Digital Life Our Kids Connected Culture Interactive Kids

Digital Life: Our Kids’ Connected Culture

Interactive Kids Norms connect of Sexual Predators and communication collaborate

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

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

Anonymity Identities Self-exploration Cyberbullying are unknown

Replicable Everything Information can Sexting be can cutgo and viral pasted

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

So that means our kids are leaving digital footprints

Raising Digital Citizens

Basic Rules of the Road Embrace their world Encourage balanced use Monitor media use as best you can Discuss what sites they can visit and what they can download

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

Creating Identity Explain that the identity they create today could haunt them tomorrow Talk about risky behavior Discuss accountability

Understanding Who Owns What Gets Created Encourage creativity Explain that cheating online is still cheating Talk about copyright issues

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

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Raise good digital citizens!