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Rhys Daunic

It's My Life | PBS Kids GO! - 1 views

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    Games, Activities, Videos, Lessons, Resources:  "It's My Life deals with (you guessed it!) life and the stuff that we deal with every day. Whatever problem you're dealing with, believe it or not, other kids and teens have gone through the same thing. Here at It's My Life, you can read informative articles, share your stories, play games and activities, take quizzes and polls, watch video clips of other kids talking about their feelings and experiences, get advice from older kids and experts, and contribute your own comments and questions.  It's My Life also features interviews with celebrities about stuff they had to go through when they were kids. It's My Life is organized across six topic "channels": Friends, Family, School, Body, Emotions, and Money."
Rhys Daunic

FRONTLINE: growing up online: parenting in the internet age | PBS - 0 views

shared by Rhys Daunic on 28 Apr 09 - Cached
  • But the point here is not cutting kids off from something; it's teaching them how to use it responsibly and safely and how to express themselves appropriately.
  • I think to raise a child in the 21st century without the skills of how to walk through an online social networking site is irresponsible for a parent. But that doesn't mean that at age 13 your child should be on there, no holds barred, completely unregulated. My argument is that around the age of 16, I think teens are ready to be on there, with limited amounts of time, with a lot of guidance from their parents, and a lot of guidance that started maybe four years prior to that.
  • I think we all need to be thinking more about ethics, about citizenship, and in fact the term "online safety" is probably becoming obsolete or should be.
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  • ethics
  • Not just because of copyright theft or cut-and-paste plagiarism, but also because of cyberbullying and the self-protective aspect of ethics that really has come into play on the social web.
  • fear is bad.
  • tap their expertise and ask them what they're doing online,
  • It's really hard to control what our kids are doing online.
  • help them develop their own critical thinking
  • you check and make sure the person you're sending the text message is really the person you wanted to send it to, instead of mistyping it and have something end up in the wrong hands
  • We teach them to use emoticons: little smilies or something else to let people know they're kidding, because no one can see your expression online.
  • Apply common sense
  • Things we already know -- don't talk to strangers; don't tell secrets to strangers; don't take candy from strangers -- ... all of these things apply exactly online. If I can get parents to step back and stop being afraid of the technology they can keep the kids safe. They don't need a class on this stuff. They just need to stop panicking, talk to their kids, and be in charge.
  • [In the 1950s, the psychologist] Erik Erikson called adolescence a time of "identity consolidation," and so what teens are doing is going around and trying on these different identities. ... So in a way the social networking sites are this digital representation of what we think of as adolescence. ...
  • migrated to Facebook ... do so out of concerns about privacy,
  • They need to know how to keep themselves safe online, they need to think about the information that they're putting out there, and they need to be able to have discussions with their parents about it. The most well-rounded teens I've talked to have said, "Oh yeah, my parents have seen my MySpace site, and they're fine. They don't check it or anything, but I've showed it to them." ... They have the privacy to put what they want to put on their site, but they're okay enough with what they're putting on the site for the parents to look at it. And I think that their parents do need to be involved in that sense.
  • learn from your kids. You need to ask them why they're doing this, why it's important, and you need to ask questions. You need to ask moral questions -- have you thought about this? What would happen if this? What about this situation? -- and go through these situations, ... giving examples, learning from your experience to help them, but not by force.
  • good parenting has immunized kids against a certain amount of this problem. ...
  • our research shows that giving out personal information and having social networking Web site [accounts] do not put kids at risk. ... It's really what they do when they get a solicitation or they have a contact with somebody who begins to propose some of these things.
anonymous

The top seven social networking sites for kids - Times Online - 0 views

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    Interesting overview compiling social networking sites that the kids are into besides FB and Twitter.
Rhys Daunic

Educational Videos MEET ME AT THE CORNER - 0 views

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    MEET ME AT THE CORNER, Virtual Field Trips for Kids, is a dynamic, interactive site, which encourages individual expression and participation through video submissions from children worldwide. Through these video pod casts we hope to create a community of children, who learn the art of self-expression and storytelling through video.
Corinne Carriero

New Program Pairs Educators with Free iPad Apps -- THE Journal - 3 views

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    Two business men who are creating education apps and supporting students who are creating education apps have begun "The App Evaluation Program for Schools" which allows teachers to test educational apps for kids for free. "The apps, which cover everything from math, spelling, and reading to language learning, storyboard building, and puzzles, are provided by developers around the world and sent to teachers two or three times per month. Teachers receive a questionnaire after testing the app as a way to help developers improve, but Larsson stresses they are not required to fill it out."
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    Seems like a nice way for teachers to get new iPad educational apps free to evaluate and then use if they find them valuable
Rhys Daunic

OLogy from Museum of Natural History - 0 views

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    Science Search Engine for Kids with Games, etc. 
Sheila Tebbano

Mapped historical photos, film, and audio | SepiaTown - 1 views

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    See then and now pictures of locations in major cities. This is really interesting for NYC teacher and kids.
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    Check out this site!
Rhys Daunic

SimplyScripts - Movie Scripts and Screenplays - 3 views

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    Great resource for having kids read along with videos or movies, and discuss what is different between the printed word and the screen.
anonymous

NYC Media Releases "Clicking with Caution" - 0 views

  • -DVDs Will Be Distributed to Over 200,000 Students at City Schools
  • “These videos will be a huge benefit to our middle school students, who can be vulnerable to predators and online bullying.”
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    This 4-part video series developed in collaboration with NYC Media, Reel Works and the NYCDOE is a highly provocative Internet safety campaign produced by and for kids.
Sue Morris

Will Kids Read Print Books Anymore? Scholastic's 2010 Report - Unruly Guides ePublishing - 2 views

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    Reading in the digital age...
Rhys Daunic

Mathematics in Movies - 2 views

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    Math in movie scenes.  This can be a prompt for kids to make their own stories around math problems!
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    Hey Rhys, I'm facilitating a PD today on integrating video into the classroom and I think I'll share this link with my teachers. Thanks for the share!
Sue Morris

What Kids Can Do - 2 views

Rhys Daunic

The K-5 Custom Search Engine Project! - 1 views

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      sign up here as a contributor with your google account. then email rhys@themediaspot.org to let me know, and I'll approve you.
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    Become a "contributor" and add your kid-friendly favorite resources. Then have your K-5 students learn search strategies with results limited to teacher-approved sites.
Rhys Daunic

Facebook Safety Center - 2 views

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    Safety tips for parents/kids, educators and the law. From Facebook for Facebook.  
Rhys Daunic

Kids Homepage - National Geographic Education - 0 views

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    mapping tools, homework help, science & social studies research, games & activities.  the mapping tool is interactive, customizeable, downloadable, and impressive at first look. 
anonymous

"Understanding Tough Kids" Presenter: Angela Watson - 1 views

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    Make sure to check out Angela's amazing presentation from the Global Ed. conference. Way to go, Angela!
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