MY INQUIRING MIND WANTS TO KNOW...

•  Are you at a zooming-along school? Stick-in-mud school? In between?
• Do you know of some S-I-M schools?
• Were you once at a S-I-M school? If so, how make the change?

If you want to learn about technology, ask a digital native, someone who has grown up with computers. So goes the conventional wisdom, anyway. We can indeed learn from our students, but, they do NOT know it all! Assuming so is a big mistake!

• Don't forget the latest digital divide: Socio-economic ipad casino 
• OK but kids who have computers, etc. DO know what they need to know, right? WRONG
• They do not know how to search
• They do not know how to research
• They do not know how to be safe
• Privacy
• Making "friends" online
• They do not know about ethical issues
• Cyberbullying
• This should be your first stop for accurate information and guidance: Nancy Willard's Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use:http://www.cyberbully.org/
• Sexting
• Hacking
• Plagiarism
• Copyright
• How do I know these to be true statements? I conducted a survey of librarians and educational technology specialists. Results bear out the statements.
• Here is the URL for the first survey:
• View results: http://bit.ly/kidscareresults
• Take survey:  http://bit.ly/surveystudentstech
• Here is the URL for the 2nd survey with all open-ended questions about what to do about students' needs to learn more about Internet and technology:
• Take survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/studenttechcomment
• Read all comments: http://bit.ly/techcomments

CLICK HERE FOR SURVEY CHARTS

CLICK HERE FOR COMMENTS FROM BOTH SURVEYS

SO WHAT SHOULD BE DONE???

• Librarians
• Take the lead
• Insist on working with kids who come in to research
• Offer staff development
• Teachers
• Do NOT rely on filters
• MONITOR YOUR STUDENTS
• Learn! Ask for help when needed... 
  
• Explore...It's fun!
• Parents
• Step up to the plate and be responsible!
• Get your heads out of the sand
• Spend time with your kids--ONLINE and OFFLINE
• Learn the games they use
• Share in their social networking
• ALL ADULTS
• Do not fall for fearmongering!
• Do not pass responsibilities
• Find was to connect with kids besides home and school
• Church
• Scouts
• Teams
• Clubs
• DO NOT MODEL OR CONDONE the kinds of things that lead to cyberbullying
• Homophobia
• Racial discrimination
• Religious discrimination

• Where should you get your information?
• NOT from sensationalist "news" resouces
• NOT from people or organizationstrying to sell you something
• Not from politicians who are trying to trade on people's fears
• Go to reliable experts
• Nancy Willard
• Blog: http://csriu.wordpress.com/
• Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use: http://www.cyberbully.org/
• ALA's GLBT has a great new group of resources:
• http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/rts/glbtrt/popularresources/bullying.cfm
• From Driftwood Texas...I'm From Driftwood: http://www.imfromdriftwood.com/
• OnGuard--Federal Government Site: http://www.onguardonline.gov/
• WiredSafety/Art Wolinsky:
•  http://www.wiredsafety.org/
• Teen Angels: http://www.teenangels.org/index.html 
• http://www.wiredkids.com/ 
• There are other links as well at the WiredSafety site
• CAUTIONARY NOTE: There are many, many sites out there that address bullying, cyberbullying, Internet safety, etc. NOT ALL OF THEM ARE EQUALLY VALUABLE. You should review sites closely to make sure they are authoritative and set the tone you want for your students, faculty and school family. Again I wish to stress that FEARMONGERING is counter-productive. 

CONCLUSION:

• WE need to figure out how to reach the hard-to-reach!
• If we build it will they come?
• The power of ONE PERSON can be immense! 
  Rick de los Santos! Susan Geiger! Everyone in this room!!

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