Workshop Agenda

Activity 1

• Welcome!
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• Goals for the day.
• Turn to your elbow partners and share why you are here today.

Activity 2

Growing Up Online

Frontline made an excellent episode about the online lives of our kids recently. The entire thing can be viewed at Frontline. We will share their video clip: A Revolution in Classroom and Social Life.

Activity 3

• Quick Look at what our kids are posting. 
• Turn to your partner and share your reactions to what you've seen.

Activity 4

• Share our working definition of social networking (see sidebar for resources).

  • iKeepSafe overview, "Your Teens Profile."  
  • Go to MySpace and search for Adrienne DeWolfe
  • Assignment : Login into MySpace with our accounts and do the following:

    1. update your mood

    2. send a bulletin

    3. click on a friend in your list to view their profile and then send them a message

    4. search for a person or your school

Activity 5

• Administrator's Guide to MySpace
•  Highlight the following:
  • browse and search features (p. 6)
  • contacting MySpace  (p.7) - schoolcare@myspace.com
  • getting a false profile taken down (section D, p.8-9)
  • threats (p.9)
  • cyberbullying (p.10-11)
  • concerned parents (p. 11)
  • school forums (p.12-13), search school forums
  • hotline phone number:  888-309-1312.

Activity 6

• Let's take a look at another social network.
  • Demonstration of what FaceBook is.
  • Practice Search strategies
  • Log in as ctap4@jimfreese.com   password: pokemon
  • contacting facebook: 650-853-1300   abuse@facebook.com

Activity 7

• Online Resources for Administrators
  

Break

Activity 8

YouTube

• Assignment:  go to YouTube and locate an educational video, a video from your school, or a video of interest. (headphones please)
• Share your finds.

Discipline & Legal Issues

• Nancy Willard's handout, "Responding to Cyberbullying,"
• Nancy Willard's Cyberbullying & Cyberthreats Book
• Appendix B and C

CTAP IV Cybersafety Resources

• CTAP Cybersafety site
• For staff and parents: CTAP CyberSafety PPT.
• Explore the Administrator resources.

Activity 11 (skip at ACOE, but FYI)

Adina's Deck

• School assembly

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