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=**forumParenting 2.0** =

Communicating with Your Kids in The Digital Age
**Materials:**

**Contents:** Welcome The Technologies The Concerns Proactive Strategies

=**__Disclaimer__** =

The information in this presentation (and in the accompanying website) is not legal advice and is not intended as legal advice. Please consult with your own attorney in regard to these issues.

=__Welcome__ =

 Policy Alone
Policy alone does not teach students to think about the impact of their actions; nor does it engage them in dialogue about how they can address the challenges that new technologies bring, in an informed, thoughtful and coherent manner. Shariff &Johnny (2007, as cited in Bissonette, 2009)

**Worst Fears & Best Hopes**
What are your worst fears about how your child will use the internet? What are your best hopes about how your child will use the internet?

What can you do as a parent to help you child avoid your fears and live up to your hopes?

=**__The Technologies__** =

**The Read-Only Web**
Powerful resource for educators and students, but… Information moves from publishers to consumers Information cannot be edited One-Way Web (Web 1.0)

**The Read/Write Web**
It is now as easy to create as it is to consume. Anyone can publish, share, and change information Two-Way Web (Web 2.0) This is changing our world!

**Wikis**
Websites anyone can edit! If you can use a word processor, you can use a wiki. Visitors can see a history of changes and revert to earlier versions.

**Wikipedia**
Online encyclopedia Collaboratively authored and edited Over 2.3 million articles in English Over 10 million articles worldwide Great resource, but.. Use with caution Visit, explore, and add to [|Wikipedia]

**Educational Wikis**
Collaboratively authored class texts Writing projects Group projects Sharing resources Grade level teams Subject area teams Professional development

 Example Wikis in Education
The Wikipedia - [|http://www.wikipedia.org] Dave Conlay's Aristotle Experiment - http://aristotle-experiment.wikispaces.com Eva Wagner's Houghton-Mifflin Tech Resources Wiki - http://hmtech.wikispaces.com Eva Wagner's Technology Integration Projects for Grades K-3 - http://techtips.wikispaces.com Dan McDowell's Wiki Resources - http://www.ahistoryteacher.com/necc2006/ More Workshop Wikis - http://edtechlife.com/?p=1487 and http://edtechlife.com/?p=1494 More Examples (A wiki about wikis in education!) - http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com/ Social, Global, and Green Wikis - http://socialglobalgreen.wikisapces.com

**Wiki For This Workshop**
http://internetawareness.wikispaces.com

**Other Services**
Blogs Podcasts Social Bookmarks Photo Sharing Video Streaming Online Office Suites Chat, IM, & Text Twitter And More...

<span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**Social Networking**
Members have profiles May contain personal information Used to connect with others Often includes a blog, pictures, songs, videos, and messages. Check it out at <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[|www.myspace.com] Social networking for kids! - <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[]

<span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**Educational Social Networking**
Recruiting & admissions Professional networks - <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[|http://www.linkedin.com] Educator networks - <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[|http://classroom20.ning.com] Parent networks - <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[|http://www.socialshield.com] (NOTE: Gone now... just advertisements.) The Remembrance Journey's Ning - <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[]

<span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"> Why Social Networks (for Students)?
New “Town Square” Teens gather with friends online Most are not there to meet strangers Most ignore adults Most go online to do good things Healthy social outlet Physically safe Teens develop their identities Coming-of-age experiences Networking skills Creative Skills 21st century skills

<span style="font-size: medium; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"> The Benefits
Engagement and Motivation Context Inquiry Collaboration Reflection and Metacognition 21st Century Skills

= = =<span style="font-size: 1.4em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**__The Concerns__** =

<span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**Information Literacy**
Relevance? Source? Agenda or bias? Fact checking Trusted sources Information literacy skills - <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[|http://www.big6.com] See also - <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[|http://www.snopes.com] (Debunk myths and rumors here.)

<span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"> Intellectual Property
Academic honesty Copyright law <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 0px;">[|Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998] Alternative licenses - <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[|http://www.creativecommons.org] Note: The <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[|Technology Education and Copyright Harmonization Act] (or TEACH Act) of 2002 See more details here (at a different workshop wiki): http://principals.wikispaces.com/copyright

<span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**Inappropriate Content**
Offensive, sexual, or violent content Due diligence Increasingly difficult to filter Appropriate responses to the inevitable

<span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**Inappropriate Sharing**
Students may post: Students will post outside of school! <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[|Think Before You Post] (Video on YouTube) <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[|Think Before You Post] (Video on Teacher Tube)
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Inappropriately
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Unsafely
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Irresponsibly
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Provocatively
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Illicit or illegal behavior

<span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"> Fraud and Identity Theft
Students may put their families and friends at risk Students are at risk Fraud Theft Identity theft Learn more - <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[]

<span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**Threats and Cyber-bullying**
Students may post threats Threats that impact attendance or academics are a school concern Credible threats may be a criminal matter Embarassment is a bigger issue! Learn more - <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[|http://www.cyberbully.org] <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 0px;">[|Check out Santa Ana Unified School District's Cyber Safety Week Curriculum]

<span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"> Common Forms of Cyberbullying
Flaming Harassment Denigration Impersonation Outing Trickery Exclusion Cyber Stalking Learn more - <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[|http://www.csriu.org]

<span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"> Cyberbullying Intervention
Stop the behavior.Refer to the rules.Help students feel supported and safe from retaliation.Include bystanders in the conversation.Impose consequencesDo not require students to meet & work things out.Provide follow-up interventions.Notify parents, as appropriate. Learn more - <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[|http://www.stopbullyingnow.hrsa.gov]

==<span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**<span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">Sexting ** == Students can be sex offenders themselves! Teens send pictures of themselves... which get passed on. They then face "child pornography" charges. Not to mention embarrassment... and even suicide. Learn more - <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[]

<span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**Stalkers and Predators**
Most serious consequence of inappropriate sharing Predators do hunt children through online social networks Students can protect themselves It's usually not stranger danger. Deception is not the norm. Force is seldom used. Young teens are more vulnerable. Learn more - <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[|http://www.perverted-justice.com]

<span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**Other Concerns**
Unsafe or self-harming online communities Hate groups & gangs Violent games & addition to games Gambling Hacking Technical security

<span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"> Free Speech Concerns
Students do have 1st Amendment Rights Parody is protected We cannot control students, we can educate them

Is it false, highly private, or otherwise harmful? Is it a protected topic? Does it effect attendance or academics? Note: The school’s network is a limited forum. The Internet is a public forum.

<span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**Another Perspective**
Citizen journalism Citizen police work Threats, suicides, and risky behavior are often reported. Sting operations catch criminals. “My space is safer for teens than predators.”

<span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**Lack of Understanding**
Fear of the unknown Some adults vilify technologies with many benefits Deleting Online Predators’ Act 2006 Potential for rebellion and destruction of trust

=<span style="font-size: 1.4em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**__Proactive Strategies__** =

<span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**Legislation**
<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[|Child Internet Protection Act (CIPA)] : Filtering, Monitoring, & Policies <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[|Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)] : Policies, Parental Consent, Protection of Info <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[|Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)] : Parents have the right to inspect, request changes of, and give permission to release student records. More Detail (and Surprising Facts) about CIPA, COPPA, and FERPA <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[|Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act] : Stiff Penalties for Offenders, National Registry <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[|California AB 86] - Cyberbullying: Adds cyberbullying to CA Ed Code, empowers administrators and law enforcement
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Requires filtering if receiving e-rate funds.
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Requires a process for unblocking sites.
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Judicial Interpretation: When a patron encounters a blocked site, he need only ask a librarian to unblock it or (at least in the case of adults) disable the filter.
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">FCC: A patron should not have to explain... why he was asking a site to be unblocked or the filtering to be disabled.
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Not to be confused with COPA, which was struck down as unconstitutional.
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Requires verifiable parental consent to collect (or share) information on users under 13 y.o. (Applies to commercial entities only.)
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Requires privacy policies.
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Schools may act as agents for parents.
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Does not apply to contractors hired by a school.
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Parents or eligible students have the right to inspect and review (and request correction of) the student's education records maintained by the school.
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Generally, schools must have written permission from the parent or eligible student in order to release any information from a student's education record… with some exceptions.
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Contractors (and volunteers) are ok, within certain conditions.

<span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**Tech Plan Requirements**
Information Literacy Ethical and Lawful Uses Online Privacy and Predators And: Two-Way Communication between Home and School

<span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"> Cyber Ethics (Beyond Safe & Legal Use)
Ten Commandments of Cyber Ethics (Computer Ethics Institute, as Cited in Bissonetter, 2009): Four Simple Commandments (Warlick, D. 2004. Redefining Literacy for the 21st Century)
 * 1) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Thou shalt not use a computer to harm other people.
 * 2) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Though shalt not interfere with other people’s computer work.
 * 3) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Thou shalt not snoop around in other people’s computer files.
 * 4) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Thou shalt not use a computer to steal.
 * 5) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Thou shalt not use a computer to bear false witness.
 * 6) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Thou shalt not copy or use proprietary software for which you have not paid.
 * 7) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Though shalt not use other people’s computer resources without authorization or proper compensation.
 * 8) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Though shalt not appropriate other people’s intellectual output.
 * 9) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Though shalt think about the consequences of the program you are writing or system you are designing.
 * 10) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Thoug shalt always use a computer in ways that insure consideration and respect for your fellow humans.
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Seek truth and express it.
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Minimize harm.
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Be accountable.
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Respect information and its infrastructure

<span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**Safety Tips for Students**
Do not share identifying information. Do not share personal information. Do not share provocative images. Beware of grooming. (See <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[|The Grooming Process] from North Carolina's Attorney General) Consider the consequences and the future. Talk with parents, teachers, or other trusted adults.

<span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**Safety Tips for Parents**
Move computers into shared spaces & make monitors visible Watch for Alt+Tab (or Alt+F4) Check history (is it suspiciously blank?) Beware a reluctance to be candid Educate Yourself...
 * Books
 * Links
 * Videos

<span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**What else can you do?**
Communicate with students Communicate with other parents and educators Communicate with IT Communicate with the police

Confront students who are behaving in irresponsible, inappropriate, or unsafe ways. Do not look the other way.

Take Action - Start A Campaign...

Help Students Develop Assets
40 Developmental Assets - http://www.search-institute.org/assets/

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