A presentation for parents at St. Christopher's Lower School. Topics covered include data, information and reputation management. The power of tech, and filter failure. Student projects were used to illustrate the skills/objectives developed by the Thinking Task Force as essential skills for a 21st century leader.

1. Your Boys and Technology Lower School Parent Meeting March 17, 2010

2. Interesting Stats from our Boys where do you and your family fit in?

8. “Technology isn’t good or bad it’s powerful” Sherry Turkleis Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology in the Program in Science, Technology, and Society at MIT and the founder (2001) and current director of the MIT Initiative on Technology and Self

10. It’s not Information Overload. It’s Filter Failure. Clay Shirky, a prescient voice on the Internet’s effects, argues that emerging technologies enabling loose collaboration will change the way our society works.

11. Essential Skills for 21st Century Leaders

12. Character and Personal Responsibility Your Digital Footprint Do you Google Well? Are you the same person online as you are offline? Online audience is considerably larger

13. Effective Communication

14. Resourceful Use of Information

15. Intellectual Flexibility and Creativity

16. Community Awareness & Participation

17. Why is this important? Tufts, Please pick me

18. Where are we headed? Augmented Reality

19. Resources FRONTLINE: digital nation - life on the virtual frontier | PBS http://ow.ly/1ncg1 Tufts, Please Pick Me - Interactive Feature - NYTimes.com http://ow.ly/1ncDh Facebook | Privacy Policy http://ow.ly/1nchD 10 New Privacy Settings Every Facebook User Should Know http://ow.ly/1ncis Protecting your child's online safety - Gmail Help http://ow.ly/1ncjK GetNetWise | Online Safety Guide http://ow.ly/1ncko Safety by age group Think before you post- http://ow.ly/1ncmE Cyberbullying - Talent Show http://ow.ly/1ncqc Google Alerts http://ow.ly/1nguE