Myspace or Yours: Possibilities and Pitfalls

MySpace or Yours?

Judy O’Connell Catholic Education Office

Presentation for Parents

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possibilities & pitfalls

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Ten Years Past Few or no experiences with....

websites, email, spam, phishing,

computer viruses

mobile phones were rare and expensive

a Sony Walkman was state of the art

The Digital Generation Gap

Pandora

“There has been an explosion of interactive communications: the internet is the biggest thing since the invention of the printing press, and is having a tremendous impact on our society, our institutions and our kids”........Real Wired Child: What Parents Need to Know About Kids Online.

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Harnessing CollectiveIntelligence

based on communities, collaboration, reading, writing, and sharing

Video

i’ts all about seeing

online tools are abundant

• Blogging

• Sharing music, videos, photos

• Messaging and Social Networking

• Gaming and Teen Life

• Commenting on others’ sites

• Personalising their own pages

games• Connected

worldwide with thousands of

other players at once.

• Detailed virtual worlds with

sophisticated, potentially addictive

gameplay.

music Peer 2 Peer file sharingApple iTunesMp3 download sites

social networking • Friend of a

friend concept

• Profiles• MySpace,

Bebo, Facebook, Piczo

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()*+"#*,-'./%&%0*#*,+0

social publishing

self publishing & sharingBloggingWikisStartPagesYouTubeFlickr

self publishing & sharing

http://heyjude.wordpress.com/

leading learninga new angle?

Definitely!

virtual learning

Edunation! Skoolaborate!

In short Mike's Mum had threatened to cut off his Internet access. Her perception was that Mike was wasting his time playing 'silly computer games'. She wanted him (according to Mike) to go and get a job at Kentucky Fried Chicken. Imagine that - the best second life developer I have seen giving it all away to go work in a fast food joint! Ahhh

What are the issues? • Keeping tabs on

where your kids go

• Privacy• Inappropriate

content• Bullying and

predators

`Think before you post

it’s about digital natives

and digital immigrants

oopsanger

common misconception

Finding information

Finding information

http://www.pandia.com/index.html

school toolsblogswikispodcastsvideosimagesvoicethreadssocial networkingand cybersafety!

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RSS browsing

What can we do?• Public spaces for

computers• Open dialogue• Negotiate use and

purpose• Monitor behaviour• Set limits• Listen to

understand

Trust!Understand!

What can they do? • No personal details• No meeting

strangers• No sharing

passwords• Agree on limits• Combat

cyberbullying!• Keep safe!

Private!Grow!

IM

The Internetis

the human network

Welcome to the human network

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Information OverloadIntroduction to Social Bookmarking

Learn more…Useful sites for information

Stop Cyberbullying stopcyberbullying.org/ StaySafe.org www.staysafe.org/teens/default.htmlNetAlert www.netalert.gov.au/home.htmlEducation Programs www.netalert.gov.au/programs.htmlCybersmart Kids http://www.cybersmartkids.com.au/

Learn about Web 2.0Judy’s Web 2 Notes www.judyoconnell.wordpress.com

it’s just a rollercoaster ride!

Thank You.

With thanks to Graham Wegner and Sue Waters