Parenting the “NET” Generation: What makes our kids “click”? The answers – well kind of… Ask Me… Homework … Unused Section Space 1 Slides before 1st Section Divider In OUR day… The Places they go and why… Some questions to start… More Questions… Presentation Intentions Today for our kids

What do we want for our kids? Love and Care Security Safety Healthy Freedom Esteem Confidence Social Skills Happiness Success Citizenship Integrity Education Social Responsibility

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Some Questions… How many of you have a personal profile online? Who has posted videos or pictures of themselves or their family online? Who here engages in IM? Texting? How many of you have an iPod/iPhone? Who plays video games?

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Learning Intentions To examine our children’s use of technology To increase your awareness of the potential challenges around technology use To provide you with support and resources to better understand these issues To encourage practical, proactive parenting strategies to maintain connections with your children

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Remember When… Life was a lot simpler when we were kids… Right???

The World has changed… Thomas Friedman “The World is Flat”

While we were busy growing up… The fall of the Berlin Wall, and the rise of the Windows PC Wiring – the dot com era Outsourcing Web 2.0 tools (move from passive retrieval of information to creating and sharing knowledge)

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For our children… Our children have never not known the Internet There has always been only one Germany DNA has always been admissible in court They are wireless, yet always connected

They have outgrown faxing as a means of communication “Google” has always been a verb Text messaging is their They have rarely mailed anything using a stamp The 4 th Screen

What are their needs? Even though the world has changed dramatically, our kids “needs” remain the same

Why do they go online/use technology? What needs does it meet? Fun Independence Communication Connection Adventure Creation Sense of Belonging Risk Being heard Identity

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The Places They Go?

Flow Theory - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi SKILLS CHALLENGES Apathy Worry Anxiety Arousal FLOW Control Relaxation Boredom

What do you want for your children…with technology SafetyBalanceHealthy screen time Digital Literacy Social/Digital Responsibility Positive Social NetworkingResponsible E- communication

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Possible Questions for me… How much technology should I allow my children use? What can I do about issues around ; msn; social networking? How do I prevent these issues from happening? How do I learn more about tech and the issues surrounding it’s use? How does this help my parenting?

Some more questions for YOU… Where is/are your computers in your home? Do you place limits on your Children’s computer use? Who has had a conversation with their child about Internet Safety or Cyberbullying? Who here has adopted family expectations for children around online/computer use?

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What are WE going to do about it? Generate expectations (Proactive) Have the conversations and generate ownership Prompts (YouTube videos, case- based scenarios, teachable moments) Establish a response “plan” (Reactive) Be available to “support not punish” Preserve your attachment

Be Involved and connected… Get online… Communicate… Share… Interact… Play games… Watch… Create… Engage… …with THEM!

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Contact information and Resources Dave Sands or Site This is only the beginning…

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Homework… 1.Visit my Wiki page and look at 3 different articles/videos. 2.Go online and establish 3 new accounts on web 2.0 tools (e.g. Facebook, Club Penguin, MSN, Youtube, ePets, Twitter, WebKins, etc.). 3.Talk to your child/ren about one or more of these tools.