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Digital Life: Our Kids’ Connected Culture

Socializing Communicating Creating Playing Exploring Learning

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Content Negative Pushes World at health boundaries fingertips effects

Anywhere and anytime access

Mobile

Interactive Kids Norms connect of Addiction and collaborate communication

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

Searchable Kids don’t always think Easy Access Damage to find totoinformation information reputation before they post

Anonymity Identities Sexual Self-exploration Cyberbullying are predators unknown

Replicable Everything Information can Sexting be can cutgo and viral pasted

Persistent Once something is out there, it’s hard to erase

So that means our kids are leaving digital footprints

Raising Digital Citizens

Basic Rules of the Road Embrace their world Encourage balanced use Monitor media use as best you can Discuss what sites they can visit No cyberbullying

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

What Kids Can Trust and Believe Teach kids to ask the who, what, when, and how questions Balance research sources Is a person who they say they are?

Point out all the ways marketers target them

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Raise good digital citizens!