Professors Bernstein and Peters Presenting a Common Sense Media Webinar on Privacy
and Technology Over-Use Education
Web-based apps and devices have transformed our students’ lives, creating new privacy
risks and changing ways of social interaction. In this edWebinar, Gaia Bernstein and
Jari Peters, professors at Seton Hall Law School’s Institute for Privacy Protection in New Jersey, will present a new program that targets kids in fifth and sixth grades—the ages at which they receive
their first cellphones. The free program is unique in that it includes both a curriculum for elementary
and middle school students and lectures for parents.
The program highlights the importance of developing a healthy online/offline balance
and understanding the connection between excessive use of smartphones, screens, and
digital communication and privacy and reputational harms. For the students’ curriculum,
they have implemented lessons that use real-life scenarios and engaging, student-driven
activities to prepare students to make thoughtful and responsible decisions when using
technology. The goal of integrating the students’ curriculum with parents’ lectures
is to promote a dialogue of cooperation regarding technology use between students
and parents.
This edWebinar is for all K-12 teachers, librarians, and tech coordinators, especially
those working with upper elementary through high school students. There will be time
to get your questions answered at the end of the session.