Growing Up Digital

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Growing Up Digital Parent PresentationDecember
14, 2006Shanghai, China By Jeff
Utechthttp//jeff.scofer.comwww.thethinkingstick
.comwww.utechtips.com
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How often do you go on the Internet
Daily A few times per week A few times per month
78 14 3
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How much time do you spend on the computer
surfing, relaxing or having fun per week?
23 36 20 9 12
Less than one hour 2 to 4 hours 5 to 9 hours 10
to 14 hours 15 or more hours
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• How much time do you spend on the computer for
  work each week?

Less than one hour 2 to 4 hours 5 to 9
hours 10 to 14 hours 15 or more hours
20 50 21 7 3
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How often do you use computers at school each
week?
For Fun 23 36 20 9 12
Homework 20 50 21 7 3
Less than one hour 2 to 4 hours 5 to 9
hours 10 to 14 hours 15 or more hours
42 47 8 3 1
12 41 31
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• Students As Creators and Contributors

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On a typical day how much time does a student
spend using an Instant Messaging program (IM,
Chatting)?
54 spend more than an hour per day
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The Tools of Millennials
88 have a Cell phone 35 have their own
laptop 66 send at least 1 Text message (SMS)
every day.
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What is Cyber Bullying?

• Using technology to deliberately harm another
  students emotional or social well-being

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Real Life Bullying Vs. Cyber Bullying

• Similarities
• Bully gains sense of power
• Victim loses self-esteem

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What tools are used by a cyber bully?

• E-mail
• Cell phones
• Instant messaging (i.e. chatting)
• Personal websites
• Polling websites

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What does cyber bullying look like?

• Threatening or insulting e-mails
• Rumors about a victim e-mailed to many people
• Websites or blogs created that say hateful things
  about a victim. The link to this site could then
  be emailed to many people
• Threatening or insulting text messages
• Built-in digital cameras in cell phones add a new
  dimension to the problem pictures that can be
  distributed to many people in minutes.

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What are the effects of cyber bullying?

• Mental and Emotional
• Loss of self-esteem in victim
• Decreased concentration in school
• Lower grades
• Physical
• Loss of sleep
• Decreased motivation to take part in physical
  activity
• Fear of physical danger
• Social
• Not knowing who to trust
• Not wanting to be out of the loop

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Why Cyber Bully

• Students may say things online that they would
  never say in person
• Bully does not see the consequences of their
  actions (i.e. facial expression of the victim)
• Minimal empathy and remorse
• Less chance of getting caught
• Victims may not know who the bully is
• Victims do not know how many people are involved
• Victims may not report cyber bullying because
  they are afraid parents will freak out and take
  away privileges.
• Difficult for schools to enforce because it
  usually happens at home

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Worried about your child

• Long hours on the computer
• Closes windows on their computer when you enter
  the room
• Is secretive about internet activities
• Is always doing homework on the Internet yet
  still falls behind with school work
• Wont say who they are talking to

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Signs of cyber bullying

• Unexplained pictures on the computer
• Trouble sleeping
• Stomach and headaches
• Lack of appetite, throwing up
• Fear of going out of the house
• Crying for no apparent reason
• Lack of interest in social events that involve
  other students
• Complains of illness before school

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What Parents Can Do?

• Learn everything you can about the Internet and
  what your kids are doing online
• Keep the computer in an open, commonly used space
• Let them know you are aware of this problem and
  encourage your kids to come to you if it ever
  happens to them
• If it does happenStay calm!
• Remind them never to say anything online that
  they wouldnt want the whole world to read

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Guidelines for Students

• Never give out personal information online
• Dont believe everything you see or read
• Use Netiquette
• Dont send a message when you are angry
• Dont open anything from someone you dont know
• If it doesnt look or feel right, it probably
  isnt

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The Good News
74 have never experienced Cyber-Bullying 62 say
to their knowledge a friend or someone they know
has never experienced Cyber-Bullying
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We are no longer creating our filters in advance
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With great power comes great responsibility! (Uncl
e Ben) Spiderman
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Get Involved Be Aware!