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Summary of White House Bullying Prevention Summit

Posted on March 14, 2011March 13, 2011 by Marti Weston

Over at Net Family News, Ann Collier has provided a superb summary of the Bullying Prevention Summit held last Thursday at the White House. Her blog post, Takeaways from the Bullying Prevention Summit, includes a list of presenters, links to organizations that are working on national plans to deal with cyberbullying, and a list of federal government initiatives.

Early in January 2011 this blog published a short post, Bullying and Cyberbullying: Myths and Reality, describing an Washington Post article, Five Myths About Bullying by one of the summit presenters, Susan Swearer-Napolitano. Swearer, a professor at the University of Nebraska, co-authored the book, Bullying Prevention and Intervention (under the name Susan M. Swearer).

5 Tech-Free Times for Families

Posted on March 6, 2011April 6, 2015 by Marti Weston

I am reading Sherry Turkle’s book, Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Ourselves. Turkle is a professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Last Friday she was Ira Flatow’s guest on the NPR’s Science Friday program. Professor Turkle explained how she interviewed more than 300 children and teens who described feeling immense frustration when their parents use technology gadgets at the same time they are supposed to be interacting with their kids.

The Alone Together author, quoted in a January 31, 2011 Washington Post article, AnyBody: Parents are Ignoring their Children for their BlackBerry, points out, “It’s now children who are complaining about their parents’ habits…” During the Science Friday interview Turkle identified five times when children want their parents to put away their phones, Blackberries, and other gadgets and to pay attention. They include: Continue reading “5 Tech-Free Times for Families” →

digital citizenship, gadget ownership, parents and technology

Generations and Their Gadgets – from Pew

Posted on March 5, 2011March 20, 2019 by Marti Weston

Pew-Internet--Generations-and-Gadgets — Click for a larger copy.

The Pew Internet and American Life Project just published (Feb 3, 2011) Generations and Their Gadgets (overview). Researchers surveyed 3001 Americans in late 2010 and discovered a lot about how technology tools and gadgets are used. Click on the image on the right to get a larger image of the summary chart.

I often think about how members of my family use computers, laptops, cell phones. Our three generations are a microcosm of gadget world users. Are we average? Do we have more gadgets or fewer? I don’t know.

My mother (83) uses a Dell desktop and occasionally a Dell laptop. My dad (87) uses a Dell laptop and an iPad. They have a cell phone and a landline and are contemplating removing the landline. Mom e-mails a lot, Dad a little.
My husband and I have a desktop, a couple of laptops, an iPad, an iPhone, a Blackberry, and a basic cell phone. I text, he does not. We both e-mail a lot. We, too, are contemplating removing the landline.
My daughter and her husband have all of the above, but more of them, as well as iPods and two iPhones. They text most of the time and e-mail much less Their house does not have a landline.

My Thoughts After Reading the Pew Report Continue reading “Generations and Their Gadgets – from Pew” →

cultural changes, digital citizenship, digital parenting, parents and technology, social media, social networking, technology changes

Video – How Social Networking is Changing Our World

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Marti Weston

Watch this interesting video that shares a lot about how fast social networking has moved into our world and how rapidly it’s changing the way people interact, work, and play.

Go to the Socialnomics website to see sources of the information, statistics, and data.

You may need to turn down the music.

digital citizenship, digital parenting, leaving comments online, parents and technology

The 10 Commandments of Commenting — Positively Rephrased

Posted on March 1, 2011September 27, 2015 by Marti Weston

You may also want to read my post, Conversations on Commenting.

A Few Etiquette Pointers Rewritten for Students and Their Parents
(or The 10 Commandments of Commenting, positively rephrased.)

All comments leave digital footprints — any comment posted at a website will be accessible for years.
Be specific and demonstrate with your comment that you have a genuine interest in the topic.
If you disagree, that’s fine, but include at least a bit of constructive criticism.
You may share something about yourself, but avoid blatant self-promotion.
Stay on topic. Brevity is good.
The quality of your language counts. Do you want your digital footprints to include obscene and foul language or rude and disrespectful information?
If you just want to say you like the post or article, use the like or share link.
A comment is a piece of writing and the comment writer is the author.
All of the comments that you leave will become a part of your digital dossier.
It’s your writing. What conclusions will people draw about you when they read your comment?

If you want to use a copy of this post, click on the image at right to download the PDF. Instructions for attribution are on the document.

cultural changes, digital citizenship, digital parenting, media literacy, parents and technology, research on the web

Virtual World Questions and Thoughtful Surmises

Posted on February 24, 2011February 24, 2011 by Marti Weston

Check out Is the Virtual World Good For the “Real” One? in the February 23, 2011 Huffington Post. The article, by Joseph Kahane, describes a longitudinal study focused on the amount of time that young people (age 18 – 29) spend online. Researchers wondered whether time in the virtual world may be keeping young people from paying enough attention to the tangible needs of the real world.

Kahane, who currently chairs the MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Youth and Participatory Politics, describes some interesting findings and concludes, ” In short, the virtual world can be good for the “real” one. There are forms of online activity that can give youth civic and political engagement a much-needed boost. We need to fully tap this potential.”

Read the entire article.

acceptable use, cyber-bullying, digital citizenship, digital parenting, family conversations, parents and technology

Trend Micro’s Family Internet Safety and Citizenship Site

Posted on February 18, 2011February 28, 2015 by Marti Weston

Trend Micro, a web security firm, devotes a part of the company’s website to Internet Safety for Families and Kids. The section is well-organized and topical so a visitor can quickly scan a list of subjects to find tips, links to organizations that support digital citizenship, and an internet safety and citizenship resources library that includes a wide range of documents available downloading and sharing. Topics include Safety Tips for Social Networking, three short videos on social networking, and A Safety Guide for Web Threats. These and other documents can be used as handouts for parent organizations and discussion groups, or just shared during those parent-child conversations that are so necessary in today’s digital world.