Enhancing Child Safety and Online Technologies

Enhancing Child Safety and Online Technologies
Author: Internet Safety Technical Task Force
Publisher:
Total Pages: 309
Release: 2010
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9781594607769

Many youth in the United States have fully integrated the Internet into their daily lives. For them, the Internet is a positive and powerful space for socializing, learning, and engaging in public life. Along with the positive aspects of Internet use come risks to safety, including the dangers of sexual solicitation, online harassment, and bullying, and exposure to problematic and illegal content. The Attorneys General Multi-State Working Group on Social Networking asked this Task Force to determine the extent to which today¿s technologies could help to address these online safety risks, with a primary focus on social network sites in the United States. To answer this question, the Task Force brought together leaders from Internet service providers, social network sites, academia, education, child safety and public policy advocacy organizations, and technology development. The Task Force consulted extensively with leading researchers in the field of youth online safety and with technology experts, and sought input from the public. The Task Force has produced three primary documents: (1) a Literature Review of relevant research in the field of youth online safety in the United States, which documents what is known and what remains to be studied about the issue; (2) a report from its Technology Advisory Board, reviewing the 40 technologies submitted to the Task Force; and (3) this Final Report, which summarizes the Task Force¿s work together, analyzes the previous documents as well as submissions by eight leading social network sites regarding their efforts to enhance safety for minors, and provides a series of recommendations for how to approach this issue going forward. Enhancing Child Safety and Online Technologies contains the Task Force's Final Report and appendices of the Literature Review and the Technology Advisory Board report.

Children, Risk and Safety on the Internet

Children, Risk and Safety on the Internet
Author: Sonia M. Livingstone
Publisher: Policy Press
Total Pages: 408
Release: 2012
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1847428827

Based on an impressive in-depth survey of 25,000 children carried out by the EU Kids Online network, this timely book examines the prospect for young internet users of enhanced opportunities for learning, creativity and communication set against the fear of cyberbullying, pornography and invaded privacy.

The Role of Technology in Improving K-12 School Safety

The Role of Technology in Improving K-12 School Safety
Author: Heather L. Schwartz
Publisher: Rand Corporation
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0833094742

The report categorizes school safety technologies, summarizes research on school violence, presents six case studies of innovative technologies, and summarizes experts' views of technologies and safety problems and their rankings of technology needs.

Children, Technology and Healthy Development

Children, Technology and Healthy Development
Author: Catherine Knibbs
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 218
Release: 2021-09-28
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1000452883

How can adults keep children safe and healthy online now and in the future? How can we thrive alongside technology? This highly accessible book unpacks the latest psychological research, attachment theory and neurobiology to offer parents and professionals insight into how technology impacts children’s development and how to navigate our lives online. Catherine Knibbs shares her extensive experience to reveal what we know about human behaviour in cyberspace, and particularly that of children using devices, consoles and social media platforms. She offers deeper understanding of how and why children engage online and shows parents and professionals how, rather than being overwhelmed by the dangers and pathologies of cyberspace, we can learn to support children in using technology healthily. She covers key topics including social media use and abuse, impact of screen time, issues around gaming and extreme behaviours online. By the end of this book you will be able to understand your child better, and have an understanding of what is happening in their minds, brains and bodies in relation to the technological and digital world. Children, Technology and Healthy Development is for all parents, and professionals in psychology, education, social care and the police who are concerned with understanding how we support children in an online world. It will also be valuable reading for those in tech design interested in the impact of technology on the developing human.

The Connected Parent

The Connected Parent
Author: John Palfrey
Publisher: Basic Books
Total Pages: 231
Release: 2020-10-06
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1541618009

An essential guide for parents navigating the new frontier of hyper-connected kids. Today's teenagers spend about nine hours per day online. Parents of this ultra-connected generation struggle with decisions completely new to parenting: Should an eight-year-old be allowed to go on social media? How can parents help their children gain the most from the best aspects of the digital age? How can we keep kids safe from digital harm? John Palfrey and Urs Gasser bring together over a decade of research at Harvard to tackle parents' most urgent concerns. The Connected Parent is required reading for anyone trying to help their kids flourish in the fast-changing, uncharted territory of the digital age.

Cyber Safe

Cyber Safe
Author: Renee Tarun
Publisher: Bookbaby
Total Pages: 24
Release: 2021-03-12
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781098357351

Everybody says be careful online, but what do they mean? Lacey is a cyber-smart dog who protects kids by teaching them how to stay safe online. Join Lacey and her friend Gabbi on a fun, cyber safe adventure and learn the ins and outs of how to behave and how to keep yourself safe online. In this day in age our kids are accessing the internet about as soon as they can read! Cyber Safe is a fun way to ensure they understand their surroundings in our digital world.

Kids Online

Kids Online
Author: Sonia Livingstone
Publisher: Policy Press
Total Pages: 300
Release: 2009-09-30
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9781847424389

As the internet and new online technologies are becoming embedded in everyday life, there are increasing questions about their social implications and consequences. This text addresses these risks in relation to children.

State of the World's Children 2017

State of the World's Children 2017
Author: United Nations
Publisher: State of the World's Children
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018-02
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9789280649307

As the debate about whether the internet is safe for children rages, The State of the World's Children 2017: Children in a Digital World discusses how digital access can be a game changer for children or yet another dividing line. The report represents the first comprehensive look from UNICEF at the different ways digital technology is affecting children, identifying dangers as well as opportunities. It makes a clear call to governments, the digital technology sector and telecom industries to level the digital playing field for children by creating policies, practices and products that can help children harness digital opportunities and protect them from harm.

Educational Research and Innovation Education in the Digital Age Healthy and Happy Children

Educational Research and Innovation Education in the Digital Age Healthy and Happy Children
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 218
Release: 2020-10-15
Genre:
ISBN: 9264706496

The COVID-19 pandemic was a forceful reminder that education plays an important role in delivering not just academic learning, but also in supporting physical and emotional well-being. Balancing traditional “book learning” with broader social and personal development means new roles for schools and education more generally.

Educational Research and Innovation Educating 21st Century Children Emotional Well-Being in the Digital Age

Educational Research and Innovation Educating 21st Century Children Emotional Well-Being in the Digital Age
Author: Oecd
Publisher:
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2019-10-22
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9789264563087

What is the nature of childhood today? On a number of measures, modern children's lives have clearly improved thanks to better public safety and support for their physical and mental health. New technologies help children to learn, socialise and unwind, and older, better-educated parents are increasingly playing an active role in their children's education. At the same time, we are more connected than ever before, and many children have access to tablets and smartphones before they learn to walk and talk. Twenty-first century children are more likely to be only children, increasingly pushed to do more by "helicopter parents" who hover over their children to protect them from potential harm. In addition to limitless online opportunities, the omnipresent nature of the digital world brings new risks, like cyber-bullying, that follow children from the schoolyard into their homes. This report examines modern childhood, looking specifically at the intersection between emotional well-being and new technologies. It explores how parenting and friendships have changed in the digital age. It examines children as digital citizens, and how best to take advantage of online opportunities while minimising the risks. The volume ends with a look at how to foster digital literacy and resilience, highlighting the role of partnerships, policy and protection.