Parenting In The Digital Age

Overview

Your child has a laptop!  Depending on the age of your child, this may be old or new news.  Exciting or terrifying. Maybe a little of both. 

Learning more about how students use laptops, the expectations that go along with them at ISB, and what you should know as a parent, is a part of an upcoming middle school parent talk entitled “Parenting in the Digital Age.”

The talk will take place at 9:00 on September 14.

Topics

• Understanding how students use technology
• Parenting strategies
• What we should worry about
• Privacy
• Mistakes our students make online
• ISB’s role in online bullying and ISB’s values
• Executive functioning and technology

Presenters

• Michael Boll, Middle School Technology Coach
• Tico Oms, Middle School Dean of Students

Resources

• Presentation (coming soon)
• Should I be an administrator on my child’s laptop?