Using Social Media and Video Games Safely and Wisely

Our Learning Goals

We will learn how to:

● promote safety on-line using social media and gaming● promote the values of digital citizenship● set healthy limits for screen time, social media and

gaming● develop parenting strategies to help set healthy limits

We asked you and our teachers:

What are your questions around your child’s wise and safe use of the Internet, Social Media and/or Video Games?

Online Safety

Digital Citizenship

Personal Connections

Who am I?

What am I here to talk about?

How do I connect to the topic?

Benefits of Video Games

Selective Attention

Selective attention means being able to focus in on a task and be able to ignore the distractions that may be happening in the world around you.

Negative Effects of Video Games

World Health Organization - has defined a Gaming Disorder as a significant health concern https://www.who.int/features/qa/gaming-disorder/en/

AddictionPsychiatrist Michael Brody, MD, set forth the following criteria for addiction:

1. The person needs more and more of a substance or behavior to keep him going.

2. If the person does not get more of the substance or behavior, he becomes irritable and miserable.

How many of you can say that your kids will be happy with half an hour of gaming? Or even only one hour?

How long would your kids continue to play if left to themselves?

Consider the following...This is Rapi Ananda Pamungka, a two year old child who smokes 40 cigarettes a day. His mother buys him the cigarettes, because he cries and throws tantrums if he does not have them because he is addicted.

Would you buy your child cigarettes if they cried for them?

World Health Organization: https://www.who.int/features/qa/gaming-disorder/en/

What Your Kids Should NOT be Playing

What Your Kids SHOULD be Playing

And of course…..

Board Games!

Parenting Strategies: Setting Healthy Limits

1) Talk about balance2) Have open discussions 3) Set a schedule / use a timer4) Select day for more free time5) Help children justify use of tech6) Follow through with consequences

From https://www.todaysparent.com/family/parenting/parent-tested-systems-you-can-use-to-limit-screen-time/

Parenting Strategies: Setting Healthy Limits

7) Download a tracking appFor computers: https://www.learningliftoff.com/5-best-monitoring-apps-for-parents

For phones: https://www.spyzie.com/browsing-history/internet-history-tracking-app.htmll

8) Monitor your child’s use and stay involvedSpecifically for Youtube: You can install a monitoring application like Boomerang. Your internet provider can also provide you with recommendations for tracking and monitoring.

This discussion has only just begun!

I still plan on exploring this topic on my YouTube channel! Please subscribe and follow along as I continue to explore, in much more depth, this very important topic.