1. CYBER WORLD Conquers Adolescents

2. SOCIAL NETWORKING

3. Generation Divide 9th grader: “My parents don’t understand that I’ve been online since I was in 2nd grade. I know what to watch out for.” Parent: “I feel like I’m always on the outside looking in. Technology is making it hard to relate to my child.” Teacher: “I need to find way to entertain my students. We have to cut through the cloud of information and media surrounding them to capture their attention

7. ADULT SITES

12. CYBER BULLYING

16. Cyber bullying typically starts at about 9 years of age and usually ends after 14 years of age; after 14, it becomes cyber or sexual harassment due to nature of acts and age of actors Affects 65-85% of kids in the core group directly or indirectly through close friends Problems in studies: not assessing the ‘real thing’ i.e. Only 15% of parent polled knew what cyber bullying was 65% of their students between 8-14 have been involved directly or indirectly in a cyber bullying incident as the cyber bully, victim or friend 21% of kids have received mean or threatening e-mail or other messages 58% have not told their parents or an adult about something mean or hurtful that happened to them online. Report of bullying

19. The End By Gocool BCA 1 st year