Elementary School Program
Overview
Navigate the digital world confidently with your elementary school child. At Digital Parenting Labs, we equip parents with essential tools and strategies for effective digital parenting, ensuring you start early to cultivate healthy digital habits and behaviors.
Why Digital Parenting?
As technology increasingly becomes a part of our daily lives, children are introduced to digital devices from a very young age. These technologies offer vast educational benefits but also pose challenges. Starting early in guiding your child’s digital interactions ensures they harness technology safely and productively.
What We Offer
Our program provides a comprehensive range of modules covering everything from digital citizenship to screen time management and online safety, delivered through expert talks and interactive workshops.
The Power of Community
At Digital Parenting Labs, we believe in the power of community to transform digital parenting. By integrating our program within school communities, we unite parents, educators, and students in a collective effort to promote safer and more meaningful digital interactions.
Start building those healthy habits today.
Modules
Module 1: : Introduction: Foundations of Digital Parenting and Digital Citizenship
This module introduces parents to the basics of digital parenting and digital citizenship. It covers essential digital skills, understanding digital citizenship, and strategies for setting expectations and boundaries, such as creating a family media plan.
What You Will Learn:
- Fundamental aspects of digital parenting and citizenship.
- How to navigate and utilize digital tools for educational and developmental benefits.
- Strategies to develop and enforce a family media plan.
Module 2: Setting Boundaries and Screen Time Management
Summary: Learn effective strategies for managing your child’s screen time. This module includes understanding the impacts of screen time, setting realistic limits, and practical tools for implementing a family media plan.
What You Will Learn:
- The effects of screen time on children and how to set appropriate limits.
- Techniques for using tools and apps to manage and monitor screen usage.
- Crafting and implementing a comprehensive family media plan.
Module 3: Safe and Critical Internet Use
Summary: Equip yourself with the skills to guide your child in safe and critical internet usage. This module discusses online risks, safety protocols, and strategies for teaching children to evaluate online information critically.
What You Will Learn:
- Key online safety protocols and how to teach them to your children.
- Methods for evaluating the credibility of online information and avoiding online scams.
- Protecting personal information and adjusting privacy settings effectively.
Module 4: Safe Social Media Use
Summary: Understand and manage your child’s social media use safely and responsibly. Topics include navigating different social media platforms, developing guidelines for safe use, and handling online interactions like cyberbullying.
What You Will Learn:
- Detailed knowledge of various social media platforms and the risks associated with each.
- How to establish family rules for social media usage.
- Strategies for dealing with cyberbullying and teaching social media etiquette.
Module 5: Video Games
Summary: Explore the world of videogames, including their benefits and risks. Learn how to assess content, manage gaming time, and ensure a balanced gaming experience for your child.
What You Will Learn:
- Understanding different types of videogames and their potential impacts on children.
- How to use game rating systems to select appropriate games.
- Techniques for balancing gaming with other activities to ensure a healthy lifestyle.
Module 6: Technology Addiction
Summary: Address and prevent technology addiction. This module covers the signs of addiction, psychological and physical effects, and strategies for creating a balanced technology plan.
What You Will Learn:
- Identifying signs of technology addiction and understanding its effects.
- Implementing preventive measures and strategies for a balanced use of technology.
- When and how to seek professional help if technology addiction is suspected.
Module 7: Rights in the Digital World
Summary: Discover how to protect and advocate for your child’s digital rights. This module includes an overview of digital rights, navigating online privacy, and engaging in advocacy.
What You Will Learn:
- The fundamentals of digital rights and their importance in protecting children online.
- Strategies for enhancing privacy and safeguarding personal information.
- How to become an advocate for your child’s digital rights.
Module 8: Educational Technology and Family Communication
Summary: Maximize the benefits of educational technology and enhance family communication. Learn to evaluate educational tools, integrate technology into learning, and use digital platforms for effective family communication.
What You Will Learn:
- How to select and use educational technology effectively.
- Integrating digital tools into your child’s learning process.
- Best practices for using technology to improve family communication.
Module 9: Navigating Artificial Intelligence with Your Child
Summary: Prepare to guide your child in interacting with AI technologies. This module covers the basics of AI, its educational applications, and ethical considerations, ensuring a responsible approach to new technologies.
What You Will Learn:
- Basic concepts of AI and how it can be used in daily life and education.
- Understanding the ethical considerations and privacy concerns of AI.
- Preparing children for a future integrated with AI technologies.
What you get
Participants
- Min. 5 families.
- Max. 15 participants (we want to have quality discussions where everyone can participate)
Duration
- 1h30 min to 3h
Location (up to the participants):
- Online or
- In-person (location TBC by client)
Language:
- English
- Spanish
Module Format:
SINGLE SESSION Format (2 to 3 hours)
- Advantages: This format is efficient and suitable for workshops or seminars where time is limited.
- Disadvantages: Less time for in-depth discussion on each topic, limited interaction, and less opportunity for personalized questions or scenarios.
TWO-THREE SESSIONS Format (1.5 hours per session)
- Advantages: More comprehensive coverage of each topic, allowing for in-depth discussions, interactive activities, and personalized guidance. It also gives parents time to absorb information and apply it between sessions.
- Disadvantages: Requires a greater time commitment from participants and might be challenging to schedule consistently.