{"id":567,"date":"2012-07-31T06:47:02","date_gmt":"2012-07-31T14:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/internetsafety.trendmicro.com\/?p=567"},"modified":"2012-07-31T06:47:02","modified_gmt":"2012-07-31T14:47:02","slug":"5-ways-to-teach-kids-to-use-technology-safely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trendmicro.com\/internet-safety\/blog\/5-ways-to-teach-kids-to-use-technology-safely\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Ways to Teach Kids to Use Technology Safely"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>By Lynette Owens<\/p>\n

Below is an excerpt of a guest post I did for the Washington Post\u00a0today.\u00a0 You can read the full post @ http:\/\/ow.ly\/cD1CI<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

The Internet has always been around as far as our children can tell.\u00a0 Today, as many as half of all kids up to age 8 use Internet-connected devices,\u00a0 7.5 million kids under 13 use Facebook, and 30% of apps on parents\u2019 phones are downloaded by their kids.\u00a0 They\u2019re playing games,\u00a0watching videos, or using Skype with far-off relatives.\u00a0 As early as kindergarten or first grade, they are being introduced to their teacher\u2019s website using the PC or laptop in the school library.<\/p>\n

We are in an interesting time in history when models of teaching and learning are being enhanced in ways not previously possible without technology.\u00a0 Many schools are giving each student their own device to access information, participate in courses, do research and homework, and engage their teachers and classmates. These one-to-one educational technology models are being implemented in districts across the nation.<\/p>\n

It is safe to assume that our schools will most certainly be wired for improving learning and teaching, if not today, then soon.\u00a0 We expect and should continue to expect that obtaining the tools of technology are not the end, but a means to helping our kids learn the skills that will propel them into jobs and careers that will later benefit themselves and society.<\/p>\n

But I challenge the assumption that the job of teaching kids to be good citizens of the Internet is solely within the purview of schools.\u00a0 Parents are most often the first to introduce kids to technology.\u00a0 Kids are also able to connect online both at home and at school, but increasingly in the places in between.\u00a0 This is largely driven by the rise of mobile devices in more and younger hands, without adult supervision.\u00a0 So a community approach to teaching kids to think critically on their own about what they are saying, doing, and sharing online is more important than ever.<\/p>\n

Read the rest on the Washington Post @ http:\/\/ow.ly\/cD1CI<\/a><\/p>\n

And follow Lynette on Twitter @lynettetowens<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It is safe to assume that our schools will most certainly be wired for improving learning and teaching, if not today, then soon. We expect and should continue to expect that obtaining the tools of technology are not the end, but a means to helping our kids learn the skills that will propel them into jobs and careers that will later benefit themselves and society.<\/p>\n

But I challenge the assumption that the job of teaching kids to be good citizens of the Internet is solely within the purview of schools. Parents are most often the first to introduce kids to technology. Kids are also able to connect online both at home and at school, but increasingly in the places in between. This is largely driven by the rise of mobile devices in more and younger hands, without adult supervision. So a community approach to teaching kids to think critically on their own about what they are saying, doing, and sharing online is more important than ever.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[15,8,47,5,11,48,25,10,57,9,12,21],"class_list":["post-567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-for-parents","category-for-teachers","tag-acceptable-use-policy","tag-digital-citizenship","tag-digital-literacy","tag-internet-safety","tag-kids","tag-media-literacy","tag-online-privacy","tag-online-safety","tag-parents","tag-ptopta","tag-social-networking","tag-teens","wpautop"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trendmicro.com\/internet-safety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trendmicro.com\/internet-safety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trendmicro.com\/internet-safety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trendmicro.com\/internet-safety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trendmicro.com\/internet-safety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.trendmicro.com\/internet-safety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trendmicro.com\/internet-safety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trendmicro.com\/internet-safety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trendmicro.com\/internet-safety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}