Educational Technology

May 25, 2012

Is the Internet hurting children?

Filed under: Educational Technology — admin @ 12:35 am

By Chelsea Clinton and James P. Steyer, CNN

We urgently need a public conversation in our country among key stakeholders: parents, educators, technology innovators, policymakers and young people themselves. The dialogue must focus on the ways social media and technology enable our kids to give up their privacy before they fully understand what privacy is and why it’s important to all of us. We should also discuss how social media can help empower kids to find their voice, find their purpose and potentially create the next technology revolution. All adults know that the teen years are a critical time for identity exploration and experimentation. Yet this important developmental phase can be dramatically twisted when that identity experimentation, however personal and private, appears permanently on one’s digital record for all to see.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/21/opinion/clinton-steyer-internet-kids/index.html

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