Using this course, you’ll be able to examine what kids are doing online, social media and gaming, maintaining a healthy digital diet, protecting privacy, security and building a positive digital footprint. People often say, “You don’t know, what you don’t know.” One of the purposes of this course is to help you excavate what you do know and frame with what you know in a way that can benefit all.

Module 1

What Exactly are Kids Doing Online?

Module 2

Social Media and Gaming

Module 3

Finding Age Appropriate Content

Module 4

Maintaining a Healthy Digital Diet

Module 5

Privacy and Security

Module 6

Building a Positive Digital Footprint

This content was originally offered on Canvas Network by Andrew Swickheimer in conjunction with Noblesville School District. We appreciate him making it freely available for outside use!

Essential Question:

How can we as a parents, better understand how to manage the influx of digital devices in the lives of children?

Learning Outcomes:

Describe what children and adolescents are doing online
List positives and potential negatives of social media and gaming
Employ best practices in finding age appropriate content for children and adolescents
Construct household policies and procedures that ensure a healthy digital diet
Operationalize strategies to protect the privacy and security of family members
Recognize the importance of building a positive digital footprint

Course Description:

This course provides an introduction to strategies for successfully parenting in the digital age. Key topics include:

Discovery of what kids are doing online
Social media and gaming
Maintaining a healthy digital diet
Protecting privacy, security
Building a positive digital footprint

The course includes a series of videos, websites, and articles. Participants will work through each module at their own pace.