Digital Native Really Is
• Someone who is familiar with the “mechanics” of digital tools
and the Internet.
• how to operate social networks and messaging apps
• related jargon
• Too often, a person who is totally ignorant of key concepts and
principles
• Which ones?
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7. Some Examples
• Rules, criteria, and guidelines to
• search the Internet and assess sources
• use social networks
• browse web sites
• use digital communication tools
• share information
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8. But There Is More …
• At Elementary School we learn
• How to read and write
• How to make simple computations
• Some preliminary concepts and notion in History and Geography
• What about the digital world?
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9. Some Critical Notions
• The notion of algorithm
• The notion of information
• The notion of representation
• The notion of coding (e.g., Scratch)
• …
• Of course, tuned to the specific age and maturity level
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10. Educating The Educators
• Who should help our children to learn and grow?
• Educators
• Who are they?
• Parents
• Teachers
• and also media (e.g., broadcasting companies)
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11. The Critical Role of Media Companies
• Can we stop depicting the Internet only as the place of sins,
risks, and “dark forces”?
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12. A Very Critical Agenda
• For all stakeholders:
• Public bodies
• Education institutions
• Media
• Families
• …
• The essential role of Governments and Political Parties