A collaborative effort by Verizon, iKeepSafe, and the California School Library Association--BEaPRO: Connect with Confidence is a family workshop on the Digital Literacy (Citizenship) concepts of balance, ethical use, privacy, relationships, reputation and online security.

1. Provided by a generous grant from

2. CONNECT WITH CONFIDENCE
Presented by CSLA Librarians
Lydia Smith-Davis, Regina Powers, and Mitzie Larson

3. Defining Success
• Ethical
• Responsible
• Resilient
Our students are living in digital
spaces — studying, learning, and
hanging out with friends

4. Youth and Connected Devices
?
How many hours per day do kids spend
with their digital devices — cell phones,
computers, iPods, iPads/tablets, gaming?

5. Youth and Connected Devices
7.5 hours a day
7 days a week
52.5 hours/week
[“Generation M2: Media in the Lives of 8-to 18-Year-Olds,” 2010.]

6. What Kids Are Doing Online
http://youtu.be/YdLR4ANs2AI

7. Digital Citizenship

8. BE a PRO Online
http://youtu.be/uczkKcOQxpA

9. Parents are the Key
New research: kids look to parents
above any other source for their
connected/mobile behaviors.
[Lenhart, A., et. al., “Teens, kindness and cruelty on social networks.”
Pew Internet & American Life Project, 2011.]

10. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends
that parents limit screen time (TV, computer, etc.) to:
?_ hrs/day for children under two
?_ hrs/day for children over two

11. BALANCE — Stats
AAP Recommendations:
• Children under 2 years: 0 hrs/day
(No TV or computers!)
• Children over 2 years: 1‒ 2 hrs/day
• Create an “electronic media free”
environment in children’s bedrooms

12. BALANCE — Healthy Screen Time
Set limits / filter content:
• Software for Filtering and Time Limits
– K9 Web Protection (by Bluecoat)
– OpenDNS (filters your wireless network)
– Your own wireless router
• All mobile devices have parental controls
(“Verizon Usage Controls”)
SEARCH HINT
[Your router make and model] parental controls
[Your cell phone carrier] parental controls

13. BALANCE — at home activity
Internet Addiction Self-test

14. Tips to Maintain Balance
• Model balanced technology use
• Ban digital devices from the dinner table
• Help children select creative alternatives
to digital media consumption
• Charge devices where they can’t
interrupt sleep time

15. At what age does cyberbullying start? . . . digital
piracy (illegally downloading movies and music)?

16. ETHICAL USE — Stats
• Cyber bullying begins in 2nd grade
• Piracy begins in 4th grade
[Rochester Institute of Technology 2008.]
• Most young people are devoid of ethical
thinking or consideration for others
when using the Web
[Harvard School of Education, “Good Play Project” 2008.]

17. ETHICAL USE — Social Media
Online communities are everyone’s
business:
• Upstander vs. Bystander
• Report bad behavior

18. ETHICAL USE — Cyberbullying
http://youtu.be/k8W4OVGHRxg
(often referred to by kids as “drama”: )

19. ETHICAL USE — Downloads and Piracy
• Copyright and Creativity go hand-in- hand.
• What is piracy?

20. Tips to Promote Ethical Choices
• Make expectations known
• Set limits on content: viewing
and creating
• Model respect for others,
online and off

21. Hey, teens! Do you think your friends share too much
personal information online?
“Online Privacy: What Does it Mean to Parents and Kids?" Common Sense Media, 2010.

22. PRIVACY — Stats
• Chances are . . . you answered “yes”
Even teens (79%) think their friends
share too much personal info online
[“Online Privacy: What Does it Mean to Parents and Kids?" (2010). Common
Sense Media. Retrieved from http://www.commonsensemedia.org/sites/default/files/privacypoll.pdf]

23. PRIVACY — Think Before You Post
http://youtu.be/2r2jNCyuV6U

24. PRIVACY — social media settings

25. PRIVACY — mobile settings
Location-sharing on mobile devices

26. Tips for Maintaining Privacy
NEVER share online (your own or
another’s):
• Address
• Phone Number
• Password Information (even to
friends)
• Offensive or Sexually – Suggestive
Images or messages

27. How many text messages does an
AVERAGE teen send per month?

28. RELATIONSHIPS — Stats
• Average teen sends 3,400 texts/month
– 7 messages per waking hour
[Nielsen Wire, 2011]
• 70% percent of people
worldwide say that the Internet
has improved their relationships
[Collier, Anne. “Teens’ social media experiences largely positive: Study” (Nov. 10, 2011).
NetFamilyNews.org. Retrieved from http://www.netfamilynews.org/?p=30933]

29. RELATIONSHIPS
Spending time in social media is correlated
with increased face-to-face interaction
GPA falls .05 for each hour/day that a
student averaged with digital media
[Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking,
“Facebook, texting help Freshmen Students,” 2010.]

30. RELATIONSHIPS
• Harmful content impacts a child’s ability to
form and maintain healthy relationships
• Parental control software can protect kids
from:
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Pornography
Violence
Hate speech
Promotions of eating disorders (Ana/Mia)
(Flood, M., “Harms of Pornograpy Exposure Among Children and Young People , January 2010)

31. TIPS: SAFE & HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS
Start conversations. Ask:
• Have you ever felt pestered or overwhelmed by digital
communication from a friend or boy/girlfriend?
• Sometimes kids are pressured to send a sexually
explicit text or photo. Has this happened to you?
• How can we handle these uncomfortable situations to
prevent them from happening?

32. What percentage of HR professionals/recruiters have rejected
an applicant based on information they found online?

33. REPUTATION — Stats
• 70% of HR professionals (people hiring)
have rejected an applicant based on
something they found online
• There is no DELETE button on the
Internet!
Johnston, Stuart J. “Microsoft Survey: Online ‘Reputation’ Counts”. InternetNews. 2010.

34. REPUTATION — Digital Dossier
http://youtu.be/79IYZVYIVLA

35. Tips for Building a Positive Online
Reputation
• Think before you share
• Post positive items and accomplishments
online for college recruiters and future
employers

36. Take a guess — what percentage of children have
someone else using their Social Security number?
[Power, R.,“Child Identity Theft,” 2011]

37. ONLINE SECURITY — Stats
• A recent study found that more than
10% of children had someone else using
their Social Security number – 51 times
higher than adults in the same study
• That’s 4,311 out of 40,000 child
identities scanned
[Power, R. (2011). Child Identity Theft: New Evidence Indicates Identity Thieves are Targeting Children for Unused
Social Security Numbers. Retrieved from http://www.cylab.cmu.edu/files/pdfs/reports/2011/child-identitytheft.pdf]

38. ONLINE SECURITY — Passwords Count
How to make a strong password
that’s easy to remember:
• Use a favorite song
• Substitute numbers for letters
• Add a symbol:
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•
•
•
<3 for love
@ for a
1 for L
5 for S

39. Tips for Keeping Safe Online
• Back up data – Dropbox
• Keep software current with automatic
updates
• Adjust privacy settings
• Teach students how and when to report
harassment

40. BE a PRO Parent Guide
www.BE a PROmobile.com/ParentGuide

41. Thank-you for joining us.
If you have your smartphone or
tablet handy, Please do a quick—2 minute
evaluation at:
www.BEaPROmobile.org/SURVEY

42. The End