Digital Life: Our Kids’ Connected Culture

Socializing Communicating Creating Playing Exploring Learning

content Content Pushes boundariesWorld at fingertipsNegative health effects

Mobile Anywhere and anytime access

Interactive Kids connect and collaborate Norms of communication Addiction

Scale Everything takes place before a vast audience “15 minutes of fame” You don’t know who will see your information

Searchable Easy to find information Kids don’t always think before they post Damage to reputationAccess to information

Anonymity Identities are unknownCyberbullyingSelf-explorationSexual predators

Replicable Everything can be cut and pastedInformation can go viralSexting

Persistent Once something is out there, it’s hard to erase

So that means our kids are leaving digital footprints

Raising Digital Citizens

Embrace their world Encourage balanced use Monitor media use as best you can Discuss what sites they can visit Basic Rules of the Road No cyberbullying

Explain that nothing is really private Set up privacy settings Keep passwords private Protecting Personal Privacy

Teach kids to ask the who, what, when, and how questions Is a person who they say they are? Balance research sources Point out all the ways marketers target them What Kids Can Trust and Believe

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Raise good digital citizens!