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Advice for Parents of 1:1 Programs Anna left a comment on my blog post about 1:1 program with MS and HS students that reads: My son attends a school where MacBooks are required from grades 8-12, and students use many different assistive technology tools. I believe that 1:1 is great as a learning TOOL, but because students have their laptops with them all the time, there is no “down” time when they have to use their own initiative to think, dream, plan, create w/o a screen. He gets up and will open the laptop before breakfast to play, he will play or noodle around with his iTunes in the car on the way to school, on the way home from school, and every other time that kids used to be unplugged. by One Laptop per Child It’s a good question and my first response is what is your school doing to help train parents on both their responsibility and management of technology that the school provides? Here at ISB we do a couple of different things. We also run a set of 5 courses called the ISB Technology Certificate for Parents.
Love Your Kids. Leave Them Alone: The Art of Radical Parenting. ~ Kristin S. Luce I was driving home with my two daughters, then four and six years old, when my cell phone rang. I glanced at it, knowing what I was in for if I picked it up. The moment I turned my attention away from them they would suddenly become boisterous and probably pick a fight with each other. Worse, I knew that there was no way to force them to be quiet while I was on the phone, especially in the car. I resigned myself to missing the call when, on a lark, I turned and asked them straight up, “I really want to take this call. I paused for a fraction of a second, doubting the wisdom of my little experiment, and then hit the “answer” button. But it didn’t come. I finished the conversation with my now new client and hung up. “Thank you so much for being quiet during my call,” I said, astounded and touched, “That was really helpful to me.” Who were these people? Something in what had just happened wasn’t, well, right. The implications of this happenstance were monumental. “My head hurts and I’m tired.
Cybersafety Information for parents Each of the sites below is organised for various users, and parents will find information of use under sections for young people and for teachers. Cybersafety & Cyberbullying - A guide for parents and caregivers 1.2M: This guide published by the department provides important information for parents about cybersafety and cyberbullying. How Cybersmart are you? video is designed to help parents navigate through the online world of their teenagers and provides strategies on how to protect their children from potential online risks. ABC Technology Explained website - provides extensive information about all types of communication technology. Australian Mobile Telecommunications Authority Tips for parents: Bullying with Mobile Phones - is your child a victim? ThinkUKnow (Australian Federal Police) internet safety education program for parents, carers and teachers, as well as fact sheets and other resources. Who's chatting to your kids? Surf Safely online safety tips. Stay Smart Online ^ Top of page
This Young Mother Is Giving Up On Her Kids And I Don't Blame Her. Meet Stephanie Metz, she is a mother of two young boys in western South Dakota. Why My Kids Are NOT the Center of My World Wait, what did she say? Yeah, you read that right. This blog post is a bit of a rant and it’s a bit all over the place. If you’re feeling adventurous today, feel free to read on. The emotions that sparked this blog post were given a little bit of a supercharge last evening. I often think about the world my boys will grow up in. In completely selfish terms, bringing my boys into this world was such a great decision – for me. How long will it be before their typical boy-ish behavior gets them suspended from school? The mentality of our society in 2013 is nauseating to me, friends. Many years ago, there was a time where young boys could run around with their toy guns, killing the bad guys. There was a time – not too long ago – when bullying was defined as slamming someone up against a locker and stealing their lunch money. Modern parenting and thinking makes me crazy.
Parenting Tips for the Digital Age Parents had enough to worry about before their children could bully each other online, meet dangerous strangers without leaving the house, and switch between tasks at a rapid-fire pace. Some parents have even questioned whether their children will ever be able to concentrate. In a world where, according to one survey, 81% of toddlers have an online presence by the time they are two, most parents are still confused about how to best manage their children's relationship with technology. Author Scott Steinberg attempts to answer their questions in a new series of high-tech parenting books called The Modern Parent's Guide. Mashable asked Steinberg how parents should shape their children's experiences with the digital world, and about the technology rules he uses in his home. How has technology changed parenting? In virtually every way imaginable, given that technology has permeated nearly every facet of kids’ and adults’ everyday lives, from the personal to professional and social. Yes and no.
Parenting Tip... Parenting By iPad: What Are The Rules Time was when there were different rules for the many different bits of equipment that might educate or distract a child. Way back then, the telephone was kept in a central location, so Mom and Dad could know how much time you spent gabbing with your friends. If you were lucky, it had a really long cord so you could pull it around a corner or behind a closed door. The television was also a communal thing. Mostly entertainment, some educational value. A typewriter, though, was allowed anytime. Today, a single seductive machine serves all these purposes. If you haven't needed to answer that question already, you will any minute now. And what are these not-yet-12-year-olds using their tablets for? So in the not-quite-two-years since the iPad was introduced, then, we have gone from zero (percentage of parents I'd bet let their preteens play with the gadgets at first) to 70 (percentage that do now).
Kid Safe Browsers for iPad and iPhone by Natalie Parents know that it’s not safe to allow children unrestricted access to the internet. You wouldn’t let little Jimmy run around all willy-nilly in a strange city and you surely wouldn’t allow anything of the sort in cyberspace, right? The issues with internet access and children come in many forms. Your child may be young enough that they accidentally stumble upon inappropriate content ranging from nudity to foul language, leaving you to explain the human anatomy at a much sooner time than you had imagined. Or, perhaps the kids are at an age of curiosity or rebellion and are purposely seeking out off-limits topics online. With the growing popularity of internet access to mobile devices like the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch, monitoring internet activity isn’t so easy as plopping the computer in the living room and keeping a watchful constant eye over young shoulders. Websites available through the browser are determined through a number of factors.
Top 50 Text Words Parents Must Know - Netscape What's New Parents, here's a pop quiz. When your 16-year-old daughter texts her boyfriend the number 8, do you know what it means? How about KPC or IWSN? Sit down for this. While about 20 percent of teenagers admit to "sexting"--sending nude or partially nude photos via a cell phone text message--many more than that use what can appear to be a secret code to communicate a laundry list of sexual desires and plans. Netlingo.com has helpfully decoded 50 popular chat words--words that every parent should know: 1. 8 - Oral sex 2. 1337 - Elite -or- leet -or- L337 3. 143 - I love you 4. 182 - I hate you 5. 1174 - Nude club 6. 420 - Marijuana 7. 459 - I love you 8. What can parents do if they suspect their children are sexting? If your child has already sent a nude photo, ConnectSafely.org advises parents to do the following: Tell your child to stop immediately. --From the Editors at Netscape
What Every Parent Should Know About Computers and the Internet How do parents protect kids from the internet Technology, the internet, computers, are words that confuse–even frighten–many parents. In my blog, Ask a Tech Teacher, I post lots of tips, tricks,, a list of hundreds of kid-friendly websites, self-help articles on how to address this in your homeschooled child’s education. After fifteen years of teaching technology in a classroom and online, I can tell you without a doubt that educating your child can be done more efficiently and with better results in the world of computers. Research–whether your child’s in second grade or seventh– from a computer is more productive. So how do you make sure your child‘s internet experience is positive? When they‘re young (say, kindergarten through second grade), have them go on the internet only around you. In Firefox, go to History-show all historyIn IE, hold the Control key (Ctrl) and push H. Don‘t be afraid that your child will physically break the computer or delete an important program. Follow me