Questions to Guide At Home Conversations
Ongoing conversations about digital citizenship guide and empower children on how to make thoughtful and reflective decisions regarding technology. Below are questions and information to help facilitate these conversation at home.
Ongoing conversations about digital citizenship guide and empower children on how to make thoughtful and reflective decisions regarding technology. Below are questions and information to help facilitate these conversation at home.
- Where can devices be used in the house?
- Where should the devices be charged at night?
- How long should you be online each day?
- What can devices be used for at home?
- How is my use affecting relationships with family and friends?
- Who wrote this piece of writing you are reading?
- What do you know about the author?
- What is the purpose of the website?
- When was the writing published? When was it last updated?
- Can you find another source that has similar information?
- Why was the website created? What does the URL tell you?
- Keeping personal information private
- Asking for parent permission before creating accounts
- Telling a parent/staff when you are approached by someone online or you come across something that makes you uncomfortable.
- Understanding and abiding by COPPA and FERPA guidelines
- How much do you want people to know about you from your writing, image or video?
- What do you notice in the background of the picture? What is it telling the audience?
- Have you gotten permission to take a picture or video of someone else? Have you gotten permission to share?
