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Demetri — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:48:37 GMT

Presenters who visit schools to help with this topic:

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	*[http://childrenonline.org Doug Fodeman and Marje Monroe]		*[http://childrenonline.org Doug Fodeman and Marje Monroe]

		+	Comments from ISED-L list-serve, 12/17/09 on internet safety speakers:
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		+	Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:44:04 -0500
		+	From: Doug Fodeman <dfodeman@brookwood.edu>
		+	Subject: Re: Internet safety speaker
		+
		+	In response to recommendations for an Internet safety speaker during the
		+	last couple of days, I've seen several suggestions to contact local/state
		+	police or the FBI. Indeed, police and FBI often provide speakers who
		+	address issues about Internet safety for kids. However, I respectfully
		+	disagree and argue that choosing a speaker from the police or FBI is not
		+	the best first choice for the topic of Internet safety.
		+
		+	I have visited many schools who had previously invited speakers from the
		+	police and/or FBI. All have said that the speaker addresses Internet
		+	safety through the lens of law enforcement. ie. pedophiles, kidnapping,
		+	sexting, serious consequences of cyberbullying etc. The presentations are
		+	often scary (intentionally or not) and typically not appropriate for
		+	younger students. While these online risks and behaviors are very real,
		+	they do not represent the whole snapshot of risks online for our students.
		+	Also though contact from pedophiles and kidnappings are horrific, they,
		+	thankfully, represent a tiny fraction of the issues all of our students
		+	face daily.
		+
		+	Additionally, most law enforcement professionals are not likely to have
		+	years of experience working closely with children and teens, nor
		+	understand the developmental levels/needs of children and teens and thus
		+	understand what typically motivates them and drives their behavior. I
		+	believe that the best experts in the field of Internet safety are child
		+	experts who, not only understand developmental levels of children/teens
		+	and their behavior, but also understand what is age-appropriate and
		+	developmentally healthy for children/teens.
		+
		+	Besides the issues mentioned above, there are many more issues that most
		+	of our students face online daily including:
		+	1. desensitization to mean and harassing language
		+	2. feeling empowered to say and do things online because of the sense or
		+	feeling of anonymity and disconnection that comes from communicating
		+	through a computer or other telecommunications device
		+	3. using Internet tools and texting via a cell phone to avoid difficult
		+	conversations thereby losing the opportunity to better learn communication
		+	skills for conflict resolution, navigating relationships, communicating
		+	difficult topics with people in authority, etc...
		+	4. being manipulated in a variety of ways because of their implusivity,
		+	poor/immature decision-making skills and need to be liked and included in
		+	their peer group
		+	5. exposure to age-inappropriate material that forces them to deal with
		+	issues for which they are not developmentally ready thereby accelerating
		+	their development in unhealthy ways
		+	6. learning that it is OK to develop relationships online, sometimes
		+	anonymously or secretively, at very early ages when they are still
		+	developing many basic social skills.
		+	7. trying to use telecommunications tools to resolve conflicts such as
		+	using IM or texting to resolve hurt feelings or an argument
		+
		+	Also, Internet safety experts, who are also experts at understanding and
		+	working with children/teens, understand how to speak to kids at different
		+	developmental levels in age-appropriate ways. They understand how kids
		+	process information and what kids are capable of understanding e.g
		+	concrete vs. abstract concepts, cause and effect, planning for postive
		+	outcomes, etc.
		+
		+	I do not mean to disrespect law enforcement professionals who may be
		+	working in the field of Internet safety. However, I believe that those of
		+	us, such as teachers/guidance counselors/child psychologists, etc...who
		+	have a great deal of experience and understanding of kids, as well as a
		+	thorough understanding of all the problems and issues they face online,
		+	stand the best chance for teaching them how to better protect themselves
		+	and develop life-long skills to reduce their risks online.
		+
		+	Our research has shown that kids are doing things on the Internet at
		+	younger and younger ages every year (such as posting videos of themselves
		+	on YouTube, creating Facebook or MySpace accounts, or social
		+	broadcasting), and that they are being targeted and manipulated more than
		+	ever. We need to provide as much education as possible to help them
		+	navigate the online world.
		+
		+	Doug Fodeman
		+	Co-Director ChildrenOnline.org

	==Software and Hardware to Help Parents Control Internet Access From Home==		==Software and Hardware to Help Parents Control Internet Access From Home==

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Resources:

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	*[http://www.wikia.com Wikia] - Free wikis, but ads are placed on your pages. This wiki is on wikia.		*[http://www.wikia.com Wikia] - Free wikis, but ads are placed on your pages. This wiki is on wikia.
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