Digital+Parenting

=Digital Parenting: Protecting and Empowering Kids=

1. View "The Password Battle". Respond to the discussion board by speculating on the ways parents can keep their children safe, yet also offer them freedom as technology users. Assign one of your group members to embed "The Password Battle" in between activity 1 and 2 on this page.

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2. Read the poll questions from "Where do you stand?" After reading the statements and assessing your position on each statement, choose one of them that you feel the most strongly about and comment on it in the discussion board.

3. Read the "Your digital parenting style" quiz and evaluate how you would respond to the statements. When finished click on "Digital Parenting" and read the suggestions provided to parents. In the discussion board respond to the suggestions by citing those that you feel could be effective suggestions and those that are flawed.

4. Complete the "Parental Perceptions" quiz. After completing the quiz, respond to the discussion board as to which fact surprised you the most or that you found the most interesting and why.

5. Read "Tips for talking with kids". After reading the tips, respond to the discussion board as to which of the suggestions you think is most relevant or useful? Why? Respond to your peers.

6. View "A Digital Native in Action". View "Parenting and Technology". View "Follow-up with Evan Skinner". Respond to the questions posted in the discussion board. Embed the videos in the space provided between numbers 6 and 7. media type="custom" key="5726241"media type="custom" key="5726265"media type="custom" key="5726271" 7.Read "Family Media Feast". Respond to the discussion board.

8. Read through the "Self Assessment". Respond to the discussion board.

= More Reading =


 * 1) Each group member needs to individually read / analyze / scan the available resources in the "More Reading" tab of your assigned site.
 * 2) As a group you need to collaborate to create a summary of the contents of each resource in the space provided below.

= Resource Summaries = "American Academy of Pediatrics"

This website is very beneficial for parents; it has plenty of tips, how to's, and information of media and how to use it safely. It keeps parents aware of texting and internet safety and also a place for them to learn about new technologies. This resource has physical activities for kids and information on what the ratings mean on media. There are many safety tips for parents and discussions for media related issue. This website has links that says exactly what the topic is. This makes the site straightforward, easy to navigate and to understand for parents or those who still have problems navigating the internet.

"Common Sense Media"

Common Sense Media is a great resource for parents and children for many different reasons. This site has movie, music, and book reviews for parents to look up for the content within the media and how safe it really is for their kids. Along with the reviews this site contains advice for parents on the different age groups and grade level and what would be best for them. This site presents the information through movies and pictures and summaries of the media; to make it simple they have scroll over content so parents can just read the summary without having to click the link. With this parents can be more aware of what their kids are absorbing through media, and kids can find out about new movies, music, and books.

"Edutopia"

With advice on media and kids, child insight, and tips this website is very beneficial for parents. This site includes parent videos and blogs for parent to parent advice and discussions. This information is displayed through movies, articles, pictures and blogs and for parents that just want to keep it simple they also have a magazine. Through this site parents can become aware of new technologies and share information with each other. this is a great way for parents to learn from different points of views and experiences including the experience kids themselves have had with technology.

"National Institute on Media and the Family"

Parents, educators and community members can benefit most from this website. The National Institute on Media and the Family has many resources and developmental knowledge for them. This site contains surveys and activities for this group of people to use for the kids or students. It is helpful in helping teachers create activities for their students and they can research topics and learn developmental assets for kids. This site is easy to understand through the use of pictures and blogs to read. There are also plenty of articles and links to research further on different topics.

"Center of Media and Child Health"

This website has many tools to help students and teach parents how the family can use media in a safe way. If not all the information is there that parents need or if they have questions that are not answered through the site, parents are able to ask questions about media or help on something. The main problem with this site is, though it has plenty of links and pictures it's still not very easy to navigate. It has plenty of potential to be a great resource for parents and teachers if the information would be easier to find.

"Netsmartz"

Netsmartz is the best so far in being able to make the website appealing to children of all age group and parents. The website features games for kids and teens and also videos and tips for every age group. Along with being visually appealing this site has links to articles, pictures,and videos to present their information in a very user friendly way. This website is beneficial for everyone and has plenty of information for parents, teens and kids. It is displayed in such a way that it is easy to understand for each age group.

"Activities for Students: Life Online"

The main target for this website is teens. Activities for Students has information just for teens and real life stories of the dangers and benefits of technology. This site also has plenty of tips for teens on the wise use of internet and media. The information is easy to find discover through the use of pictures, videos and plenty of information and mini articles. This website mainly teaches kids about the dangers of media and the benefits of it and how to use it wisely.