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on February 21, 2007 at 1:30:56 pm
 

Safe Digital Social Networking (DSN)

Generally adults help young people learn to drive safely before giving them car keys and turning them loose on the streets of the world. Young people also need guidance and adult assistance to learn how to safely navigate the virtual environments of the 21st Century. Schools must be proactive, rather than merely defensive, in helping students acquire the skills of digital citizenship needed today and in the future. Simply banning read/write web tools on school networks is an inadequate response: Educators must strive to learn alongside students and parents how these technologies can be safely and powerfully used to communicate and collaborate.

Background

Articles and Links

  1. Online Social Lives of Teens - MP3 podcast from NPR with Amanda Lenhart (PEW Internet senior researcher and Fred Stutzman (Univ of North Carolina Grad student, founder of ClaimID.com)
  2. Social networking stats
  3. 57% of teenagers create content for the Internet ( Amanda Lenhart, Mary Madden - 'Teen Content Creators and Consumers,' Nov 2005 report from the PEW Internet & American Life Project).

Possible Reasons for DSN

  1. Seeking to answer the question, "Who am I?"
  2. Showing others who you are
  3. Forming relationships with others
  4. Process of identity formation
  5. Desire for perceptions of belonging, differentiation, and significance
  6. Getting feedback from others

My Presentations

Web Environments and Tools

  • Think.com - School-based DSN environment, "walled-garden"
  • Imbee.com - For parents and kids, teachers and students, "walled-garden"
  • Moodle.org - Open source course management software, can be installed for closed / "walled-garden" use, public use, or variants in-between

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