Hello Graduates:<br><br>A great dissertation or publishing idea from Laura Hibbard. I am very interested in this topic as well and have written in a book chapter about digital citizenship so maybe if you are interested, this would be a good topic for a dissertation. See her note below.<br>
<br>Thanks Laura for the idea!<br><br>Dr. Franklin<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Hibbard, Laura</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lr108693@ohio.edu">lr108693@ohio.edu</a>></span><br>
Date: Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 7:02 PM<br>Subject: Dissertation/Thesis Topic Idea<br>To: "Franklin, Teresa" <<a href="mailto:franklit@ohio.edu">franklit@ohio.edu</a>><br><br><br>Dr. Franklin,<br>
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Being the parent of two pre-teens (yikes!) and a teacher as well, I think a nice dissertation/thesis topic would be internet safety and if children are being taught about the dangers of sharing personal information over the internet. Kids are so trustworthy and this makes a scary scenario online. This topic is pretty prevalent in our household and pretty much ignored in the official school curriculum. Schools and parents hammer in "stranger danger," but are internet friends strangers? Kids seem not to think so. The concept of teaching credible sources is covered in the schools (at least in 5th grade) but teaching children internet safety is typically left to parents. There are many social-networking types of sites for children and kids are drawn to these. My own daughters SWEAR they're conversing with kids and we try endlessly to teach them that they simply do not know who they are talking/typing with. Yesterday, our 11 year old admitted to giving our phone number out! Anyway, I'm sure you have advisees who aren't sure of their research paths, but perhaps this will be a topic someone is interested in. I'd be interested in the results! This is a difficult generation to raise! Maybe it will be a future article for me if no one else jumps on it.<br>
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