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Child protection in virtual worlds

April 22, 2009 By Anne Leave a Comment

Some 70 million people under 16 will have accounts in virtual worlds by the end of this year, the New York Times reports. That's twice last year's figure, it adds, citing the research of UK virtual world consulting firm K Zero. And there are more than 200 worlds such as Disney's Club Penguin, Cartoon Network's FusionFall, and Helsinki-based Habbo in place, in the planning, or in development, the … [Read more...] about Child protection in virtual worlds

Filed Under: kids, Social Media, Youth Tagged With: ClubPenguin, FusionFall, Habbo

Undercover Mom in ClubPenguin, Part 6: Old-fashioned pretend play in a new-fangled world

March 30, 2009 By Anne Leave a Comment

by Sharon Duke EstroffDuring my time on Club Penguin, I became a regular at the local pizzeria. I liked it because of the cliché Italian piano music, the cozy candle-lit tables, and the fiery brick oven; but mostly because of the friendly waiters and waitresses who never, ever delivered my pizza.Sure, I was initially stumped over how I could have given my order to 16 separate penguins and not have … [Read more...] about Undercover Mom in ClubPenguin, Part 6: Old-fashioned pretend play in a new-fangled world

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: ClubPenguin, Izzy Neis, Sharon Estroff, Undercover Mom

Undercover Mom in ClubPenguin, Part 5: Cold shoulders

March 20, 2009 By Anne 1 Comment

By Sharon Duke EstroffI’m not even a week into my undercover expedition and I’m already racking up penguin pals like Pokemon cards. No wonder Club Penguin's signature tagline is "Waddle around and make new friends"! That said, not all the birds I’ve met in this hopping virtual world are amicable types. Here’s what happened when I (ChillyLily) approached a group of cheery looking penguins dancing … [Read more...] about Undercover Mom in ClubPenguin, Part 5: Cold shoulders

Filed Under: cyberbullying, kids, Risk & Safety, Social Media, Youth Tagged With: ClubPenguin, Sharon Estroff, Undercover Mom

Undercover Mom in ClubPenguin, Part 4: The ‘dating’ game

March 13, 2009 By Anne 3 Comments

by Sharon Duke EstroffI'm not exaggerating when I tell you that at any given moment in any given corner of any given chatroom on ClubPenguin.com, there is someone saying something to the effect of “boys say i” or “beautiful girls come over here” or “are you single?” or “will u be with me?” - which is exactly what Cowboy217 asked me one moonlit night in his igloo.We’d met earlier that evening at … [Read more...] about Undercover Mom in ClubPenguin, Part 4: The ‘dating’ game

Filed Under: Risk & Safety Tagged With: ClubPenguin, igloo, pizza parlor, Undercover Mom

Undercover Mom in ClubPenguin, Part 3: Anybody here speak English?!

March 6, 2009 By Anne 1 Comment

By Sharon Duke EstroffI’m beginning to understand why kids are so obsessed with Club Penguin. It’s a posh ski vacation via DSL connection. There’s snow tubing, ski lifts, and an ice hockey rink; a coffee shop, pizza joint, and discothèque; even a beach complete with surfboards, sun umbrellas and an outdoor fire pit (photo links below). And they’re all packed like sardines with friend-seeking … [Read more...] about Undercover Mom in ClubPenguin, Part 3: Anybody here speak English?!

Filed Under: kids, Social Media, Youth Tagged With: ClubPenguin, Sharon Estroff, Undercover Mom

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Our (DIGITAL) PARENTING BASICS: Safety + Social
NAMLE, the National Association for Media Literacy Education
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Center for Democracy & Technology
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Childnet International
Committee for Children
Congressional Internet Caucus Academy
ConnectSafely.org
Control Shift: a pivotal book for Internet safety
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Cyberwise.org
danah boyd's blog and book about networked youth
Disconnected, Carrie James's book on digital ethics
FOSI.org's Good Digital Parenting
The research of Global Kids Online
The Good Project at Harvard's School of Education
If you watch nothing else: "Parenting in a Digital Age" TED Talk by Prof. Sonia Livingstone
The International Bullying Prevention Association
Let Grow Foundation
Making Caring Common
Raising Digital Natives, author Devorah Heitner's site
Renee Hobbs at the Media Education Lab
MediaSmarts.ca
The New Media Literacies
Report of the Aspen Task Force on Learning & the Internet and our guide to Creating Trusted Learning Environments
The Ruler Approach to social-emotional learning (Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence)
Sources of Strength
"Young & Online: Perspectives on life in a digital age" from young people in 26 countries (via UNICEF)
"Youth Safety on a Living Internet": 2010 report of the Online Safety & Technology Working Group (and my post about it)

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