The document provides an overview of technology trends among youth and safety considerations for using technology. It discusses how technology has changed behaviors and demographics of internet users. It also summarizes research on what is most relevant to teens and characteristics of adolescents, as well as opportunities and threats of technology use. The document concludes by describing various social media and collaboration tools, with tips for responsible use.

1. Technology and Youth: Trends and Safety Heidi Dusek 4-H Youth & Family Coordinator, Outagamie County UW-Extension

2. Resources for this presentation This presentation is available at: http://www.slideshare.net/hmdusek Research is sited on most slides, however much of my information comes from the PEW Research Center: Internet & Technology and PBS: Growing Up Online & Digital Nation Videos links are included in the slides

3. Adult online demographics PEW Internet and American LIFE project, Generations online in 2009

4. All Whites (75%) All Blacks (59%) English-Speaking Hispanics (80%) 73%* of the population reports using the internet or email. Here is a breakdown of use among different online groups. (shown as a percentage of population online) 18-29 Years Old (90%) 30-49 Years Old (85%) 50-64 Years Old (70%) 65+ Years Old (35%) No High School Degree (44%) College Graduates (91%) <$30K Income (53%) >$75K Income (95%) Men (73%) Women (73%) *Source: Pew Internet & American Life Survey, May 2008. http://www.pewinternet.org ** This statistic comes from the Pew Internet Project’s Latinos Online data, collected June-October, 2006. High School Graduates (63%) Urban (74%) Rural (63%) Suburban (77%) Spanish-Dominant Hispanics (32%)**

5. How has technology changed us? Sources: videos Did You Know 4.0 Did You know 3.0 93% of the US population owns a cell phone The average teen sends 2272 text messages a month Top 10 demand jobs in 2010 didn’t exist in 2004 There are 31 billion searches on Google each month in 2008, up from 2.1 billion in 2006.

6. Today, an average college student will Source: Video A Vision of Students Today Sleep 7 hours Watch 1.5 hours of TV Spend 3.5 hours online Listen to 2.5 hours of music Spend 2 hours on their cell phone Be in class for 3 hours Spend 3 hours studying Eat for 2 hours + Work for 2 hours 26.5 hours per day They are multi-taskers.

7. Characteristics of adolescents Source: Digital Youth Research Many youth struggle to for autonomy and identity. Likely to explore interests through self-directed learning New Technology = New opportunities “ hang-out” with people they know offline Connect to those with like interests Publicize or share their work

8. What is most relevant to teens? (Ages 12-17) : PEW Research: Internet & Tech 97% play computer, web, portable, or console games (Guitar Hero most frequently played), 78% play games online 71% are cell phone owners (of them 38% send text messages daily) 64% have created content on the internet (35% blog, 54% post photos) 65% use social networking sites 32% have been a target of cyber bullying

9. Generational Divide 9 th grader: “My parents don’t understand that I’ve been online since I was in 2 nd grade. I know what to watch out for.” Parent: “I feel like I’m always on the outside looking in. Technology is making it hard to relate to my child.” Teacher: “I need to find way to entertain my students. We have to cut through the cloud of information and media surrounding them to capture their attention Source: PBS-Growing up Online

10. Opportunities technology can provide? Globally connected Engage newer/diverse audiences Source of knowledge Could save time and resources constantly evolving- becoming more user friendly Technical and media literacy skills Facilitate self-directed learning

11. Threats in using technology? Keeping up with the changes Creates artificial barriers Inappropriate use Safety/Security Self-initiated behavior (cyber bullying, sharing tips for negative behavior)

12. Risks and Considerations Who is your audience? Is it appropriate? Privacy (settings/expected behavior) Copyright & Fair Use Terms of Service Agreement - liability, who owns the content Accountability - how do people find your content Life of the Data (permission to post) Stability of site/Security

13. Best Advise for Parents Do not allow a child to have a computer in their bedroom Talk with your child Show an interest- have them show you what they are working on.

14. Before getting connected….

15. Web 2.0 tools Interactive Open-Source Collaborative Interact with other applications (widgets) Integrated, often using RSS Real Simple Syndication

16. Social Networking Means for individual profiles Connect globally Virtual communities Examples: Facebook, MySpace, Linked In, Ning

17. Ways to Use Social Networking Extend your network- “friends” -friends, extended family, parents & children Update on what others are doing -individual pages -fan pages -group pages -event announcements Communicate with others - Through status updates, private messages, pictures

20. Adults and Social Networking 89% of 13-17 year olds have profile 75% of 18-24 year olds have profile 57% of 25-34 year olds have profile 30% of 35-44 year olds have profile 19% of 45-54 year olds have profile 10% of 55-64 year olds have profile 7% of adults 65 and older have a profile. These rates have quadrupled since 2005

21. Adults use of Social Networking

22. Real-Simple-Syndication. By having an RSS feed/aggregator, websites that you subscribe to will update in your RSS, rather than you having to go to different website for current content. It’s like having an INBOX for the web. RSS in Plain English -video Examples: Google Reader , Bloglines, Pageflakes RSS

23. Social Bookmarking Similar to a real-life bookmark A marker for a Web site. (In Internet Explorer, they're called &quot;Favorites“). Accessible from anywhere on the web Allow “tags” to sort your bookmarks Examples: Delicious , Filamentality , Diigo , Edmondo

24. Blog and Micro-blogs Short for &quot;Web Log&quot; journal entries posted on a Web page-given a personalized URL address. Allows ANYONE to be an author Examples: Wordpress, Blogger, Twitter

25. Managing a blog Establish content- long or short Updates (at least 2x per month) Make others aware of your blog (clients, partners) Track Statistics Can embed multimedia into blog Can embed blog into other networks (Facebook) comments-interactive

27. What is Twitter ? Micro-blogging platform 140 character limit Integrates into other web 2.0 Allows web and mobile updates Tweet: Twitter posting

28. Who uses twitter?

29. Twitter and Tweets Twitter uses Breaking news Marketing Grassroots organizing Thought ticklers Ask questions Integrate with Facebook status

30. Collaboration Tools Wikis: a Web site that allows users to add and update content. (public or private) PBWorks, Wikispaces, Wet-Paint Collaborative editing and file sharing Google Docs Writeboard Drop.io Calendar/scheduling Doodle

31. Multimedia Tools Images, video, audio TONS of open source software for editing and sharing Note: Copyright laws apply to any material you post. For example: putting pictures to copyrighted music and posting on youtube is a violation of copyright law.

32. Photo editing and Sharing GIMP/Pixlr- open source for high end photo editing (similar to Photoshop-but free) Flickr- create groups for organization to share photos ( classroom display example ) Picassa –requires download. Integrated with Google. Also includes Collage and presentation tools Cooliris -fast, cinematic way to view pictures in 3-D Foto Flexer -easy-to-use photo editing that integrates with the major online photo-sharing sites

33. Podcast Audio or video recording Posted online Available for download onto mp3 or Ipod Examples: Gabcast , podOmatic Skype - Live feed to communicate with others works like a phone Video capabilities

34. Video Editing and Sharing Teachertube - video sharing site for teachers. Bypasses most filters typically blocked by youtube. Youtube- free web-based platform to publish videos. Can easily embed into other Web 2.0

35. Presentation tools Animoto - Upload images to this site, select your music and it applies all the transitions and creates a customized video. Easy-to-use, and very high quality! Jing - create short (<5 minutes) screen capture videos with audio support. Free download and server space to store and share the videos you have created. SlideRocket - With SlideRocket you quickly make stunning presentations, manage a library of slides and assets, share them securely with colleagues, and measure how they're used Slideshare - upload PowerPoint presentations to share publicly or privately. Like YouTube, but for presentations.

36. Tips for Responsible Use (4R’s) Recognize : Cyber bullying, copyright materials Refuse : personal information, to open messages from cyber bully Respond: Assertively by leaving the activity Report : Cyber bully, unusual or suspicious activity Source: I-SAFE America tip sheets for internet safety

37. Questions