Here is a snapshot of our findings:
Always Connected: The new digital
media habits of young children
by Aviva Lucas Gutnick et al.
• Children have more access to all kinds of digital media,
and are spending more time during the day with them than
ever before.
• Television continues to exert a strong hold over young
children, who spend more time with this medium than
any other.
• Not all children have access to newer digital technologies,
nor do all children use media in the same ways once they
do own them. Family income continues to be a barrier to
some children owning technology, even as the price of
devices falls.
• Lower-income, Hispanic, and African American children
consume far more media than their middle-class and
white counterparts.
• Children appear to shift their digital media habits around
age 8, when they increasingly open their eyes to the wide
world of media beyond television.
• Mobile media appears to be the next “it” technology, from
handheld video games to portable music players to cell
phones. Kids like to use their media on the go.
Digital Trends
"We are living in exponential times."
(Fisch, McLeod, & Bronman, 2005)
The entire era of digital tools would
represent the tiniest of dots on the extreme
right hand edge of the background trend
graphs above. Instead of millions of years,
thousands of generations or centuries of
time, these digital trends have taken shape
in less than a single human lifetime, with
significant developments occurring in the
last ten years and even the last year. Digital
tools have only been available for the last
60 or so years of human history, emerging
duringWorld War II in the 1940's.
http://digiacademy.org/readings/Ch3_Trends_set.html
… for
something
positive and
helpful…
…or for
something
negative
and harmful.
https://www.dosomething.org/facts/11-facts-about-cyber-bullying
We Need to keep a close eye on it.
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EXAMPLES
Cyberbullying……………………………….………….
Exposure to pornography…………………………..
Exposure to violence…………………………………
Misuse of images/video by others…………….…
Identity theft…………………………………...….....
Impersonation…………………………………..…….
Sexting…………………………………………………..
Trolling…………………………………………………..
Teen fad surfing…………………………….…........ neknomination
Copy cat phenomenon…………………….....…… cutting/suicide
Being tracked……………………..………………….
(for marketing, by
gangs, by terrorist groups)
Stalking…………………………………………………
Receipt of malware and viruses………………...
Online purchasing…………………………..………
Sexual exploitation/offending……………….….
And more………………………………………………
audience examples
• Neurology Now Article
http://patients.aan.com/resources/neurologynow/index.cfm?event=home.showArticle&id=ovid.com%3A%2Fbib%2Fovftdb%2F01222928-201410030-00017
Example From Across The Country
Source:
http://www.cbs58.com/news/local-news/Slenderman-linked-to-two-other-crimes-outside-of-Waukesha-stabbing--262468731.html
Who is on the
other side of the
computer?
Who is
watching
who(m)?
POS? …….Parent Over Shoulder
What do we know about
online predators?
http://www.internetsafety101.org/Predatorstatistics.htm
http://www.internetsafety101.org/dangers.htm
Stories I wish weren’t true…
http://www.badappreviews.com/apps/49651/talking-ginger
http://en.ria.ru/business/20130320/180119929/New-Mobile-Apps-Let-Kids-Stay-Ahead-of-Their-Parents.html
My children LOVE to play the
“talking games” There is Talking
Tom, Talking Perry, Talking Roby….
the list goes on and on and on. Since
our iPod Touch doesn’t have an
internal microphone, they use
headphones with a mic to make
those guys repeat them.
I was sitting on the couch next to my
daughter as she was playing one of
the talking games and I heard a
naughty word coming out of the
headphones. I immediately sat up
and went… what the heck is going
on? First as a disclaimer… my
husband and I do not curse. So
never before have my children heard
us say these words. So I checked out
what she was listening
to. Apparently you can record your
own Talking Tom videos and upload
them to YouTube. Where the system
breaks down though, is that you can
view videos other people have
uploaded. Let’s just say not all of
them are kid appropriate.
I’m extremely technically savvy. My devices and my
children’s access is extremely locked down and secure, and
yet it can still happen. ALWAYS be on the lookout.
http://www.tech4mommies.com/2012/05/talkingtom_outfit7_inappropriate/
“Mobile apps can capture a
broad range of user
information from the device
automatically – including the
user’s precise geolocation,
phone number, list of contacts,
call logs, unique device
identifiers, and other
information stored on the
mobile device – and can share
this data with a large number
of possible recipients. These
capabilities can provide
beneficial services to
consumers – for example,
access to maps and directions,
and the ability to play
interactive games with other
users – but they also can be
used by apps to collect detailed
personal information in a
manner parents cannot
detect.”
https://www.ftc.gov/sites/default/files/documents/reports/mobile-apps-kids-current-privacy-disclosures-are-disappointing/120216mobile_apps_kids.pdf
Online Computing is
Big Business
http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/amazons-net-sales-were-74-45b-last-year-up-22-from-2012_b82308
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887323293704578334401534217878
Source:
http://www.clickz.com/clickz/column/2349065/5-ways-to-use-your-visitors-cognitive-biases-to-your-advantage
Impact on
Social Communication
Letters and Landlines
Face-to-Face
Texting to Twitter
Facebook-to- Face Time
3. The Benefits
 Research
 Teaching
 Tracking
Progress
http://www.edudemic.com/internet-education/
http://www.edudemic.com/internet-education/
How Is The Internet Changing Education?
•In 1971, The Open University in England begins broadcasting lectures on TV
•The now well known Univ. of Phoenix opens in 1989
•The term e-learning was coined in 1999
•Online education is currently a $34 billion industry
•The Open University is now the UK’s largest with 250,000 students
•The University of Phoenix is the largest in the US, with more than 500,000
•Khan Academy has over 41 million views on its courses
•Online learning can offer more personalized learning options
•Students can learn at their own pace, taking as many or as few classes at a time as
they choose
•There are fewer one size fits all lecture based courses
•The London School of Business and Finance offered an MBA delivered entirely
through a Facebook app