Snap What? Apps/Websites that Parents Need to Know About! (Marshall, MN Mom's Expo)

SNAP WHAT?Keeping your children safe online

With Kara Damm, Technology Integration Specialist, former Computer Teacher, Coach, and Mom of 2

Parenting Tweens & Teens is difficult Passing “notes” vs. the world Knowing when to stay it’s off

TECHNOLOGY CAN…

Do amazing things! Make our lives easier. Be a little scary at times.

91% of the 12-to-17-year-olds post selfies 91% share their real name 82% list their birthday 71% share where they live and go to school 60% state their relationship status 53% post their email address 24% post videos 20% post their cell number

TWEENS

8-12 years olds are not typically malicious – they are more curious than anything.

The curiosity can get them into trouble on the Internet

Kids need to be protected from others and even themselves

TEENS

Teenagers can be mischievous Some teenagers will hide things from their

parents because their parents “do not know” technology or refuse to learn

Teens trick their parents in the following ways:

53 percent = number of teens that clear their browser history to keep web visits off the record

46 percent = number of teens that close/minimize their browser when a parent walks near (to hide the web site)

34 percent = number of teens that hide or delete instant messages or videos

23 percent = number of teens that lie or omit discussing details with parents about online activity

23 percent = number of teens that use a PC their parents don't check

21 percent = number of teens that use an Internet-enabled mobile device that their parents don’t check

20 percent = number of teens that use privacy settings to make web content viewable only by friends

20 percent = number of teens that use private browsing modes or proxy web sites (which are free)

15 percent = number of teens that create a private email address unknown to their parents

9 percent = number of teens that create a duplicate or fake social network profiles and share one of them with parents

Many of these tricks can be prevented or monitored.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/russ-warner/kids-hide-online-behavior_b_3072938.html?utm_hp_ref=technology

APPS THAT KIDS ARE USING THAT PARENTS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT!

ASK.FM

Social Media site where individuals offer viewers the opportunity to comment and ask questions –

ANONYMOUSLY Ask.FM has been linked to at least 5

suicides in the USA and the UK. More than 60 million people world-

wide use this site

SNAPCHAT Most adults don’t realize how addicted

kids are to this app Allows kids to send self-destructing

photos of themselves or others back and forth.

Most kids use this as a form of Sexting Most kids prefer SnapChat over normal

text messaging with their peers. Set a time limit for how long the end

user can view the picture. However, the end user can download

another app and capture the picture. Kids think images disappear – they do

not.

REDDIT

Community members can submit photos, links, and stories

Some stories are ok and some are not

Registered users can “vote” the story up or down to determine where the story lands on the page

TINYCHAT

Users meet in a chat room Chats are a combination of voice, video and

instant messaging Web or SmartPhone

KIK & WHATSAPP

Texting application that is free- looks like a normal texting app on phone

No age verification for the app Send text, videos and photos iPads, iPods, other tablets not just phones Sexting Rates 17+

PHEED

Launched by getting celebrities on board, teenagers are starting to flock to it

Pheed lets users share videos, photos, text, and audio clips

Topped the iTunes Store’s Social Networking Chart in February

WHISPER

Allows users to share secrets in the form of virtual postcards

Allows you to chat with other “whisperers”

Reveals user’s location

Using to cyberbully Rates 17+

VINE

Allows users to create short video clips and upload the clips to the Vine Server

Some of the stuff out there is pretty silly but of course, there is some nastier things

Linked to bullying, animal cruelty, video others that weren’t aware and posting it.

Search by location, tags, users, etc.

TINDER

Online dating service Teens like it because it only matches you with

people who like you back and that encourages positive reinforcement

Concerning because it only matches you with other users in your geographic location Which means the other users may not be kids

WHAT CAN WE DO?

If you are unsure on things, use Google to search and become informed

Attending sessions like today will help you also

Talk, talk, talk, talk Discuss the “nothing is private” in today’s

social world. Even if you are texting your BFF they can always forward that information, take a screen shot and post it.

Ask to see your child’s phone, iPad, computer, device, etc. YOU ARE PAYING FOR IT, you own it!

WHAT CAN WE DO?

I require passwords for my children’s online activities This doesn’t mean I constantly stalk them and go

through their accounts It does tell my children that I trust you enough to

have this device and the certain social media apps but know that I can and will check in on you to make sure you are using it correctly

However, my child only has accounts/apps that we approve of

In my opinion, social media is part of our lives. Let your children (who are legally able to) have accounts but monitor the accounts.

Cell phones, Internet, Devices, etc = hand over without a driver’s license

STAY INFORMED! Google your kids. You may be surprised that

a Twitter account you didn’t know about pops up!

FACEBOOK & TWITTER

If your Tweens and Teens have Facebook or Twitter talk to them about the importance of keeping their profile locked.

An open profile allows anyone in the world to peer into their personal life.

It also will haunt them forever. Maiden Search Married Search

TAKE AWAY FOR KIDS

Anything we email, text, tweet, video, photograph can go anywhere at anytime.