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Educating Students and Parents

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.

 

Educating Students and Parents About Privacy and Technology Overuse
Live Webinar: Monday, August 13, 2018 @ 4:00 pm 5:00 pm EDT