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Shelley K.The event, which drew participants from 15 countries, was different from previous years in that young people were viewed less as potential victims of online crimes and more as participants in a global online community.
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Karl Fisch"I spent part of last week in Washington, D.C., attending a gathering that turned out to be a watershed moment in the 16-year history of online safety education.
The third annual conference of the Family Online Safety Institute brought together about 400 Internet safety advocates around the theme of "Building a Culture of Responsibility: From Online Safety to Digital Citizenship."" -
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a watershed moment in the 16-year history of online safety education.
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in that young people were viewed less as potential victims of online crimes and more as participants in a global online community.
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the "predator panic" that was rampant a few years ago has largely been put to rest as safety experts and law enforcement studies from the Crimes Against Children Research Center and elsewhere show that, statistically, the odds of a prepubescent child being sexually molested by an
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online stranger is virtually zero and the odds of it happening to a teenager are very low, especially when compared with children who are harmed by family members and others they know from the real world.
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the culprit is far more likely to be a fellow young person.
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Kids are affected by their own behavior ranging from posting pictures or comments online that could come to haunt them later to "sexting," sending nude or nearly nude pictures of themselves to others.
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a few misguided ones have used these laws against children.
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others continue to perpetuate myths about Internet dangers.
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"one size doesn't fit all.
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There was a lot of discussion about the lack of interactive social media in schools.
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"Building a Culture of Responsibility: From Online Safety to Digital Citizenship."
The event, which drew participants from 15 countries, was different from previous years in that young people were viewed less as potential victims of online crimes and more as participants in a global online community.
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It's all about media literacy, digital citizenship and critical thinking
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Patti Agatston suggested we consider using health prevention models for Internet safety education — basic safety advice for most youth and intense counseling from mental health professionals for the small minority of young people who are taking extraordinary risks both on and offline.
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Anne Collier, my co-director at ConnectSafely.org, suggested that we think of social media "as the new book." These are interactive books, in a sense, where kids are both consumers and authors. Rather than banning them, schools should be channeling kids toward educational use of this technology.
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