raising children in a digital age #yc14
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Raising children in a digital age, Bex Lewis How do those raising children in the contemporary world –parents, relatives, teachers, and youth workers - gain confidence in the digital environment? How do all enjoy the best whilst avoiding the worst, both for themselves, and those they are responsible for? For Youthwork the Conference, November 2014TRANSCRIPT
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Raising Children in a Digital Age
Dr Bex Lewis @drbexlDirector, Digital FingerprintResearch Fellow in Social Media and Online Learning, CODEC Centre for Digital Theology, Durham Universityhttp://www.slideshare.net/drbexl/raising-children-in-a-digital-age-yc14
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Published by Lion HudsonFebruary 2014
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http://digital-fingerprint.co.uk/2014/02/sid2014-recording-of-drbexl-on-stevewright-on-bbcradio2-digitalparenting/
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Let’s “tweet” each other…
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Feel the Fear….
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The End is Nigh!
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Digital Culture: It Matters!
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http://youtu.be/zxpa4dNVd3c
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The Toolbox
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Are they digital natives?
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CommunicateCommunicateCommunicate
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Is privacy dead?
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To monitor or not to monitor?
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Just because you can … doesn’t mean you should!
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H.A.L.T.
If you are Hungry, Angry, Lonely or Tired, step away from the keyboard/keypad and deal with that issue first. http://redcatco.com/communication/stop-posting-social-media/
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Relationships…
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Stranger Danger
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Increasingly Mobile
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• No surprise, then, that Facebook is no longer a place for uninhibited status updates about pub antics, but an obligatory communication tool that younger people maintain because everyone else does.
• All the fun stuff is happening elsewhere. On their mobiles.
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Sex Talk (Porn, Pedophilia and Sexting)
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Keeping within the Law
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Physical SetupBrain ChangesAddictionMultitaskingConversational AbilityCouch Potatoes
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Screen time and family dynamics
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Gaming
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Does the digital age offer life opportunities?
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Do it for themDo it with them
Watch while they do itLet them do it for themselves.
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Grandparents teachers, youth leaders
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Permissions/Consent
• Parent’s permission before contact
• Consent for use of photographs• Catchall statement for
registration forms – assumes opt-in unless opt-out.
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Language
• Use clear, unambiguous language, avoiding abbreviations that can be mis-interpreted.
• Take care with sign-offs
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Accountability
• Leaders/Young People develop agreed ‘Internet Guidelines’
• Line manager // access to social media accounts
• Second leader ‘in the room’• Save messages/disclosures for use later if
required.
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Confidentiality
• Be prepared for ‘deeper’ disclosures
• Be clear on how much advice/source you can give.
• Add a disclaimer on how you might need to share their information.
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Boundaries
•Work-specific device? •Don’t keep images of young
people on personal devices•Define curfews
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Looking to the future
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https://www.dur.ac.uk/codec/