This was a presentation I created to teach parents how to move into the age of parenting in a connected world and to better understand the world in which their kids were so comfortable residing.
The document provides tips for parents on engaging with children and younger siblings on social media. It discusses how social media is an important part of youth culture and offers advice on learning the technologies children use, using technology to bond with kids, researching the sites they engage with, setting a good example by also using social media, and monitoring kids' online activities and intervening if there are signs of cyberbullying or inappropriate content. The document emphasizes engagement over fighting technology and the importance of education and open communication between parents and kids regarding their online lives.
Social Media Safety for Kids and Teens - A Parent's Guide to Social MediaKaren Kefauver
5 simple tips on how can parents can keep kids and teen safe in the world of social media. Social media marketing is designed to reach kids - how can you protect your kids from social media predators, scams, porn and more.
This presentation addresses questions from members of the Women's National Book Association (WNBA), New York City chapter. It provides an explanation of Facebook's EdgeRank algorithm and the basics of marketing. Throughout the presentation,
This presentation was prepared for Centerville High School in Dayton, Ohio. It consists of what parents should know about their teens and social media.
What's Going On Behind The Screen With College Students - OLC InnovatePaul Brown
Originally presented at the Online Learning Consortium's (OLC) Innovate conference in New Orleans in April of 2016. Provides an overview of research on college students developmental and educational experiences online.
Facebook and Interpersonal RelationshipsAdrian Aleman
This document discusses the effects of Facebook on interpersonal relationships. It suggests that while Facebook allows people to stay connected with friends and family online, overuse of social media can replace real face-to-face interactions and cultivate unhealthy relationships. Excessive social media use has been linked to issues like boredom, addiction, depression, and decreased attention spans. The document examines who commonly uses Facebook, how it can become addictive and enhance depression, and privacy and cyberbullying concerns related to oversharing on the platform.
Navigating The Social Networking LandscapeKathy Lussier
Many librarians have joined the social networking universe by creating accounts for themselves and their libraries on Facebook, Twitter, MySpace.Linkedln, etc. But what happens when your town administrator connects with you on a site you mostly use for interacting with old high school friends? What is the protocol when a school librarian friends their students? How do you deal with a user who posts inappropriate photos on a library’s page? This presentation explores best practices for mixing your personal and professional lives on social networking sites, considers policies that can set guidelines for staff and patron/student use of these sites and discusses other ways to keep a comment we made on Facebook or MySpace off the front page of the local newspaper.
Social media and online communication tools are widely used by teens to connect with friends and share information. 95% of teens ages 12-17 use the internet, and 78% have cell phones. Teens often text to communicate privately and while doing other activities. The most popular social media sites among teens are Facebook, used by 81% of teens, and Twitter, used by 24% of teens. While social media allows teens to connect, it also poses risks if private information is shared or they interact with strangers. It is important for parents to communicate with their teens about safely using social media.
The document provides tips for parents on engaging with children and younger siblings on social media. It discusses how social media is an important part of youth culture and offers advice on learning the technologies children use, using technology to bond with kids, researching the sites they engage with, setting a good example by also using social media, and monitoring kids' online activities and intervening if there are signs of cyberbullying or inappropriate content. The document emphasizes engagement over fighting technology and the importance of education and open communication between parents and kids regarding their online lives.
Social Media Safety for Kids and Teens - A Parent's Guide to Social MediaKaren Kefauver
5 simple tips on how can parents can keep kids and teen safe in the world of social media. Social media marketing is designed to reach kids - how can you protect your kids from social media predators, scams, porn and more.
This presentation addresses questions from members of the Women's National Book Association (WNBA), New York City chapter. It provides an explanation of Facebook's EdgeRank algorithm and the basics of marketing. Throughout the presentation,
This presentation was prepared for Centerville High School in Dayton, Ohio. It consists of what parents should know about their teens and social media.
What's Going On Behind The Screen With College Students - OLC InnovatePaul Brown
Originally presented at the Online Learning Consortium's (OLC) Innovate conference in New Orleans in April of 2016. Provides an overview of research on college students developmental and educational experiences online.
Facebook and Interpersonal RelationshipsAdrian Aleman
This document discusses the effects of Facebook on interpersonal relationships. It suggests that while Facebook allows people to stay connected with friends and family online, overuse of social media can replace real face-to-face interactions and cultivate unhealthy relationships. Excessive social media use has been linked to issues like boredom, addiction, depression, and decreased attention spans. The document examines who commonly uses Facebook, how it can become addictive and enhance depression, and privacy and cyberbullying concerns related to oversharing on the platform.
Navigating The Social Networking LandscapeKathy Lussier
Many librarians have joined the social networking universe by creating accounts for themselves and their libraries on Facebook, Twitter, MySpace.Linkedln, etc. But what happens when your town administrator connects with you on a site you mostly use for interacting with old high school friends? What is the protocol when a school librarian friends their students? How do you deal with a user who posts inappropriate photos on a library’s page? This presentation explores best practices for mixing your personal and professional lives on social networking sites, considers policies that can set guidelines for staff and patron/student use of these sites and discusses other ways to keep a comment we made on Facebook or MySpace off the front page of the local newspaper.
Social media and online communication tools are widely used by teens to connect with friends and share information. 95% of teens ages 12-17 use the internet, and 78% have cell phones. Teens often text to communicate privately and while doing other activities. The most popular social media sites among teens are Facebook, used by 81% of teens, and Twitter, used by 24% of teens. While social media allows teens to connect, it also poses risks if private information is shared or they interact with strangers. It is important for parents to communicate with their teens about safely using social media.
What Do You Need To Know For Marketing To Digital, Mobile And Social Teens?Dr. William J. Ward
What Do You Need To Know For Marketing To Digital, Mobile And Social Teens?
- The digital landscape from a teen's perspective
- Social media facts and figures related to teen media usage
- Five tips to sparking valuable conversations through engaging content
Setting Students Up For Digital Success: Engagement, Development, and LearningPaul Brown
The document discusses digitized development and digital identity. It includes interviews with students who discuss curating perfect images on social media, selective views of reality, pursuing likes, and wearing different "masks" for different social platforms. Students feel pressure to keep up appearances and compare themselves to others. The document advocates for authenticity and owning technology rather than being owned by it. It promotes using social media for more, being good digital partners, and outlines ISTE student standards around digital reputation, literacy, citizenship, communication and collaboration.
Photojournalists need to be making full use of social media, everything from Twitter to SmugMug not only to get their images out there but to make money.
6 Ways to Use Social Media to Get Accepted to College (and What to Avoid so y...Dean John
This document provides 6 ways for students to use social media to help get accepted to college, as well as things to avoid. It begins by introducing social media and its widespread use. It then outlines 6 specific ways for students to engage with colleges on social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Google+, Pinterest, Flickr and blogs to learn about campus life and showcase themselves. The document concludes by advising students to maintain responsible and appropriate online profiles to avoid negative impressions that could hurt their admissions chances.
This document provides guidance for schools on using social media to promote their message and control their public narrative. It emphasizes that schools can no longer rely on chance for public relations and must use social media proactively. The document then lists nine steps schools should take to engage communities on social media, including being consistent, listening to feedback, responding appropriately to comments, and following media procedures. The overall message is that social media allows schools to shape their public image in a positive way.
The Opportunities and Challenges of a Social Residence Life CurriculumPaul Brown
Originally presented as a keynote at the 2104 ACPA Residential Curriculum Institute at Virginia Tech, this presentation provides an overview about how you can integrate social media as a learning and community development strategy in student affairs and informal learning contexts.
Making Social Media Safe for Kids - A short introduction of the major social networking tools and their privacy settings, as well as useful tips for teaching your kids to be safe online.
The document discusses media literacy and the impact of social media. It defines media literacy as the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and create media. Regarding social media's impact, it notes that many people use social media daily and teens in particular rely on mobile phones to communicate. Both positive and negative impacts are discussed, such as social media helping people connect but also potentially leading to isolation, addiction, and oversharing. The document provides scenarios of cyberbullying situations and recommends talking regularly with kids, setting rules for social media use, and having them consider how their posts might affect others. It concludes by listing resources for parents on media literacy and cyberbullying prevention.
Hanging out, messing around, and geeking.pdf.pptx friendship.pdfhilaryld
This document summarizes Danah Boyd's analysis of how social media impacts teenage friendships. Some key points include:
- Social media has become integral to how teens form and maintain friendships through activities like posting on each other's walls or direct messaging.
- The number of likes, retweets, or followers teens receive on social media platforms has become a measure of friendship status and popularity.
- While social media allows for additional ways to connect, it also introduces opportunities for drama and puts pressure on teens to publicly display their friendships and constantly expand their friend lists.
- Boyd believes that social media has both positive and negative impacts on teen friendships and their development, though face-to-face interaction
The document discusses the popular social networking site Facebook and its use among college students. It describes Facebook's main features, potential dangers of oversharing personal information like stalking or negative impressions impacting jobs or admissions. It also notes students' addiction to Facebook and increasing administrative monitoring of profiles for policy violations. Finally, it discusses the future of Facebook and debates around colleges' appropriate level of involvement with students' Facebook activities.
The document discusses the popular social networking site Facebook and its use among college students. It describes Facebook's main features, potential dangers of oversharing personal information like stalking or negative impressions impacting jobs or admissions. It also notes students' addiction to Facebook and increasing administrative monitoring of profiles for policy violations. Concerns around privacy and the boundary between personal and public online information are raised.
The document discusses the popular social networking site Facebook and its use among college students. It provides details on Facebook's features and growth in popularity. It also examines both the benefits and risks of using Facebook, such as how it allows students to connect but also raises privacy and legal concerns due to information and photos shared on profiles. Administrators debate how closely they should monitor students' Facebook activities.
The document discusses the popular social networking site Facebook and its use among college students. It describes Facebook's main features, potential dangers of oversharing personal information like stalking or negative impressions impacting jobs or admissions. It also notes students' addiction to Facebook and increasing administrative monitoring of profiles for policy violations. Concerns around privacy and the boundary between personal and public online information are raised.
Teaching and Training with Social Media and TechnologyPaul Brown
Originally presented at the 2014 ACPA and NASPA National Conventions, this presentation provides an overview of how social media and related technologies can be integrated into classroom and training environments.
Brown, P. G. (2014, March). Teaching and Training with Social Media and Technology. Presentation at the Annual Convention of NASPA - Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education, Baltimore, MD.
Brown, P. G. (2014, April). Experiments in Teaching and Training with Social Media. Presentation at the Annual Convention of ACPA - College Student Educators International, Indianapolis, IN.
Social Justice. Social Good. Social Media. Social Change.Paul Brown
Originally presented to faculty and staff as part of a collaboration between Vernon Wall and myself. This presentation explores how concepts of diversity and social justice intersect with current phenomena in social media.
This is a modified version of a presentation given to high school students about understanding their digital reputations and identities online. It includes practical tips and guides from Erik Qualman's book, What Happens On Campus Stays On YouTube. A book to which I was a contributing author. Available on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0991183525/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0991183525&linkCode=as2&tag=paulgordonbro-20&linkId=VEIE5AKM4DCK7MW2
Development and Engagement in the Age of Social Media Paul Brown
Originally presented to the professional staff at the University of Dayton in January of 2016. Reviews aspects of college student development online and how to engage college students.
The document discusses several issues around privacy and oversharing on social networks:
1) It outlines Facebook's history from its founding in 2004 to reaching 500 million users currently and some of the privacy scandals it has faced.
2) It then discusses reasons why people may overshare personal information on social networks, such as to connect with others, facilitate online shopping and bill pay, and attitudes around privacy among younger generations.
3) Examples are given of information commonly overshared like drug and alcohol use that could harm job prospects, as well as cases where oversharing online led to real-world tragic consequences.
The 411 on Facebook: An FYI for TeachersAPatterson79
This power point presentation provides a brief description of social networking, specifically focusing on Facebook. The reasons why children use it, the pros and cons of it, and how to keep kids safe on Facebook are all addressed in this presentation.
This document discusses how teens use social media and its impacts. It notes that teens primarily use sites like Facebook to connect with friends both new and old, keep in touch, and feel part of a group. While social media allows teens to bond and find support, it can also increase social pressures around friending people and maintaining an online image. The document explores both the pros and cons of teen social media use and questions whether these sites are overall healthy or doing more harm through increased drama, gossip, and potential for bullying.
Facebook began in 2004 as a social networking site for Harvard students. It allowed users to create profiles, upload photos, and connect with friends. The site quickly expanded to other universities and high schools. It is now open to anyone over age 13 and has over 200 million active users worldwide. While Facebook allows users to stay connected with friends and share photos and updates, it also raises safety and privacy concerns that parents and users must be aware of.
What Do You Need To Know For Marketing To Digital, Mobile And Social Teens?Dr. William J. Ward
What Do You Need To Know For Marketing To Digital, Mobile And Social Teens?
- The digital landscape from a teen's perspective
- Social media facts and figures related to teen media usage
- Five tips to sparking valuable conversations through engaging content
Setting Students Up For Digital Success: Engagement, Development, and LearningPaul Brown
The document discusses digitized development and digital identity. It includes interviews with students who discuss curating perfect images on social media, selective views of reality, pursuing likes, and wearing different "masks" for different social platforms. Students feel pressure to keep up appearances and compare themselves to others. The document advocates for authenticity and owning technology rather than being owned by it. It promotes using social media for more, being good digital partners, and outlines ISTE student standards around digital reputation, literacy, citizenship, communication and collaboration.
Photojournalists need to be making full use of social media, everything from Twitter to SmugMug not only to get their images out there but to make money.
6 Ways to Use Social Media to Get Accepted to College (and What to Avoid so y...Dean John
This document provides 6 ways for students to use social media to help get accepted to college, as well as things to avoid. It begins by introducing social media and its widespread use. It then outlines 6 specific ways for students to engage with colleges on social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Google+, Pinterest, Flickr and blogs to learn about campus life and showcase themselves. The document concludes by advising students to maintain responsible and appropriate online profiles to avoid negative impressions that could hurt their admissions chances.
This document provides guidance for schools on using social media to promote their message and control their public narrative. It emphasizes that schools can no longer rely on chance for public relations and must use social media proactively. The document then lists nine steps schools should take to engage communities on social media, including being consistent, listening to feedback, responding appropriately to comments, and following media procedures. The overall message is that social media allows schools to shape their public image in a positive way.
The Opportunities and Challenges of a Social Residence Life CurriculumPaul Brown
Originally presented as a keynote at the 2104 ACPA Residential Curriculum Institute at Virginia Tech, this presentation provides an overview about how you can integrate social media as a learning and community development strategy in student affairs and informal learning contexts.
Making Social Media Safe for Kids - A short introduction of the major social networking tools and their privacy settings, as well as useful tips for teaching your kids to be safe online.
The document discusses media literacy and the impact of social media. It defines media literacy as the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and create media. Regarding social media's impact, it notes that many people use social media daily and teens in particular rely on mobile phones to communicate. Both positive and negative impacts are discussed, such as social media helping people connect but also potentially leading to isolation, addiction, and oversharing. The document provides scenarios of cyberbullying situations and recommends talking regularly with kids, setting rules for social media use, and having them consider how their posts might affect others. It concludes by listing resources for parents on media literacy and cyberbullying prevention.
Hanging out, messing around, and geeking.pdf.pptx friendship.pdfhilaryld
This document summarizes Danah Boyd's analysis of how social media impacts teenage friendships. Some key points include:
- Social media has become integral to how teens form and maintain friendships through activities like posting on each other's walls or direct messaging.
- The number of likes, retweets, or followers teens receive on social media platforms has become a measure of friendship status and popularity.
- While social media allows for additional ways to connect, it also introduces opportunities for drama and puts pressure on teens to publicly display their friendships and constantly expand their friend lists.
- Boyd believes that social media has both positive and negative impacts on teen friendships and their development, though face-to-face interaction
The document discusses the popular social networking site Facebook and its use among college students. It describes Facebook's main features, potential dangers of oversharing personal information like stalking or negative impressions impacting jobs or admissions. It also notes students' addiction to Facebook and increasing administrative monitoring of profiles for policy violations. Finally, it discusses the future of Facebook and debates around colleges' appropriate level of involvement with students' Facebook activities.
The document discusses the popular social networking site Facebook and its use among college students. It describes Facebook's main features, potential dangers of oversharing personal information like stalking or negative impressions impacting jobs or admissions. It also notes students' addiction to Facebook and increasing administrative monitoring of profiles for policy violations. Concerns around privacy and the boundary between personal and public online information are raised.
The document discusses the popular social networking site Facebook and its use among college students. It provides details on Facebook's features and growth in popularity. It also examines both the benefits and risks of using Facebook, such as how it allows students to connect but also raises privacy and legal concerns due to information and photos shared on profiles. Administrators debate how closely they should monitor students' Facebook activities.
The document discusses the popular social networking site Facebook and its use among college students. It describes Facebook's main features, potential dangers of oversharing personal information like stalking or negative impressions impacting jobs or admissions. It also notes students' addiction to Facebook and increasing administrative monitoring of profiles for policy violations. Concerns around privacy and the boundary between personal and public online information are raised.
Teaching and Training with Social Media and TechnologyPaul Brown
Originally presented at the 2014 ACPA and NASPA National Conventions, this presentation provides an overview of how social media and related technologies can be integrated into classroom and training environments.
Brown, P. G. (2014, March). Teaching and Training with Social Media and Technology. Presentation at the Annual Convention of NASPA - Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education, Baltimore, MD.
Brown, P. G. (2014, April). Experiments in Teaching and Training with Social Media. Presentation at the Annual Convention of ACPA - College Student Educators International, Indianapolis, IN.
Social Justice. Social Good. Social Media. Social Change.Paul Brown
Originally presented to faculty and staff as part of a collaboration between Vernon Wall and myself. This presentation explores how concepts of diversity and social justice intersect with current phenomena in social media.
This is a modified version of a presentation given to high school students about understanding their digital reputations and identities online. It includes practical tips and guides from Erik Qualman's book, What Happens On Campus Stays On YouTube. A book to which I was a contributing author. Available on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0991183525/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0991183525&linkCode=as2&tag=paulgordonbro-20&linkId=VEIE5AKM4DCK7MW2
Development and Engagement in the Age of Social Media Paul Brown
Originally presented to the professional staff at the University of Dayton in January of 2016. Reviews aspects of college student development online and how to engage college students.
The document discusses several issues around privacy and oversharing on social networks:
1) It outlines Facebook's history from its founding in 2004 to reaching 500 million users currently and some of the privacy scandals it has faced.
2) It then discusses reasons why people may overshare personal information on social networks, such as to connect with others, facilitate online shopping and bill pay, and attitudes around privacy among younger generations.
3) Examples are given of information commonly overshared like drug and alcohol use that could harm job prospects, as well as cases where oversharing online led to real-world tragic consequences.
The 411 on Facebook: An FYI for TeachersAPatterson79
This power point presentation provides a brief description of social networking, specifically focusing on Facebook. The reasons why children use it, the pros and cons of it, and how to keep kids safe on Facebook are all addressed in this presentation.
This document discusses how teens use social media and its impacts. It notes that teens primarily use sites like Facebook to connect with friends both new and old, keep in touch, and feel part of a group. While social media allows teens to bond and find support, it can also increase social pressures around friending people and maintaining an online image. The document explores both the pros and cons of teen social media use and questions whether these sites are overall healthy or doing more harm through increased drama, gossip, and potential for bullying.
Facebook began in 2004 as a social networking site for Harvard students. It allowed users to create profiles, upload photos, and connect with friends. The site quickly expanded to other universities and high schools. It is now open to anyone over age 13 and has over 200 million active users worldwide. While Facebook allows users to stay connected with friends and share photos and updates, it also raises safety and privacy concerns that parents and users must be aware of.
Facebook addiction means spending an excessive amount of time on Facebook. Typically, it involves a person's Facebook use interfering with important activities in life, such as work, school or maintaining relationships with family and "real" friends.
Addiction is a strong word, and someone can have a problem with Facebook without having a full-blown addiction. Some call this emerging type of addictive behavior "Facebook addiction disorder" or FAD, but the syndrome is not widely acknowledged as a psychological disorder, though it is being studied by psychologists.
Social media provides opportunities for education but also risks. It is important to:
- Use privacy settings to separate personal and professional interactions carefully.
- Educate students and parents about appropriate and safe social media use.
- Incorporate social media selectively in the classroom to enhance learning if it does not distract from time-bound lessons.
- Monitor employees' and students' social media use to ensure productivity and safety.
This document discusses Facebook, its history and founder Mark Zuckerberg, statistics on its users, advantages and disadvantages of using Facebook, signs of addiction, and potential harms of Facebook addiction. It notes that Facebook was founded by Mark Zuckerberg and others at Harvard and now has over 500 million active users, with 71% of US internet users on the site. The advantages include staying connected with friends, but disadvantages include weakening long-distance relationships and potential addiction issues. Signs of addiction include constantly checking Facebook and prioritizing it over other responsibilities. Harms of addiction may include divorcing friends and losing real-world relationships.
This document provides information for parents about Facebook and how to monitor their children's usage. It discusses Facebook terminology, privacy settings, and tips for talking to kids about appropriate sharing. Parents are encouraged to friend and review their children's profiles, privacy settings, and friend lists. General cautions include ensuring private settings, being careful of personal details shared publicly, and monitoring web history and email filters.
An introduction to how and why childminders can use social media, with a look at Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter and blogging.
This presentation was made to the Devon Association of Childminders in October 2014.
This document discusses how parents of young children are using social media and what nonprofits can do to reach them. It finds that parents use social media to learn about child development, connect with other parents and caregivers, and communicate about their parenting experiences. Nonprofits can set goals to reach out to parents on social media, build online communities, and normalize sharing parenting information. The key lessons are to start small, keep the audience in mind, demonstrate expertise, repurpose content, and consider privacy issues when engaging parents on social media.
The document discusses social media use among teens and tweens. It notes that 95% of teens ages 12-17 are online, and 80% of online teens use social media. Social media has become integral to teen social lives both positively and negatively. The document provides statistics on social media use at different ages and discusses privacy, online behavior, and potential pitfalls of social media use for youth. It emphasizes the importance of educating oneself, modeling good behavior, setting boundaries, and using web filters to help guide kids' safe social media use.
The document provides information on children's use of technology and social media. It discusses:
1) How children primarily use technology for socializing, communicating, playing and learning. The most common online activities for children aged 9-16 are watching videos, playing games, emailing/messaging and social networking.
2) Guidelines for recommended screen time based on a child's age, with zero screen time recommended for children under 2 and less than 2 hours per day for children aged 5-17. Excessive screen time can interfere with health, cause obsession and anger issues.
3) Tips for parents in regulating screen time and knowing if their child is ready for social media, including maintaining open communication and
Facebook is a free social networking website that allows users to create profiles, connect with friends and family, share photos and messages. It was founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg and initially launched for Harvard students before expanding to other colleges and the general public ages 13 and older. The website aims to help people share and make the world more open and connected. Users can customize privacy settings to control what information is visible.
Facebook is a free social networking website that allows users to create profiles, connect with friends and family, share photos and messages. It was founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg and initially launched for Harvard students before expanding to other colleges and the general public ages 13 and older. The website aims to help people share and make the world more open and connected. Users can customize privacy settings to control what information is visible.
Facebook is a social media network launched in 2004. It allows users to create profiles, connect with friends, share photos and status updates. As of 2012, Facebook had over 900 million users. The document discusses both positives and negatives of Facebook use. Positives include free communication and connection between users globally. Negatives include privacy issues, wasted time, and cyberbullying. Teenagers interviewed had mixed views - some enjoyed connecting with friends while others saw it as a waste of time or source of gossip.
The document discusses parents' lack of awareness and understanding of their teenagers' use of social media like Facebook. While over half of teens check social media sites daily, many parents underestimate how often and in what ways their children engage on such sites. The document provides tips for parents on how to better understand and guide their children's social media use, including creating their own profile to learn the platforms, setting clear rules and privacy settings with their children, and educating themselves on internet safety issues.
Facebook is a social networking website that allows users to create profiles, connect with friends and family, share photos and updates. It was founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg and initially launched for Harvard students. The site has since expanded globally and now has over 200 million users. Facebook's mission is to make the world more open and connected by giving people the power to share. While social networking allows users to stay in touch and make new connections, it also raises privacy and safety concerns that require users to be cautious about sharing personal information publicly.
4. Let’s Talk
• What are your concerns about Social
Networking?
• What are your concerns re: your kids on the
Internet?
• How many have Facebook accounts right now?
• Do you see any benefits to Social Networking?
5. The New World Our Kids Are Growing into…
• Newspapers
• Cell phones as the mobile command center
• News via RSS feeds of their favorite bloggers
• YouTube
• Twitter
• “Friending” people online
• Arranging social get together’s via Facebook
invitations
6. Why did Social Networking become
so popular with our kids?
• More parents working
• Less freedom
• More structured days
• Information available rapid fire
7. Purpose of this Seminar
• To help you understand the world in which
your kids are maturing
• To think about the benefits and challenges
this presents
• How to ramp up your own skills to become
a citizen of this new world
8. What We’ll Learn
• Facebook as a diary or private space
• Why you should have a Facebook account
• Mechanics of setting one up
• Life skills kids will learn on facebook
• Facebook – Part of your toolbox for
parenting
9. What Parents Don’t Know
From Common Sense Media, a nonprofit that tracks children’s use of media
Parents Teens
49% thought child was over 13 when 14% of teens agreed
first began using Internet unsupervised
23% said kids log onto Facebook more 51% of teens agreed
than once/day
4% thought they checked it more 22% of teens said they did
than 10X/day
10. Wow
• Parents thought only 4% of teens had done
“sexting”; 13% of teens admitted having done
that
• 39% of teens had posted something they later
regretted and 28% had shared personal
information that they normally wouldn’t have
shared publically
11. Facebook as a
“private room”
Looking at your child’s Facebook account
is not intruding on their privacy
Strangers don’t enter a kid’s room. On Facebook kids can interact
with strangers
In a bedroom, acts are not observable by hundreds of people; on
Facebook your child’s acts are widely observable
What goes on in a bedroom is not recorded online, potentially
forever. On Facebook, it is.
If you view Facebook as a “Private Room”,
you will make mistakes in parenting.
12. Advantages of being on Facebook
• Understand the attraction
• Offer corrective suggestions as they will
most likely misuse it
• Become fluent in the language they speak
and how they are communicating with their
peers
• Join the “new world”
13. Disadvantages of Facebook
• Can become a magnet for your child
- Setting limits is critical
• Can be used to arrange or RSVP to parties
without your knowledge
• Through targeted advertising, your teen can be
exposed to alcohol advertising before they are of
age.
14. Alcohol Promotion on Facebook
• The explosion of alcohol-related content on Facebook has recently
been studied in a ground-breaking report recently published in
the Journal of Global Drug Policy and Practice.
• Authors found more than 2,200 Facebook Events associated with the
five top-selling beer brands
• An additional 2,200 events associated with the five top-selling spirits
brands.
15. More Facts
• Entering the term "alcohol" in the Facebook search engine, brought up more
than 58,000 Groups
• 5,000+ total Groups for the top-selling beer brands.
• Paid alcohol ads on Facebook are relatively few, compared with thousands
of alcohol-related Pages, Applications, Events and Groups that are
forwarded and shared among users.
• This amounts to free "viral" advertising that is not subject to Facebook's
guidelines for alcohol advertising – and is accessible to users under 21.
One More Reason to be on Facebook!
16. How to set up a Facebook account
• Simply go to http://www.facebook.com and sign up!
• Name
• Email
• Password
• Birth Date
17. Next Steps
• Friend suggestions
• Email as a conduit for linking
• Schools as conduits for linking
18. Definition of a “Friend” on Facebook
• A real friend
• Family member
• Co worker
• Classmate
• Acquaintances
19. How do they find Friends?
• Your email address
• Your school (s)
• Your employer
20. How can you find friends?
• Friend Finder
• Classmate Search
• Co worker Search
• Name Search
21. Benefits of Facebook
• A window into the younger generation
• Connect with others without restrictions of time or
space
• Rekindle long lost friendships and relationships
• Gain the knowledge and experience to be a
citizen of the new world
22. The Wall and News Feed
• “What’s on your mind?” box
• It is a one to many
communication
• Who sees your wall posts
24. Email
Old School New School
You send an email using Use Facebook’s
Outlook or Gmail or yahoo email to send email
Required to check email Since you are
frequently for answer already on
Facebook anyway,
no need to check
email
This is one-to-one communication
25. Facebook Publisher
This is how you post content.
• Photos
• links to interesting web content
• a video
• events you’d like to share
• Tagging
Through your privacy settings you
determine who sees this content.
26. The Paradigm Shift
• Today’s world is all about collaboration and
sharing
• No more top down organizations
• Organizations sink or swim based on
conversations that are being held in social
networking sites like Facebook, My Space
and Twitter
27. Privacy Controls
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Study
• 55 – 90% of all users hadn’t taken
advantage of the privacy controls to limit
access to their information
28. How privacy controls work
• On Facebook, you can choose for each category
of information, who gets to see info you post
Friends only
Friends of friends
Everyone
Custom (you decide EXACTLY who)
30. “Friending”
• When you receive or send a friend request, you may
Accept it
Ignore it
Send a message to clarify identity
Block someone
If you ignore a friend request or block someone, that
person is NOT notified that this occurred.
31. Next Steps
• Establish your own Facebook account
• Insist that your child “friend” you
• Do not post to his/her account unless given
permission
• Sit down with your child to discuss appropriate
privacy settings and check them frequently
• Be sure to discuss inappropriate postings you
see by your child or by their friends and why you
feel this way
32. Tips
• Be open – encourage them to come to you if they
encounter a problem online
• Talk with them. Find out how they are using
Facebook.
• Make sure they understand the privacy settings
and tell them to NEVER share their passwords
with friends (talk about hacking)
33. Why Facebook Is Good for our Kids
According to a 2008 MacArthur Foundation study
on social networking sites, kids develop
• Leadership Skills
• Social Confidence
• Collaboration Skills
• Relationship Skills
• Increased media literacy skills - always evolving
• Identity Skills
• Support for kids with unique interests
39. Social Networking
….is here to stay. Consider Facebook just
one more thing you need to learn about in
order to be an effective parent.
And once you learn it, be prepared to stay
current as Facebook is always shaking
things up!
40. iParentnetwork as another tool
• Connect with other parents
• Learn about blogs, RSS feeds, Twitter
• Parenting experts
• Social bookmarking
• Stay informed
• Get support and Give support
• http://www.iparentnetwork.org