GUIDANCE
Tools for guiding parents in decision-making related to technology and their children:
Tools for monitoring or limiting children's media use:
Just for fun: 9 Classic Movies That You'd Never Be Able To Explain To Kids Today, from Huff Post Entertainment
- NEW! Digital Compass from Common Sense: An interactive, choose-your-own-adventure style game that asks students to make decisions related to their technology use. Our Middle School students have played this game, and have found it very engaging!
- Common Sense Parent Concerns: Articles, videos, and advice on various concerns parents may have about their children and technology
- NetSmartz Workshop: an interactive program of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children® (NCMEC) that provides age-appropriate resources to help teach children how to be safer on- and offline
- Google Safety Center: Make safety choices that fit your family
- iKeepSafe: Online safety resources and research for parents, children, and educators
- Common Sense Digital Citizenship Videos: Short videos that offer advice on talking to your kids about digital citizenship
- Screen Sense: Setting the Record Straight: Research-based guidelines for screen use for children under 3 years old, from Zero to Three
- MediaSmarts: Canada's Centre for Digital and Media Literacy
- Tweens & Social Media, Yikes vs. Yes!: YouTube video with Carrie Goldman
Tools for monitoring or limiting children's media use:
- How to Set Screen Rules That Stick from Common Sense Media
- Guide for iOS Guided Access (limiting iOS to one app only)
- NetNanny Parental Controls
- Family Protector: Mac Parent Control Software
Just for fun: 9 Classic Movies That You'd Never Be Able To Explain To Kids Today, from Huff Post Entertainment