Digital Wellness

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LHS PTG Meeting

January 11, 2024

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Joe Monastero

Executive Director of Instructional and Administrative Technology

jmonastero@csh.k12.ny.us

631-367-6968

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Valerie Massimo

LHS Principal

vmassimo@csh.k12.ny.us

631-367-8800

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Topics for Today

Link to each section

• Digital Citizenship
• Age level digital experiences
• Cell Phones and tools to help parents
• Home Filtering

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Common Sense Media Digital Citizenship

to 9 Years: Supervised Use

What digital experiences are appropriate? When?

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Suggestions:

• Use the Internet WITH your child.
• May begin to allow use of the Internet undeUr supervision- with parental controls in place.
• May allow use of interactive games/apps.
• Keep children active!
• Create tech-free time in the day.

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Commonsensemedia.org - Resource

10-12 Years: Responsible Use

Suggestions: Be involved and provide oversight.

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• Allow use of the Internet under supervision and with parental controls in place.
• Ask your child regularly what programs, games, apps they play.
• Play a video game or explore a new app with your child.
• Discuss what you're watching and educate him or her about advertising and commercials.
• If your child is using social media (with strict time limitations, rules, and parent supervision), please note the ages on certain sites - many require 13+.
• Limit media during homework, and no devices in bedrooms.
• Establish media-free zones such as the dinner table.
• Make sure children stay involved in tech-free opportunities - chores, school activities and friends!

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Commonsensemedia.org - Resource

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Too much or “poor quality” screen time has been linked to:

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• Obesity/Less time for play (and less interest)
• Irregular sleep schedules and shorter duration of sleep
• Behavioral problems
• Decreased attention span
• Loss of social skills/social isolation
• Violence
• Anxiety and depression
• Screen addiction

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Commonsensemedia.org - Resource

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Studies of Social Media Effects:

List of the most popular Social Media sites

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1. Facebook, 2. Youtube, 3. WhatsApp, 4. Instagram, 5. TikTok,

6. Snapchat, 7. Pinterest, 8. Reddit, 9. LinkedIn, 10. Twitter

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• Numerous studies find a correlation between time spent scrolling through social media apps and negative body image.
• Study from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine showed that the more time young adults spent on social media, the more likely they were to have problems sleeping and suffering from depression.
• Study of teens (UCLA Brain Mapping Center) found that receiving a high number of likes on photos showed increased activity in the reward center of the brain. Further, teens are influenced to like photos, regardless of content, based on high numbers of likes. Bottom line: The it feels good to be “liked” and ‘herd mentality’ is big on social media...aka Like what others like and you’re in.

Top 10 Social Media Platforms of 2023

When we were kids

When we were kids

When we were kids

Photo arrives

Today

Cell Phone (and other devices)...

When is the right time?

(Pew Research Center, 2020).

What Age Should a Child Get a Smartphone: Pros and Cons of Early Phone Use in 2024

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"No two children are the same and there's no magic number ... A child’s age is not as important as his or her own responsibility or maturity level."

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• Today’s Parent

Ages four to six

Ages seven to nine

Ages 10 to 12

Teens

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• Wait until 8th

• Don’t cave in to pressure to give your child a smartphone at a young age. “If your child gets a cellphone at 16, he’ll catch up really fast,” says Judy Arnall.
• Social media can be one big popularity contest, and kids are especially vulnerable. Teach your children that it’s OK to not get likes on their posts, and encourage them to maintain outside interests.

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Smart Watches

Inexpensive watches with games and phones

Remember the kids are watching

Device/Carrier-specific Guidance

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iPhone

Android

ATT

Verizon

T-Mobile

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iPhone

7 parental controls you can use right now on your child’s iPhone�Tools from Apple �How to Set Parental Controls on iPhone and iPad in 2022y

Safety Detective - Best apps to protect kids on iphones - July 2023

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1. Permit / Restrict select apps�2. Content Restrictions - Ratings of music, podcasts, videos & apps �3. Privacy Settings - Apps that access photos (gives a list of apps)�4. Prevent Changes - No changes to the account ie. will stay on

“Do Not Disturb While Driving” �5. Game Center Settings - disable multiplayer games�6. Ask to Buy�7. Location Sharing - Find My Friends app, Life360, etc.�

Android -

How to set up an Android phone for your child

How to set up Android parental controls to limit screen time

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Family Link lets you to create a Google account on your child's Android phone and set rules up for that account to restrict app management and screen time and even schedule a "bedtime" after which the phone can't be used.

�1. Websites on Chrome - Set level of web surfing�2. Filters on Google Search - Safe Search�3. Permit / Restrict select apps�4. Location - See where your kids’ phones are�5. Photo sharing restrictions�

AT&T - Secure Family - Link

• Block cellular data.
• Set up text reminders to switch to WiFi when a set amount of cellular data is used.
• Set text and purchase limits.
• Block numbers.
• Limit phone use during certain times

of the day or night.

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Instructions on how to setup Secure Family - Link

Verizon - Smart Family - Link

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-Data limits

-Block calls

-Locate kids

-View activity

-Set age restriction on content

-And more...

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T-Mobile - Web Guard

Web Guard - helps block or filter web page content - LINK

Schedule - You can either allow or prevent your children from using their devices during designated time periods, such as during school, homework, or during sleep time.

Messages - You can view the total number of messages sent and received per account line. You can also set the number of text messages a line can receive and send.

Whenever Minutes - Shows the number of minutes spent on calls per account line (even child account line) for the current billing cycle. Furthermore, you can set a time limit for all calls except for Always Allowed numbers.

Qustodio - An all-in-one parental control & digital wellbeing solution

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• Filter content & apps
• Monitor activity
• Set time limits
• Locate family
• Track calls & SMS for Android and iOS
• Get reports, alerts & SOS

APPs - Deeper Functions

Tom’s Guides Best Parental-Control Apps July 2023

Parental Controls for the Internet and Cell Phones (verywellfamily.com)

Right age to get a cell phone (NPR)

How to set up Netflix parental controls

How to Set Up YouTube Parental Controls

XBOX Family Setting

Nintendo Switch

Apple Watch “School Time Settings”

Discord - Parent Controls

Circle - protect all or select devices at home

Gives you the ability to compare time online today, last week, or even last month. Per site or by interest.

You can even find out where you waste time the most.

Track time across devices - Whether it’s on a tablet or a smartphone, Circle keeps track of how long your kids spend online whenever a time limit is set. Circle will add up the time between each device so that 1 hour actually means 1 hour!

Bedtime - Set a bedtime for each member of your family, causing the devices that belong to that family member to temporarily disconnect from the Internet.

Filter - Circle offers parents the option of 4 general filter age levels. These filters come defaulted with settings designed for that age group, but can be easily and quickly customized

Pause the Internet - Yes, you actually get a pause button for the internet. Pause one of your kids because it’s time for homework or everyone because it’s game night. Either way, Circle has your back.

Off Time - OffTime makes it easy to schedule times during the day and week where there’s no internet so the kids can play, do homework, and just get some plain old family time in.

Usage - Circle Usage gives you the ability to compare time online today, last week, or even last month. Per site or by interest. You can even find out where you waste time the most.

And more … Cost $129 for the year or $349 lifetime subscription LINK TO FEATURES

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By the Number

• There are about 99,000 Google searches every second.
• 51% of the content on Facebook is video.
• Over 650 million new Tweets are posted every day in 2022.
• 90% of Instagram users follow a brand in 2022.
• People watch 2 billion videos on Twitter daily.
• In 2022, 333.2 billion emails are sent every day.