¿Cómo prevenir el acoso a menores por Internet?

INTECO crea unas guías S.O.S. que pueden ayudar a los padres y educadores a conocer los indicios para detectar un caso de ciberbullying o de grooming, cuáles son los pasos a dar para solucionarlo y todos los agentes que están dispuestos a colaborar para ello.

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El 70% de los niños de 10 a 15 años dispone de un teléfono móvil

Según el Instituto Nacional de Estadística, el 70% de los niños entre 10 y 15 años de edad disponen de un teléfono inteligente con conexión a Internet. Entre niños de 14 y 15 años, el porcentaje asciende al 82%. Es decir, la gran mayoría de los niños ya están en Internet y las redes sociales.

(chaval.es)

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A great idea!: Holiday Contract Cards for Families

Thinking about buying your child a new smartphone, tablet, gaming system, or laptop this holiday season? Here are some downloadable cards to include with their gift.

Just CLICK on the card for the gadget you are buying, PRINT it out, and WRITE your house rules in the spaces provided.

These online safety cards aren’t just for the kids. For each set of house rules, you’ll have to make a set of promises, too! After all, online safety is a partnership!

(from family Online Safety Institute)

—> See Contract Cards here

What Students And Parents Think About Mobile Technology?

A Few Takeaways

▪ Over 1/2 of children under 12 who use iPads use them for educational purposes.

▪ 10% of children under 1 use mobile technology, 39% of kids age 2-4, and by age 5-8, 54% of kids are using mobile technology.

▪ The majority of parents now agree that technology can be used for educational purposes, and they’re no longer as opposed to its use as they once were!

▪ While 46% of apps that are used by kids 12 and under, a whopping 42% of apps used are for learning math skills!

(EverydayFamily.com)

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Teens and Technology 2013

Smartphone adoption among American teens has increased substantially and mobile access to the internet is pervasive. One in four teens are “cell-mostly” internet users, who say they mostly go online using their phone and not using some other device such as a desktop or laptop computer.

These are among the new findings from a nationally representative Pew Research Center survey. Key findings include:

• 78% of teens now have a cell phone.

• 23% of teens have a tablet computer,

• 95% of teens use the internet.

• 93% of teens have a computer or have access to one at home. 

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6 Characteristics of Tomorrow’s Classroom Technology

Michell Zappa (Envisionintech) has created a concept map to present 6 sub domains that represent both areas of growth and characteristics of how learning might change when fused with emerging technologies.

Theses sub domains are:

1. Digitized Classrooms (tablets, electronic screens, etc.)
2. Tangible computing (reactive furnitiure, 3D printers, etc.)
3. Gamification (educational games, student developp apps, etc.)
4. Virtual/Physical studios (retinal screens, holography, etc.)
5. Disintermediation (mobile learning patforms,assesment algorithms, etc.)
6. Opening of information (inter school teaching pplarforms, video lessons, etc.)

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