Strategies for fostering cybersafety in support of student learning in the 21st century

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Strategies for fostering cybersafety in support
of student learning in the 21st century

• Mala Bawer
• Executive Director

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What is the MAIN objective of teaching students
cybersafety?

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• ( A ) to PROTECT them danger
• ( B ) to ensure a FUN and safe experience
• ( C ) to empower them with the critical SKILLS
  needed to achieve in todays digital society

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What is the main objective of teaching students
cybersafety?

• ?Answer (A) to PROTECT
• them from danger

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Law enforcement public service ad
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The medias response
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Research shows

• Messages of stranger danger are
• ? perpetuating myths
• ? creating fear
• ? not age-appropriate
• ? missing educational opportunities

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Public misconceptions exposed by thelargest
research study of youth online David Finkelhor,
Ph.D
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Public misconceptions exposed by thelargest
research study of youth online Michelle Ybarra,
MPH, Ph.D
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Cyberbullying is of greater concernSameer
Hinduja, Ph.D

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What is the main objective of teaching students
cybersafety?

• ?Answer (B)
• to ensure a FUN and
• safe experience

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Fenced in safe online playgrounds
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Parental Controls
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The government goes online
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reaching out to young teens
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Can we rely on the parents? Parry Aftab, Esq
Executive Director Wired Safety


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Can we rely on filters? Carol Stern Larosa CEO
Anti-Defamation League

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• My school district does not really educate
  students on how to avoid all these Internet
  pitfalls, but rather, has a very thorough
  blocking practice which just doesn't let anyone
  get on anything, pretty much.

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• It seems to me that our district places a lot
  of emphasis on protecting users from
  inappropriate sites by BLOCKING.
• There is little or no curriculum dealing with
  teaching HOW to use technology appropriately.

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What is the main objective of teaching students
cybersafety?

• ? Answer (C) to empower them with the critical
  SKILLS needed to achieve in todays digital
  society

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The Missing Piece

• How do we foster cybersafety
• in support of student learning?

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A New Paradigm is Needed for Cybersafety
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A missed opportunity

• ? Character
• ? Ethics
• ? Citizenship

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Linking cybersafety and characterJohn Lestino,
National School Psychologist of the Year
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• Critical thinking
• Problem solving
• Empowering students
• to make good judgments

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