1. What you need to know to raise media-smart kids

2. Socializing Texting Creating Gaming Visiting virtual worlds Downloading

3. Access to information Connect, collaborate and network Community support

4. Self-exploration Creative expression Educational value

5. Always on Cyberbullying and sexting Information overload

6. Damage to reputation Exposure to inappropriate content, people and influences Pressure to broadcast

7. Kids ARE digital citizens. Citizenship

8. Scale Everything takes place before a vast audience

9. Anonymity Audience is invisible

10. Replicable Everything can be cut and pasted

11. Persistent Once something is out there, it doesn’t ever go away

12. So that means our kids are leaving digital footprints.

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

14. Teach kids to ask the who, what, and when questions INFORMATION OVERLOAD Point out all the ways marketers target them

15. Talk about copyright issues. Cheating online is still cheating. Once it’s gone digital, kids lose control. Encourage creativity. Ownership

16. Embrace their world Encourage balanced use Try to keep media in public spaces Discuss what sites they can visit and what they can download Basic Rules of the Road

17. Cyber bullying Kids may say and do things online that they would not do in person. Take time to think since anything posted online can be shared broadly and immediately.broadlyimmediately

18. Our library media specialists teach… basic technology skills digital literacy Internet safety and citizenship

19. Thanks to www.commonsensemedia.org for allowing us to adapt their presentation. For additional resources, please see your Kingston library media specialist as well as refer to the handout.