Designed for community leaders, Parenting the Net Generation addresses family interests and concerns on issues that arise when young people go online. The workshop touches briefly on many key Internet issues including safety, privacy, marketing, ethics and cyberbullying, and evaluation of online information.

2. www.media-awareness.ca Vision: To ensure children and youth possess the necessary critical thinking skills and tools to understand and actively engage with media

6. The Internet is not another world – it’s just another space where kids live their daily lives Today’s wired kid is a social one, connecting with friends and making new ones Kids who spend more time online are more confident about their social abilities

14. Creating Identities on Social Networking Sites

20. Virtual Worlds

27. It’s up there for 6 billion people to see. Anyone with a computer can see it … and you can’t get away from it. It doesn’t go away when you come home from school. It made me feel even more trapped. David Knight, bullying victim

28. “ right.. this guy did something in his spare time… And obviously taken out of context it looks ridiculous. Most of the things all of you “cool people” do in your living room would also appear twice as ridiculous if someone also invaded your privacy and took them out of context. For me this video isn’t sad.. what is sad though is some people posting these comments. Look yourself in the mirror and get a life.”

31. Online culture of cruel and violent humour on kids’ favourite sites

33. Adults just don’t get it. We’re surrounded by porn everywhere we go. It’s everywhere – in the movies we watch, the magazines we read, the music videos we see. 13-year old boy, Toronto

35. Online communities can encourage risky or dangerous behaviour

38. “ Advanced Targeting” “ Content Integration” “ Trusted Referrals” “ Viral Distribution”

39. Virtual Worlds

45. How students prefer to get information for school assignments Credibility of online information

53. Strategies Parents feel out of their depth when dealing with their kids’ online activities

59. Resources for parents at: www.media-awareness.ca

60. Resources for parents at: www.bewebaware.ca

61. Fostering good communication means no “freaking out”

62. The work of Media Awareness Network would not be possible without the financial contribution of our valued sponsors. Silver Sponsors Benefactors Gold Sponsor Founding Sponsor Associate Sponsor R&D Partner

63. For more information, contact: Media Awareness Network www.media-awareness.ca 1-800-896-3342 [email_address] This workshop has been produced by © 2009 Media Awareness Network