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What you need to know to raise media-smart kids
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Socializing Texting Creating Gaming Visiting virtual worlds Downloading
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Access to information Connect, collaborate and network Community support
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Self-exploration Creative expression Educational value
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Always on Cyberbullying and sexting Information overload
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Damage to reputation Exposure to inappropriate content, people and influences Pressure to broadcast
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Kids ARE digital citizens. Citizenship
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Scale Everything takes place before a vast audience
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Anonymity Audience is invisible
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Replicable Everything can be cut and pasted
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Persistent Once something is out there, it doesn’t ever go away
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So that means our kids are leaving digital footprints.
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Explain that nothing is really private.private Set up privacy settings. Keep passwords private. Protecting Personal Privacy
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Teach kids to ask the who, what, and when questions INFORMATION OVERLOAD Point out all the ways marketers target them
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Talk about copyright issues. Cheating online is still cheating. Once it’s gone digital, kids lose control. Encourage creativity. Ownership
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Embrace their world Encourage balanced use Try to keep media in public spaces Discuss what sites they can visit and what they can download Basic Rules of the Road
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Cyber bullying Kids may say and do things online that they would not do in person. Take time to think since anything posted online can be shared broadly and immediately.broadlyimmediately
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Our library media specialists teach… basic technology skills digital literacy Internet safety and citizenship
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Thanks to www.commonsensemedia.org for allowing us to adapt their presentation. For additional resources, please see your Kingston library media specialist as well as refer to the handout.
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