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Presentation for ESL students at Port Adelaide TAFE (June, 2012)
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THE WONDER OF THE INTERNET
Image courtesy of Michelle Lamberson
= 1997
Webheads in Buenos Aires, July 2011: Vance, Michael, Jen, Rita
Who/Where are the Webheads?
800+ members in approximately 50 countries
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7o7BrlbaDs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4CR3GoB3YY
A GLOBAL AUDIENCE
In 2011 48 hours of content uploaded every minute
CC Images: Ahmad.Hammoud
CC image: alhussainy
POLITICS: EGYPT
Man - the compulsive communicator
(David Attenborough)
FACEBOOK - 900 MILLION USERS
EARTH: about 7 billion people (2012)
ROBIN GOOD ELLUMINATING
ONLINE GAMING
from the World of WarcraftCC image from Graham Stanley
LET’S PAUSE FOR A MINUTE AND CONSIDER THE .....
THE DARK SIDE OF
THE INTERNET
HOW TO BE CYBER SMART
CONCERNING CHILDREN• CYBER BULLYING• UNWANTED CONTACT WITH ONLINE
STRANGERS (Stranger Danger)• INAPPROPRIATE CONTENT
UNWANTED CONTACT WITH ONLINE STRANGERS (Stranger Danger)
• Know the privacy settings of the software you are using
• Don’t give out personal information that tells people where you live unless you know people well
• Consider multiple identities
INAPPROPRIATE CONTENT
• Filters only work with very young children• Have computers in a public space in the home
until at least high school age• TALK to your children about what they do• Discuss VALUES, and what is and what is not
approriate• Ask your children’s teachers if they do this at
school
CONCERNING CHILDREN
DISCUSS THE IDEAOF
‘SCREEN TIME’
AND AGREE ON
LIMITS
YOUR DIGITAL FOOTPRINT
Google knows more about you than you do! (And now probably Facebook too.)
YOUR DIGITAL FOOTPRINT
• EVERYTHING you do is recorded and leaves a trace somewhere
• Don’t say anything about someone online that you wouldn’t say to the person face to face (f2f)
• Don’t go online if you’re drunk, etc!• Consider a personal and a professional
identity (Have more than one identity)