a presentation I gave at my children's school on how the Internet is changing our children's lives and how you can learn to be able to help them use it.

1. Parents and the Internet
What you can do to know how to assist your children.

2. Who Am I?
- Business Owner and Consultant
(xlerate.ca)
-
Internet Hound
(Facebook, Twitter, Google…)
-
Most important, a Parent!

3. What Not to Expect
Fear of the Internet, or media sensationalism.
Discussions around banning social media.
Great discussions into “Internet Security”

4. Is The Internet A Bad Place?
Not inherently.
Bad things can and do happen.
Inherently important to know the dangers of
anything, Internet included.
To better protect and assist your children, YOU must
learn and know what the Internet is, does and can do.

5. A quick overview of how things have changed
The Internet – A Quick 101

6. Differences between then and now
When I Was A Kid Now I Have Kids
Telephone for talking Email, chat, skype for talking
Outside for playing Outside still exists
Atari 2600 was video games Consoles, MPOG, Steam
No Internet Everything
News came by Paper News – web, social media.
No mobile Everything is mobile
Controlled environment Control is not as available

7. How Has The Internet Age Changed Us?
http://youtu.be/APE8M9MeOWA

8. Stats on Internet Use
• 48 Hours uploaded each minute
• 100 Million mobile views per day
• 3 BILLION hits per day to site
• More video is uploaded in two
months than the three major U.S.
networks combined created in six
decades.

9. Stats on Internet Use
• 100 Million users+
• 250 Million tweets per day.
• # (hashtag) becomes a society
norm.
• Instant access to
news/entertainment/life as it
happens from a 1st person
perspective.

10. Stats on Internet Use
• 800 Million+ Users
• 400 Million+ Users active every day
• 70 different languages
• 75% of users are outside the US
• If Facebook were a country, it would
be the 3rd largest nation in the
world!

11. Has It Changed Our World?

12. YouTube … not Television

13. People are now the News Media

14. And it’s making change…

15. But it’s just a personal thing, right?
http://youtu.be/pqHWAE8GDEk?hd=1

16. Apps and Sites
What’s my kid using these days?

18. So, what next?

19. Facebook

20. Look and Feel of Facebook
How to Register
Areas to watch
Privacy
Feeds
You can now block certain people from certain friends (like
mom and dad…)
Messaging
Groups/Likes

21. Demo

22. Twitter

23. Look and Feel of Twitter
How to Register
Areas to watch
Followers
Lists
Direct Messages

24. Demo

25. MSN

26. Look and Feel of MSN (Application, Mobile, Browser)
How to Register
Areas to watch
Friend List
File Sharing / Web Cam Usage
Message archiving
Not as Big Brother, but to monitor for issues with cyber
bullying, and ensuring you have proof of what is occurring.

27. Demo

28. Skype

29. Look and Feel of Skype
How to Register
Areas to watch
Friend List
Web Cam Usage
Spam calls

30. Demo

31. Instagr.am

32. Look and Feel of Instagr.am
How to Register
Areas to watch
Friends
Security (defaults to Public)
Likes
Photo Types and Styles
One person’s art is another’s offence…

33. Demo

34. What the heck did I just see?
Review

35. Review
The Internet isn’t going away – in fact, it is becoming
a fundamental part of our lives.
Our children use these applications and social media
sites, right now!
If you don’t teach your child how to use social
media, and the Internet, someone else will.
Your first step in helping and assisting your children
guide their way through this is to know these
yourself.

37. Reaching Me
Facebook – facebook.com/nikpanter
Twitter – @nikpanter
The Old School – nik.w.panter@gmail.com