DigitalKids

=Digital Learning / Digital Citizenship=

February 23, 2009
The following are resources from the keynote speech at the 2009 District 30 Tech Expo.

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**Parent Resources for Internet Safety Information:**

 * The PBS television show Frontline produced an excellent show last year on young people and the Internet [ [|Link]]
 * The Netsmartz Website [[|LInk]]
 * iLearn virtual classes [[|link]]
 * The Parent's Edge [[|link]]
 * NetFamilyNews [[|link]]
 * Get NetWise.org [[|LInk]]

Information Sources From This Presentation:
A video by Mizuko Ito, one of the key researchers from the MacArthur Foundation study. In this video, she details her thoughts on the study and how young people spend their time online.

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The MacArthur Foundation student time spent online (November, 2008) [[|Link]] Google indexes its one-trillionth web page [[|Link]] PEW Internet Life Survey: Teens and Content Creation [[|Link]] Prensky's theory of Digital Natives [[|Link]] Inteview / article with Rose Luckin [[|Link]] Online Victimization of Youth Survey - Cox Communication 2006 [[|Link]] Declining ages of students on social network sites [[|Link]] Harvard University Internet Safety Report, January 2009 [[|Link]]

Safe Social Networking Sites for Young Children / Families
Club Penguin [[|Link]] Poptropica [[|Link]] Panwapa [[|Link]]

**Internet Safety at Home**
The presentation on Internet Safety at Home can be downloaded here. You will find some basic how-to's, best practices, concepts and links to resources to ensure your computer and data at home is secure.

[|Home computer safety.pdf]