Digiteen

Lesson plans on Online Addiction and Computer Ergonomics. It also includes digital health and wellness for secondary.

An article about how our world is over sharing personal information, specifically one's location.

This page raises awareness about over sharing on the web and the possibility of your private information being used to hurt you in some way.

Article in L&L ISTE 2008 by Mike Ribble

Article in L&L ISTE in 2005 by Ribble and Bailey

"For people to make informed and voluntary decisions about the exchange of their personal privacy for the benefits of social interaction, recognition and celebrity, they must understand the risks and benefits the choice entails. In particular, they must recognise that the snail trail of their online life can be matched, mashed, collated, broadcast and rebroadcast by anybody, in any context, for any reason, for many years into the future. What's out there - however partial, slanted, decontextualised or downright wrong - comprises your online, and contributes to your real-world, reputation."

"This Texas school district has decided that the best way to help their students learn how to use online resources more responsibly is to educate parents as well. Evening technology showcases provide a launch pad."

Click Online explore freedom and responsibility through the practice of posting videos online.

A new video by Common Craft

"Australian start-ups have caught on to our urge to impulse shop and are spearheading the private online shopping club trend Down Under. Started in France through vente-privee.com, then followed up locally first by Ozsale.com.au, then brandsExclusive and Buyinvite.com.au, online shopping clubs work by signing up members to receive regular newsletters with exclusive offers on fashion items and other goods."

What is meant by impulse buying?

"This is a time-consuming process, particularly if you are insanely popular, with hundreds of "friends", but will make every aspect of controlling your privacy that much easier. Friend lists allow you to group your contacts in to groups, so that you're only sharing certain information with certain people. For example, you might create four lists: "Close friends", "Acquaintances", "Family", and "Work""

Do teenagers configure their privacy settings properly in Facebook?

"The survey found lonely children and teenagers communicated online much more frequently about how they felt, serious problems and confidential topics. Lonely children and teenagers also reported communicating online in order to belong to a group and to relax - much more so than those who were not lonely. "Lonely kids found great company on the internet," Associate Professor Campbell said. She said the study found lonely children and teenagers viewed the internet as a "protected" environment in which they could better express their inner selves. "We also found that kids who were socially anxious felt they could be more themselves when communicating online," she said. "They were not as anxious in developing friendships because they were at that one remove.""

Would lonely people be more likely to become 'addicted' to the Internet?

"There are positive links between access to technology and feelings of well-being, a study claims. "

How does technology in rural areas assist in the feeling good?