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Tweens are smart about smartphones: Study

November 20, 2018 By Anne 1 Comment

Everything about this study is smart — the 10-14 year-old respondents (average age 11), what the authors are modeling for pediatricians and parents, and the tweens' answers. For example, when asked what age kids should be given mobile phones, one answer was: "It's not an age. I think it's more of a maturity thing," said one young respondent. Another's answer was, "Probably when they know … [Read more...] about Tweens are smart about smartphones: Study

Filed Under: mobile, Parenting, Research, Social Media, Youth Tagged With: Megan Moreno, preteens, SMAHRT, smartphones, tweens, University of Wisconsin

‘Claiming’ & social norming in social sites

December 11, 2009 By Anne 1 Comment

When she found that about half of teens' social media posts "refer to drinking, sex, or violence," University of Wisconsin pediatrics professor Megan Moreno wondered how much of those posts were just claims, USNews.com reports. She still wonders – hard data is hard to gather – but she "thinks some of it is, some is nonsense, and some is a 'gesture of intention'," where someone might be thinking … [Read more...] about ‘Claiming’ & social norming in social sites

Filed Under: Literacy & Citizenship, Risk & Safety, social networking, social norms Tagged With: Megan Moreno

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IMPORTANT RESOURCES

SocialMediaHelpline.com – helping
U.S. schools delete cyberbullying

CASEL.org & its 5 core social-emotional competencies
Center for Innovative Public Health Research
Childnet International
Committee for Children
Congressional Internet Caucus Academy
ConnectSafely.org
Crimes Against Children Research Center
Crisis Textline
Cyber Civil Rights Initiative's Revenge Porn Crisis Helpline
Cyberwise.org
danah boyd's blog and book
Disconnected, Carrie James's book on digital ethics
Free Range Kids
FOSI's Good Digital Parenting
Future of Privacy Forum
The research of Global Kids Online
The Good Project at Harvard's School of Education
Prof. Henry Jenkins's blog
Center for Democracy & Technology
Making Caring Common
Raising Digital Natives, author Devorah Heitner's site
Renee Hobbs at the Media Education Lab
MediaSmarts.ca
National Association for Media Literacy Education
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
TheseLittleWaves.net, site of Galit Breen, author of Kindness Wins
"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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