PTA Council Parenting Workshop - The Dirt-E Secrets of an Internet Kid
- What
- PTA Council Parenting Workshop - The Dirt-E Secrets of an Internet Kid
- When
- 10/8/2009, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
THE PTA COUNCIL
CORDIALLY INVITES YOU TO THE FIRST PARENT ED WORKSHOP
OF THE 2009-2010 SCHOOL YEAR
The Dirt-E Secrets of an Internet Kid:
"Get Out Of My Facebook!"
A Translation For Parents:
Instant Kids Growing Up in an Online World
With Vanessa Van Patten
Thursday October 8
7-9 p.m.
Helping parents (digital immigrants!) understand, relate to and keep up with digital natives (teens) is essential to maintaining the parent child relationship in the 21st century.
In this workshop, Ms. Van Patten delves into the tricky topics that teens, tweens and even toddlers get into online while searching for videos on YouTube, creating their first email and taking a turn in Twitter. We understand that every child is at different levels and comes into their ‘virtual adulthood’ at different paces and times. This talk covers all of the basics as well as prepares parents and teachers for what to expect in the late teen years. Hear about the virtual world from a REAL digital native, not from an expert looking down. Vanessa checks her Facebook about 45 times per day...just like your kids! Find out why teens are using social networks not just how. What is the real meaning of a Facebook poke? Or a digital kiss?
TOPICS COVERED:
Facebook
Privacy Settings
Sexting
Cyberbullying
Myspace
iTunes
Internet Addiction
Virtual Worlds
Virtual Dating and Friends
College Applications and the Online World
IMing
Identity Theft
Spam vs Spim
Teacher Bating
YouTube
Twitter
Vanessa Van Petten is one of the nation's youngest experts, or 'youthologists' on parenting and adolescents. She wrote her parenting book from the teen's perspective, called "You're Grounded!," when she was just 17. After winning the Mom’s Choice Award in 2009 and launching her popular parenting blog, she is now on a national speaking tour, reaching out to both parents and teenagers talking about what young people really wish adults knew about them. Her blog: RadicalParenting.com, which she writes with 75 other teenage writers from ages 12 to 20, is read by thousands of teens and adults daily and has been featured on hundreds of other parenting sites around the web as the only teen written parenting blog. She has been featured on CNN, CBS