Digital Citizenship Guide for Parents of Teens.

1. DigitalCitizenship :
A Parent’s Guide
Prepared by Fran Kompar, Coordinator, Media Services in collaboration with Laura Jean Waters, , GHS Media
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2. WhatWeWill Cover
 What is Digital Citizenship
 Take the Quiz
 Write questions/comments on Padlet for Q&A at end of
presentation
 Changing Landscape: What are Teens Doing Online?
 Laws that affect use of the Internet for Students
 Focus on COPPA and CIPA.
 The Digital Footprint Definition and Strategies
 Your Role in Keeping your Teen Safe
 Teaching Digital Citizenship – School and Home Resources

3. A Quick Quiz

4. Living in a Digital Society
 Guiding questions for parents, teachers and
students:
What is the acceptable and appropriate use
of the Internet in schools?
What are the expectations? At school? At
home?
What boundaries are already in place and
what additional instruction will take place to
ensure students create a positive online
community in a digital environment at school
and home?

5. What is Digital Citizenship?
Digital
Citizenship
can be
defined as the
norms of
appropriate,
responsible,
ethical and
effective use
of digital
technology.
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9 Elements of Digital Citizenship (Ribble 2011)

6. Has yourTeen Ever Known aWorld Without the Internet?
 1993 - World Wide Web – Mosaic
 1995 – World Wide Web reaches Classrooms
 1995 – Wikis introduced
 1998 – Google launches
 2005 – Podcasting word of the year
 2005 – YouTube website is founded
 2006 – Facebook opened
 2006 – Twitter launched
 2010 – Apple launches iPad
Padlet Visual Timeline:
http://padlet.com/wall/84fvdrucvg

7. Changing Landscape
Source: Los Angeles Times
2010 Study from Kaiser Foundation.

8. Stats on use of online sites by Teens (Information from Net Smartz Website):
 93% of teens (12-17) go online.
 75% of teens (12-17) have cell phones.
 On average, texting teens (12-17) send and receive 1500 text messages a month.
 97% of teens (12-17) play computer, web, portable, or console games. 27% of
teens (12-17) play games with people they don’t know online.
 1 in 25 youths received an online sexual solicitation where the solicitor tried
to make offline contact.
 73% of teens (12-17) have profiles on social networking sites

9. Raising Digital Citizens

10. Know the Laws
 CIPA (Children’s Internet Protection Act)
 Enacted in Congress in 2000. Updated in 2011.
 Requires filtering of obscene/inappropriate content,
acceptable use policy, and curriculum for teaching
digital citizenship.
 COPPA (Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act)
 Applies to children 13 and under.
 Protection of personal information, requirement of
privacy policy, involvement of parents through
“Family Center”, etc.

11. CIPA
CIPA (Children’s Internet Protection Act) requires school and
libraries receiving E-rate funding for Internet access to adopt
an internet safety policy that addresses:
 Safety and Security of minors using e-mail and other
forms of direct electronic communication
 Unauthorized access or unlawful activity by minors online
 Unauthorized disclosure, use and dissemination of the
personal information of minors
 Measures to restrict minors’ access to material harmful to
minors
 Education for minors about appropriate online behavior

12. COPPA
Websites that collect information from children under
the age of thirteen are required to comply with the
Federal Trade Commission Children’s Online Privacy
Protection Act.
COPPA applies to websites and apps
that are directed to children under 13.
Most of the apps we’ll talk about are
intended for 13+ or 17+.

13. Privacy Rules
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14. What has Changed?
 Passing notes = Texting / Chatting
 Buying CDs = Downloading music
 Playing board games = Online gaming
 Writing in a journal = Blogging
 Talking on the Phone = Video Conference

15. Scale
Everything takes place before a
vast audience
“15 minutes of fame”
You don’t know who will see your
information

17. YourTeen’s Digital
Footprint
Nothing ever truly disappears in the
digital world, and everything you post on
social media shapes people's impression
of you. The impression that you give on
social media and the Internet is often
called your Digital Footprint. What
impression are you giving? Are you happy
with your Digital Footprint? And, if you
aren't, what can you do to change it?

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

19. Strategies to Help you Monitor your
Teen’s Digital Footprint
 Use privacy settings (and only use sites that have privacy settings). Check
out Lifehacker.com for a guide to setting up privacy settings.
 Keep track of accounts.
 Don’t overshare. Includes sharing names, addresses, and other important
information.
 Use a search engine like Google to search your teen’s name and
username(s).
 Use a site like Spokeo or PeekYou to review what information is publicly
available about your teen
 Explore browser extensions that can limit capturing of personal
information including disconnect.me, do no track me (abinery.com) as
well as block cookies.

20. 
Tips on Social
Media

21. Use of Social Media
 Social Media is now open at GHS
 Great educational opportunity - social media has transformed the way we exchange
information in the 21st century
 YouTube - wealth of educational videos... allows for embracing a teachable moments
 Facebook and Twitter used by GHS headmaster and Student activities to highlight
points of pride
 Students use of Facebook - created for classes to share information and discuss
relevant topics
 Skype and Google Hangouts - video chat enabled to allow for interviews and
collaboration
 Pinterest to highlight key pages

22. Talk to yourTeen
 Review the apps your teen uses on their smartphone and the computer and talk about what
information they gave to sign up for each account.
 Talk about how what they posts is viewed by others and how it could affect them if it is seen by a
college admissions office, military recruiter, or hiring manager.
 Talk with your teen about how everything they do online combines to create their Digital
Footprint.
 Look at what your teen posts, blogs, and shares on the Internet (even the information they share
“privately” can easily become public).
Model and Share Positive Ways of Using Social Media:
 Point out and share news stories and other information about positive and negative consequences
of online behavior.
 Explore online resources with your teen to discover more about the social media tools and apps
they hear about and want to use.

23. Twitter
Privacy Options & Settings
 Twitter is a free "microblogging" and social networking site that
allows users to post 140-character messages called “tweets.”
 Users can keep their tweets private and approve individual
followers. This is a potentially good way for teens to “get their
feet wet” in social media.
 Twitter is increasingly being used as a promotional tool for
products and celebrities so limit your teen’s exposure to ads by
keeping their Twitter circle among real friends.
 Users can choose to post their location along with each Tweet—
not a great idea for teens.
 If your teen is ready for social media, Twitter can be used as an
education tool as well as a social networking tool.

24. Facebook
 Facebook is an online social network
on which users can share status
updates, pictures, and video.
 Facebook updates its features
frequently, which can change privacy
settings—so if your teen is ready for
Facebook, regularly check their
privacy settings.
 If your teen is ready for Facebook,
check regularly to ensure they are
“Friends” with only people they know
in real life.
Privacy Options & Settings

25. Privacy Settings
Only Friends

26. Know your Lingo
BRB - Be right back
POS-parents over shoulder
A/S/L - ??

27. Instagram
 Instagram is a photo and video sharing social
networking service.
 If your teen is ready for Instagram, go through
the privacy settings together and talk about
what is (and is not) appropriate to share on
social media.
 Search results for graphic terms can include
graphic pictures.
 Instagram does have built in features to
report inappropriate content, but your teen
cannot “unsee” what they have seen.
Privacy Options & Settings

28. Risky Online Decisions
• “Friending” unknown people
• Posting personal information
• Embarrassing or harassing people
• Talking about sex
• Sending or posting provocative images
• Sharing passwords with friends

29. Social Media in a Nutshell
 Many social media sites are beneficial, necessary part of
our society. Some are bad. The trick is to know the
difference.
 Sites for your Teen to avoid:
 Anonymous – ability to send out texts or images
anonymously.
 Inexistent or weak privacy settings.
 Tools that may be appropriate for the 17+ crowd.
 Modeling, guiding, talking and teaching are the way to
ensure teens understand the power of social media.

30. 
Teaching Digital Citizenship
Standard 4: Students practice responsible, legal, safe and ethical uses of information resources and technology.
Enduring Understanding: There are rights and responsibilities associated with the use of information.

31. Teaching Digital Citizenship
Curriculum Strand: Digital Citizenship includes instruction on the following:
 Responsible and Ethical Use.
 Online Safety
 Media Awareness
 K-8 - Responsible and ethical use taught through formally scheduled media
classes as well as in the context of projects through “teachable moments”.
 9-12 - program less formal but still emphasized throughout the curriculum.
NOTE: As District moves forward with digital learning plan, further instruction
on digital citizenship is planned.

32. Teaching Digital Citizenship:
Resources
 Responsible and ethical use - emphasis on plagiarism and
helping students to give credit where credit is due - especially in
9th and 10th grade (Turn-it-in, Noodletools for online note-
taking and citations)
 Online Safety - focused on in the wellness curriculum that is
taught over 4 years as well as other projects used as teachable
moments.
 Media awareness - becomes more of a focus in 11th and 12th
grade - encouraging students to get a deeper understanding of
where information comes from and the purpose behind
individuals or agencies providing information. Students in 9-10th
grade also provided with lessons on evaluating online resources
using district-wide criteria.

33. Essential Skills and Positive Results

34. Tips toTake WithYou
 Get involved
 Learn about social media platforms with your teen
 Investigate the social media your teen is using
 Check and use privacy settings
 Advise your teen about what content is appropriate
to share
 Delete and block inappropriate content

35. Resources
GPS Virtual Library Resources – For quality research
texts and digital tools.
Mentioned in this presentation:
Spokeo or PeekYou (Get picture of your teen’s digital
footprint)
Lifehacker.com (Guide on Privacy Settings)
Disconnect.me and Abinery.com (limiting personal info)