Resources for Parents

We thank you for joining us at our parent presentation! If you were unable to make it, here's what you missed. Below you will find our slides, along with a compilation of resources and articles that parents might find helpful and informative:

Parenting in the digital world 2012

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• A Parent's Guide to Facebook, from the fine folks at Connect Safely
• Pew Internet and American Life Project - see the latest research here, including:
• Teens, Kindness and Cruelty on Social Network Sites
• Social Media and Young Adults
• Media in the Lives of 8-18 Year-Olds - Kaiser Family Foundation study
• Common Sense Media - "the nation's leading independent non-profit advocating for kids," read about this organization here
• Controlling Your Digital Identity is as Easy as 1-2-3 - Lisa Nielsen, the Innovative Educator
• Check your digital footprint: Spezify, Google, Personas
• Did You Know? v.5 - Watch this video to see how the world is changing in this technological landscape. This version is specific to the state of Iowa, but the first half applies to all!
• Digital Citizenship - explore the 9 elements here
• The Unintended Consequences of Cyberbullying Rhetoric - danah boyd and Alice Marwick
• The Drama! Teen Conflict, Gossip, and Bullying in Networked Publics - boyd and Marwick research paper
• Exaggerating Bullying Could Increase Bullying - Larry Magid on the importance of accurate statistics
• Kids Deserve the Truth About Cyberbullying - Anne Collier
• Good and Bad Bullying PSAs - Rosalind Wiseman

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