Sometimes our kids just don’t understand... We’ve offered the Raleigh community If you have questions about anything discussed tonight, feel free to contact any of us!  Michael Doyle – Technology Instructor for Middle School [email protected]  Laurie Heise – 7th Grade Language Arts Teacher [email protected]  Megan Jacobs – Social Media Consultant for District 301 [email protected]  Zandra McGuire – 7th Grade Social Studies Teacher [email protected] space-saving solutions for the past 10 years. We recommend Northwind Traders to anyone who will listen to us. They helped us reclaim over 700 square feet of our house!” - Annie D. Balitmore “Safety and security don't just hap- pen, they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear”. - Nelson Mandella KEEPING KIDS SAFE:LIMITING DANGER WITH OUR DEVICES Fall 2014 Presented by: INTERESTING FACT DID YOU KNOW??? According to cybersafefutures.org 5 million facebook users are age 10 or younger? And facebook isn’t even that popular with kids!  Megan Jacobs – Social Media Consultant for District 301  Laurie Heise – 7th Grade Language Arts Teacher  Zandra McGuire – 7th Grade Social Studies Teacher  Michael Doyle – Instructional Technologist for Middle Schools Keeping Kids Safe Did you know?  93% of teens (12-17) go online.  Of the children (0-5) who use the Internet, 80% use it at least once a week.  75% of teens (12-17) have cell phones.  On average, texting teens (12-17) send and receive 1500 text messages a month  1 in 25 youths received an online sexual solicitation where the solicitor tried to make offline contact.  In more than one-quarter (27%) of incidents, solicitors asked youths for sexual photographs of themselves.  73% of teens (12-17) have profiles on social networking sites.  The reality is that our children are using technology at a greater rate than anyone could have imagined 10 years ago. The benefits of technology use can be enormous. Unfortunately, exposure in the digital world can cause danger for our kids. If children are going to interact with technology and be a part of the digital world, how can we protect them from harm? While there is no magic wand to protect everyone from everything, we, as parents, can take steps to provide a safer experience for our kids.  Know what apps they use  Know who they are communicating with  Know how the device really works  LEARN how to use parental settings Parental Settings: How do I do it? This process can seem confusing and intimidating at first, but actually it is pretty simple. Locate the type of device your child has access to and go to the webpage listed. The sites offer a step by step process for setting up parental controls, or gives options and descriptions for apps that will allow you to control mobile devices. Windows 7: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/10524/how-touse-parental-controls-in-windows-7/ Windows 8: http://www.wikihow.com/Set-Up-Parental-Controls -in-Windows-8 Macbook: http://www.macworld.com/article/1166847/ set_parental_controls_on_your_mac.html Android: http://joyofandroid.com/android-parental-control-3ways-to-protect-your-child/ Ipod/Iphone: http://content.mobicip.com/content/how-setupparental-controls-iphone-ipod-touch 47% of teens (12-17) have uploaded photos; 14 % have posted videos. "Internet Safety Statistics." Netsmartz.org. National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, 1 Jan. 2011. Web. 23 Aug. 2014. <http:// www.netsmartz.org/safety/statistics>. Ipad: http://content.mobicip.com/content/how-setupparental-controls-ipad Photo caption