1. CyberSafety Unraveled Images from Microsoft Design Gallery Presentation Co-developed by AT&T and CTAP Region IV
2. CTAP4 Website with Resources Resources for Educators, Parents, and Students
3. Goals of Presentation considering strategies to help ensure that our children have a safe, positive experience with technology. To unravel the fear and hype surrounding the online lives of our cyber kids while also
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6. Welcome to Their World MacArthur Foundation Movie: Are Kids Different Because of Digital Media?”
42. Student Voices to Print Out 1. “Doing your homework on the Internet is so great because it’s like going to the biggest library in the world right at your desk, but it’s also hard because the building that has the world’s biggest library also has the world’s biggest game room, the world’s biggest porn store, the world’s biggest casino, the world’s biggest mall and the world’s biggest lounge. Sometimes I don’t make it to the library.” 2. “The Internet and web sites like YouTube are what kids talk about a lot at school. You have to stay connected to know what’s going on.”
43. Student Voices to Print Out 3. “Things happen much faster now so you really need to stay connected at all times so you don’t get left out. A girl that you like can break up with her boyfriend, flirt with a bunch of guys, pick one and start a new relationship all during one study hall, so you really can’t afford to be offline for that long if you want to keep up.” 4. “You (educators) really need to be working with middle school students. High school students may be mature enough to deal with it (Internet, cyberbullying, etc.), but middle schoolers are really out of control.”
44. Student Voices to Print Out 5. “Teens don’t want to tell adults about problems because the response from adults is usually to block a site and then teens don’t have access to the sites they want to use for positive social communication.” 6. “Stop trying all of these things, like blocking sites, and just start talking to kids about these issues. No one ever said to me stop cyberbullying. Maybe the problem would be a lot less in middle school, if the second week of school would focus on these issues.” 7. “So often schools just block sites but that just pushes kids off campus where there may be even less supervision. Don’t block, just help MONITOR student use of the Internet.”
