New article on ConnectSafely: Why we need to rethink "online safety."
When you talk with teens in your family or classroom, do you see what we're seeing: that, because of the predator panic US society has been experiencing and widespread school policy to block social media, they have practically tuned out the term "online safety"?
To help keep school relevant to students, make online safety meaningful to them, make their use of social media more constructive, and close what author and media professor Henry Jenkins calls the participation gap, we need to: 1) put online safety into the context of full, healthy participation and 2) redefine it as freedom from a set of risks that restrict youth from free expression and civic engagement through social technologies and media. Read more.
Tell us: Is "online safety" in danger of becoming a barrier rather than a support to young people?
Best,
Maureen
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Maureen Kochan
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eibany
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Re: Rethinking "online safety"
Oct 12, 2009 12:34 AM
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Children's self-control abilities are weak,we must treat them more attentively
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albertH
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Re: Rethinking "online safety"
Sep 3, 2009 11:17 PM
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Hi, One of the best ways to ensure you kids internet safety is to speak with the officials at their school. You may be surprised to find out that many school districts have courses or lessons in place that teaches kids internet safety. Even though this may seem like overkill, in today’s day and age it is a necessity.
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Maureen
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Rethinking "online safety"
Apr 23, 2009 7:54 PM
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New article on ConnectSafely: Why we need to rethink "online safety."
When you talk with teens in your family or classroom, do you see what we're seeing: that, because of the predator panic US society has been experiencing and widespread school policy to block social media, they have practically tuned out the term "online safety"?
To help keep school relevant to students, make online safety meaningful to them, make their use of social media more constructive, and close what author and media professor Henry Jenkins calls the participation gap, we need to: 1) put online safety into the context of full, healthy participation and 2) redefine it as freedom from a set of risks that restrict youth from free expression and civic engagement through social technologies and media. Read more.
Tell us: Is "online safety" in danger of becoming a barrier rather than a support to young people?
Best,
Maureen
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Maureen Kochan
ConnectSafely community manager
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