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Online Resources for Parents & Educators. Learn how to be a better parent, teacher or caregiver to the "digital natives" in your life and gain the knowledge and skills for understanding, analyzing and participating in our technology-infused world. Learn how to be a better parent, teacher or caregiver to the "digital natives" in your life and gain the knowledge and skills for understanding, analyzing and participating in our technology-infused world.

The director of MIT's Comparative Media Studies Program encourages parents to be open minded and willing to learn from their kids.

5 essential fact of digital life

A best practices example of how to use smartphones in a parent meeting.

How to explain social bookmarking to faculty, parents, students

The Balancing Act Airing on Lifetime Network Reading Strategies Tips on Combating Bullying Tips on Parent Engagement

Living in a Digital Age provides guidelines: Technological change in education, particularly in how our students receive, interact with and respond to the learning experience means we are facing the largest transformation that the teaching profession has ever seen. Teachers, students and parents are increasingly using digital technologies to teach, learn and communicate, challenging the traditional concept of a school. Schools and early childhood settings are now broader than the walls of a classroom. Schools need to assist students to develop the skills required for critical evaluation, online collaboration and communication and behaviours which support the safe, responsible and ethical use of digital technology - essential to participating in life and work in the 21st century. The following critical advice is the result of DEECD research projects carried out over the past three years by Victorian teachers participating in trials and/or pilots within the Innovation and Next Practice Division. The advice should be considered when using social media tools.

Share with parents or students. Particularly useful for perceptions of older students

Make video and photo sharing easy while keeping those treasures private and safe.