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Cyber Education Specialist Lori Getz Speaks with Buckley Community on Safe Technology Use

“Start thinking of the world wide web as a community with a trillion places to go and four billion people there. It is the biggest community your children will ever be a part of,” said Lori Getz, educator and internet safety expert, during a special series of Parents’ Association meetings to discuss technology use for children, tweens, and teens. 
During her time on campus, Getz moved away from the notion that the internet is a dangerous place where people should make anonymous profiles. 
 
“Internet safety isn’t about trying to hide your name, address, and phone number. Private information isn’t just a name, address, and phone number. It’s information other people don’t need to know.” 
 
She instead reshaped healthy technology use as something focused on relationships. Getz encourages conversations centered on the difference between a stranger, an acquaintance, and a friend. 
 
Getz also shared the A.B.C. and T.S.T. methods for regulating and monitoring technology for children, tweens, and teens. 
 
The A.B.C. method is applicable to elementary school aged children. This method guides parents/guardians to teach their children to: 
  • A: Ask first.
  • B: Bring a grown up. 
  • C: Check before change. 
The T.S.T. method is applicable to middle school and high school aged children. This method highlights the following: 
  • T: Talk about it 
  • S: Share your world
  • T: Time management
But, what is the best parental control to activate on technology? Getz says it is your eyes and ears. 

Getz is the author of  “The Tech Savvy User's Guide to the Digital World,” a workbook for tween and teens. Getz also has a new book coming out next May titled, "Navigating the Right Kind of Popular,” a workbook for tweens and teens to help young people find healthy attention in a status-obsessed world. For more on Lori Getz, visit her website here. 
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