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1. Technology & Teens

   Freshmen Orientation St. Mary’s High School
2. Yew Guys are Digital Natives- raised on a variety of technologies resulting in an unique wiring of your brains. (Dr. Gary Small, psychology professor) Your brains are rewarded with chemicals (dopamine…) when something new & fun is tried (too much-addiction) This results in a tendency to multi-task (new & fun) Researchers have yet to determine all of the results, both positive and negative, of this huge change Pruning- during teen year brain connections lost or strengthened according to use (multi-tasking & focusing on one thing?) The rate of technological changes is unprecedented
3. Technology within your life time No iPods Cell phones- only made calls No Facebook No Youtube No Twitter No Wii No Kindle On the market-2001 Camera in phone-2002 1st Smart phone- 2007 1st online- 2004 1st online-2005 1st online-2006 On market-2006 On the market-2007 When you were in diapers…didn’t exist Online/Invented
4. Part 1: Evaluating Websites
5. Up to Date/Consider the Source Date published? Is the information up to date? Are links current? Are the authors listed? Are the authors experts? Check for an “about us” link Purpose Bias / Point of view Inform Persuade Entertain Sell Fact vs. Opinion A balanced perspective? http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic32.htm
6. The Deceivers www.martinlutherking.org Produced by Stormfront.org, a white supremacist organization. http://heartland.org/ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dan-becker-and-james-gerstenzang/climate-deniers-meet-joe-camel_b_4086350.html
7. References & Cross References Bibliography or works cited Google the website Google Advanced: “Find pages that link to the page”
8. Part 2: Pitfalls of Technology Don’t touch or you’ll burn your hand. Ouch!
9. Which ones are good ideas?1. So as to remember his passwords, John uses a variety of passwords using his nameand birthday or the numbers 1,2,3,A,B,C,D.2. Tom & Linda are proud parents of two pre-school kids. Bonnie, is 1 years old and Josh is 4. They have a lot of fun telling the world about their kids’ pre-school and other activities. 3. After 4 years working hard at the university, Beth was excited about her job interview. She decided to get drunk before hand. 4. Megan and Claire have been best friends since 4th grade. Why not share passwords?
10. 5. Ruth never really felt good about herself and the boy she met online seemed genuinely interested in her. What would be the big deal if she sent her special friend some special pictures? 6. Doug couldn’t believe his luck. The video he bought online were so cheap. He’ll definitely tell his friends about it. 7. Mike never liked Keith, ever since that incident in 3rd grade. But when Keith posted that embarrassing picture, it was time to get even. That disgusting video Keith made is now going viral. 8. Carol and Jim knew they had a lot to drink but they were experienced. Besides they only had to go 5 miles to get home.
11. Cyber-safety: Protect your privacy High Privacy settings- Facebook… Strong passwords and don’t share Safe usernames/avatars No personal information- proper settings Don’t impersonate others Scams: Phishing, identity theft (Google, Yelp, consumeraffairs.com, ripoffreport.com) Sexual Predators- physically meeting someone you met online Sexting- used by other to bully, hurt, blackmail, exploit (pornography) Cyber safety: Inappropriate Contact
12. Cyber safety: Malware Beware: Viruses, worms, trojans, spyware Don’t open unwanted/unrecognized emails/texts Install security software tools Check email headings, usernames Be weary of free downloads of ringtones, wallpaper, games, WiFi connections Don’t open unknown attachments Cyber Take-backs (Facebook, Youtube, texting…) Forget about it. It’s very difficult to completely erase things. Don’t become a victim of of computer haunting.
13. Watch what you say Way Back Machine: Internet archive http://www.archive.org/index.php Archives are permanent & beyond your control Accessible to anyone: including employers, college admissions officers, the police http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seOcqKFYy38
14. Cyberbullying Threats or abusive language Posting malicious rumors, private information, or humiliating photos Can result in loss of privileges school disciplinary action legal action If cyberbullied- don’t retaliate; contact an adult NYS Cyberbullying Law- July, 2012- Requires schools to take immediate steps to stop , prevent cyberbullying/protect victim/involve police when necessary. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WoP0y3SylQ
15. The End of Civilization As We Know It? Does this technology make us better people? 1.Texting & speling- abbreviations may hurt one’s ability to spell correctly, even with spell check; limits a person’s vocabulary. e.g.- threw (through) 2. You may remember less but have the tools to look up answers. Enough info to ask the right answers? 3. Social Neanderthals- too much technology may hinder a person’s human relations skills. Need to learn body language, facial expressions, voice inflections. Need to pay attention to the people you are with. 4. Fallacy of Multi-tasking: 1 thing=100%, 2 things=50%... A person can learn to be a quick & somewhat efficient task switcher but still… (texting & driving same as drinking & driving) 5. Lack of sleep- decreased concentrating, resistance to disease 6. Obesity 7. OCD- if you keep checking for texts… 8. Addiction- interferes with daily life