Digital Life: Our Kids’ Connected Culture

1. Digital Life: Our Kids’ Connected Culture

2. Socializing Communicating Creating Playing Exploring Learning

3. content Content Pushes boundaries World at fingertips Negative health effects

4. Anywhere and anytime access Mobile

5. Interactive Interactive Kids connect and collaborate Norms of communication Addiction

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

7. Searchable Easy to find information Kids don’t always think before they post Damage to reputation Access to information

8. Anonymity Identities are unknown Cyberbullying Self-exploration Sexual predators

9. Replicable Everything can be cut and pasted Information can go viral Sexting

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

11. So that means our kids are leaving digital footprints

12. Raising Digital Citizens

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

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

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

16. Common Sense Media Easy-to-use reviews and ratings of media titles Parenting advice and education Advocacy www.commonsense.org

17. Raise good digital citizens!