concern over stranger danger is interesting given that the actual risk (as opposed to perceived) of a child being harm by a stranger they meet online is very low.
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Survey Finds Parents Mostly OK With Kids' Use of Tech - 0 views
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understand actual risks as measured by data from organizations like the Crimes Against Children Research Department, the Centers for Disease Control, the Justice Department and others who keep up-to-date records on risks and harms.
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great to see that parents are in-touch with their kids’ use of technology
A Nice Graphic On The Risks of Social Networking ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Le... - 1 views
Larry Magid: Report to Congress: Media Literacy, Not Fear, Can Protect Youth Online - 0 views
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points to the growing importance of online citizenship and media-literacy education, in addition to what has come to be seen as online safety education, as solutions to youth risk online."
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"points to the growing importance of online citizenship and media-literacy education, in addition to what has come to be seen as online safety education, as solutions to youth risk online.""
Teenagers, Legal Risks and Social Networking Sites | Lucacept - intercepting the Web - 0 views
Beautiful Brains| The Committed Sardine - 0 views
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Aristotle concluded more than 2,300 years ago that "the young are heated by Nature as drunken men by wine."
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"We're so used to seeing adolescence as a problem. But the more we learn about what really makes this period unique, the more adolescence starts to seem like a highly functional, even adaptive period. It's exactly what you'd need to do the things you have to do then."
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Teens take more risks not because they don't understand the dangers but because they weigh risk versus reward differently: In situations where risk can get them something they want, they value the reward more heavily than adults do.
Researchers: Forget Internet Abstinence; Teens Need some Online Risk -- THE Journal - 0 views
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Small sample size, but interesting results
Education in the Age of Globalization » Blog Archive » How Does PISA Put the ... - 0 views
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However PISA is not offering such a paradigm. The top performers of PISA are simply better implementation of the old paradigm—the Prussian industrial model of education
The Innovative Educator: Why I Let My Kids Have an Internet Presence - 0 views
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So yes, I let my kids have a presence on the internet – first and last name and everything. And though I’m sure there are risks involved, the benefits for us far outweigh them. Here are some of those benefits:
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They each have email addresses, but I receive copies of every incoming email. I proofread most of what goes back out as well. Youtube comments have to be approved by me, and I don’t allow youtube likes or dislikes. All comments on their websites also come to me for approval. As neither kid is 13 yet, neither of them have facebook accounts. It’s not a perfect system, but it’s not a perfect world. I say we forge ahead and embrace the positives in a smart, informed manner!
5 Reasons Teenagers Act the Way They Do - Mental Floss - 0 views
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Risk Taking
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This means teens literally cannot come to a decision as fast as an adult.
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scans showed that the reward center of the teen brain became much more active in the company of their peers
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Is the Internet hurting children? - CNN.com - 1 views
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We need legislation, educational efforts and norms that reflect 21st-century realities to maximize the opportunities and minimize the risks for our kids.