Digital Parent Bingo
Part 4
What is Digital Citizenship?
"Digital Citizenship not only teaches students the etiquette involved in being a smart and effective participant in a digital world, but it empowers and equips students with essential life tools to help them navigate challenging digital-based situations." Salima Hudani
Digital Parenting Bingo Card
One item that constantly comes up when talking to parents is, “How do I know what I don’t know?” when it comes to raising kids in the digital age. We always emphasize that tech or no-tech, parenting is still largely about relationships, communication, honesty, feedback, rewards and consequences. When you add a layer of technology to parenting, there are some additional items to be aware of and some “tools” you should have in your digital parenting toolkit. We created the Digital Parenting Bingo card as a way to easily show some talking points for parents who are dealing with either school-issued devices and/or personal mobile devices. Listed below the Bingo card are the talking points in greater detail.
We have chunked the Bingo card into 5 parts. Please see the links towards the bottom for parts 1-3 and 5.
Check battery usage for which apps they are using
If your device’s battery is draining too fast, or you want to “see” what apps your child is using regularly on their device, look at the battery usage under settings. It will detail which apps have been on the screen the past 24 hours and 7 days.
Balance between tech and non-tech times
Too much continuous screen time and sedentary behavior can be unhealthy for people. Part of being a responsible user of technology is knowing when to take breaks throughout the day.
Check browser history
If you suspect your child may be visiting inappropriate sites, check the browser history in either Chrome or Safari. If you notice the history is blank or they have been surfing in “private” or “incognito” mode, you might want to have a conversation with them about what sites they are visiting and why they would want to hide those from you.
Create a techie agreement with your child
Rather than come up with a set of rules and limits for you child, work with them to create a tech or media use agreement. There are several examples of these on the internet that you can start with, but it’s important your child takes ownership in creating the agreement.
Enable restrictions if necessary
If your child is having a hard time focusing or using the device appropriately, you have the ability to set additional restrictions on the device. Here are steps on how to set up parental restrictions on an iOS device.
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Jeff Wiseman
Dir. of Digital Learning Services
Misty Joaquin
Digital Learning Facilitator
Melissa Heckman
Digital Learning Facilitator
Digital Learning Team
Little Elm ISD, Little Elm, TX
Email: dlf@littleelmisd.net
Website: www.littleelmisd.net/digitallearning
Location: Zellars Center for Learning & Leadership, Lobo Lane, Little Elm, TX, United States