Podcast03: Content Filters and Parental Controls

In our third session of our Digital Dialog classes for parents, we focused on content filters and parental controls. Technology solutions cannot replace the importance of conversations, however, in helping parents and young people regularly communicate about what they are doing online, the places they are going and the people they are meeting. Links to the resources we discussed are included in the shownotes. Of particular importance is the new social networking website we created on ning.com for Digital Dialog. The web address is http://digitaldialog.ning.com. We hope this parenting series will continue later in April as a hands-on class in our church computer lab on Sunday afternoons!


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Shownotes:

• Links mentioned in our session are included on this wiki page

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Podcast02: Avoiding Malware and Whitelisting Websites

We had some technical problems with the recording of our second Digital Dialog session, so this podcast is a post-session recap of some of the issues we discussed. Among other topics we touched on avoiding malware with the free Firefox plug-in "No Scripts" and whitelisting websites with the built-in parental controls in Macintosh OS X. Next week we'll be covering more specifics of monitoring website use with free software programs for Windows XP. No matter what technology techniques are used, however, the key to safe and appropriate Internet use is conversation and regular communication.


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Shownotes:

• Our project wiki site: http://digitaldialog.wikispaces.com
• Referenced sites from this session (shared as a public Google Notebook)
  

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Podcast01: Introducing Digital Dialog

This podcast is a recording of the initial class on "digital dialog" held on March 1, 2007 at First Presbyterian Church of Edmond, Oklahoma. Shelly Fryer leads a discussion about digital social networking, Internet safety, and web destinations including WikiPedia, MySpace, Club Penguin, Imbee.com, and other sites. This is the initial session of a three part parent workshop on Internet safety, appropriate Internet use, and fun sites for kids to use online. Conversation is key. The authors hope this podcast helps foster more dialog!


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Welcome to Digital Dialog!

Welcome to the digital dialog podcast! This podcast feed has been created to share recordings of discussions relating to the "Digital Dialog" parenting class which has started at First Presbyterian Church in Edmond, Oklahoma. The website http://digitaldialog.wikispaces.com/ has been created to share resources related to Internet Safety, appropriate Internet use, and FUN uses of the Internet. Please feel free to leave us comments here if you have feedback about the ideas and resources shared here. We don't have all the answers, but together we can come up with ways to address the array of challenges as well as opportunities we face in the 21st century digital environment.