Education in the digital age

Information thank to

David Truss

Have you ever?

Clicked on a Pop-up advertisement?Or believed that something online was ‘free’?

Given up trying to find information online?

Spent time at work ‘surfing’ the net?

Given out your email password to a website? (Or other private information?)

Found something ‘bad’ that you were were not looking for?

Have you ever?

Signed up for a social network? (Besides Facebook?)

Sent your kid a text?(Besides making plans to pick them up, or asking them where they are or if their homework is done?)

Shared a photo online? Or downloaded a song?Made an online friend? (That you have never met.)

As a kid, did you ever?

Go somewhere your parents didn’t want you to go?(Or break your curfew?)

Do something dangerous?(Or just really stupid?)

Ignore your parent’s advice?

As kids, we tookrisks, and chances…

Many we rememberfondly, and many

that we would not want our

children to repeat!

We did most of thisoutside of our

parent’sknowledge.

Two key ways that we learn something are:

1. Trying something new2. Making mistakes

Our children will make mistakes… How do we handle this?How do we minimize the risk?How do we permit them to learn?

YOUTH SAFETY ON A LIVING INTERNET: REPORT OF THE ONLINE SAFETY AND TECHNOLOGY WORKING GROUP JUNE 4, 2010

BACKGROUND & CONTEXT

YOUTH SAFETY ON A LIVING INTERNET: REPORT OF THE ONLINE SAFETY AND TECHNOLOGY WORKING GROUP JUNE 4, 2010

• It takes a “toolbox” – holistic approach, that isappropriate to a child’s age/development

• To children, technology is embedded and notan add-on to face-to-face life.

• More internet content is created by children, so:

• Safety and protective education are moreimportant than ever!

Tech is invisible

We are not known as‘The Phone Generation’.

Our parents are not known as

‘The Car Generation’.

It is invisible to us too!

What did your parents think aboutthe amount of time

you spent on the phone,or borrowing the car?

What did these ‘tools’provide you with?

Why do kids go online/use technology?What needs does this meet?

• Fun• Independence• Communication• Connection• Adventure• Creation• Sense of Belonging• Risk• Being heard• Privacy

To children, technology is embedded and not an add-on to face-to-face life.

To children, technology is embedded and not an add-on to face-to-face life.• Fun• Independence• Communication• Connection• Adventure• Creation• Sense of Belonging• Risk• Being heard• Privacy

They want the same things we wanted as kids, but just like we found these things in different ways than our parents, they are finding them in different ways than us!

“If we as educators don’t participate with students online,

then we run the risk of having misguided or inexperienced friends, or worse yet bullies,

becoming greater influences than us in their lives.

Gordon Neufeld calls it ‘peer orientation’ in his book, Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to

Matter More Than Peers.”

http://pairadimes.davidtruss.com/facing-facebook/

• One size does not fit all – ‘levels of prevention’

Start with meaningful communication

• One size does not fit all – ‘levels of prevention’- Get online… (ask them for help)- Share- Communicate… (in their spaces)- Interact- Play games… (with them)- Engage- Watch… (let them teach you)- Create- Develop… (expectations with them)

What will YOU do?–Generate expectations (Proactive)–Have the conversations and generate ownership

Use prompts (YouTube videos, case-based scenarios, teachable moments)

– Establish a response “plan” (Reactive)–Be available to “support not punish”–Preserve your attachment (Caring teacher)

• Non-fear-based, social norms education

• Non-fear-based, social norms education

Remember this?

Teacher <- Responsibility -> Child

Consistency Matters!

• Online Behavior• Respecting others• Being polite• Being kind to others• Appropriate language• Completing homework• Helping others

High Expectations Matter!

(A part of the continuum of things we monitor, model and mentor our kids about with high expectations for

appropriate behavior.)

(A part of the continuum of things we monitor, model and mentor our kids about with high expectations for

appropriate behavior.)

• Online Behavior• Respecting others• Being polite• Being kind to others• Appropriate language• Completing homework• Helping others

Questions?http://RaisingDigitalKids.wikispaces.com/

http://RaisingDigitalKids.wikispaces.com/Engaging-with-kids

Presentation by David Truss http://pairadimes.davidtruss.com

Photo and source credits (by slide #)1 & 66 Digital Katie by David Truss3 School Limits by David Truss on Toondoo6 YouTube Comment by XDiamondXLoveX on YouTube11 Dave Leaps by Ann Truss12 Kai Leaps by David Truss on Flickr18 & 19 Fisch by gertrudk on Flickr20-25, & 48 Cassie, Invisible Tech by David Truss26-27 Phone by Pete Prodoehl on Flickr26-27 Classic Cars by hiro008 on Flickr29 Don't fence me in by jen_kelsey on Flickr 34 World of Warcraft Wedding by Ramon Snellink on Flickr41 Cleveland Public Library in SL: Life Size Chess Set by bcg8 on Flickr42 web2.0 tools by function (Brian Solis & Jess3 by josemota on Flickr51 & 61 The Bully Wins by David Truss on Toondoo

Special Thanks to Dave Sands: http://connectandprotect.wikispaces.com/