YOUR BOYS AND TECHNOLOGYLower School Parent Meeting

March 17, 2010

INTERESTING STATS FROM OUR BOYS

where do you and your family fit in?

“TECHNOLOGY ISN’T GOOD OR BAD IT’S POWERFUL”

Sherry Turkle is Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology in the Program in Science, Technology, and Society at MIT and the founder (2001) and current director of the MIT Initiative on Technology and Self

IT’S NOT INFORMATION OVERLOAD. IT’S FILTER

FAILURE.Clay Shirky, a prescient voice on the Internet’s effects, argues that emerging technologies enabling loose collaboration will change the way our society works.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS FOR 21ST CENTURY LEADERS

CHARACTER AND PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY

Your Digital Footprint Do you Google Well?

Are you the same person online as you are offline?

Online audience is considerably larger

EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION

RESOURCEFUL USE OF INFORMATION

INTELLECTUAL FLEXIBILITY AND CREATIVITY

COMMUNITY AWARENESS & PARTICIPATION

WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT?

Tufts, Please pick me

WHERE ARE WE HEADED?

Augmented Reality

RESOURCES FRONTLINE: digital nation - life on the virtual frontier |

PBS http://ow.ly/1ncg1 Tufts, Please Pick Me - Interactive Feature -

NYTimes.com http://ow.ly/1ncDh Facebook | Privacy Policy http://ow.ly/1nchD 10 New Privacy Settings Every Facebook User Should

Know http://ow.ly/1ncis Protecting your child's online safety - Gmail Help

http://ow.ly/1ncjK GetNetWise | Online Safety Guide http://ow.ly/1ncko

Safety by age group Think before you post- http://ow.ly/1ncmE Cyberbullying - Talent Show http://ow.ly/1ncqc Google Alerts http://ow.ly/1nguE