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CyberSafe, protecting and empowering kids in the digital world of texting, gaming, and social media, Gwenn Schurgin O'Keeffe

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CyberSafe, protecting and empowering kids in the digital world of texting, gaming, and social media, Gwenn Schurgin O'Keeffe

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

CyberSafe

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

610817942

Responsibility statement

Gwenn Schurgin O'Keeffe

Sub title

protecting and empowering kids in the digital world of texting, gaming, and social media

Summary

Presents a guide that helps children and parents navigate through today's digital technologies, products, terminology, and services; and offers advice on protecting children from online dangers such as cyberbullying and sexual predators

Table Of Contents

Introduction: Parents, start your digital engines!pt. 1: The Internet unplugged -- 1. Old versus new media -- 2. The world of Google -- 3. An Internet tour -- 4. Calling Dr. Google -- 5. The tangled web we weave -- 6. Internet safety: myths versus realitypt. 2: The teen/tween-o-sphere uncensored -- Snapshot of daily life -- 7. Screen time and childhood -- 8. Digital life: real kids, real families, real issues -- 9. The parent-o-sphere: the digital divide -- 10. How and when kids get online -- 11. Understanding tweens and teens -- Online technologies -- 12. The Internet and Web 2.0 -- 13. Instant communication primer -- 14. Social networking -- 15. Twitter -- 16. How digital kids share, think, and organizept. 3: Safety is a state of mind -- 17. The digital footprint -- 18. Internet safety tools -- 19. Online gaming and virtual worlds -- 20. The risks of new media culture -- 21. Online parent trapsConclusion: We live in one world: Let's parent that way!

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