SCA Guest Speaker Katie Koestner
Source/Author: Raffi Darrow, Ebytes Editor
December 16, 2016
Mark Your Calendar - January 4 at 7pm.
Guest Speaker Katie Koestner to talk about best ways to guide children through the Online World.
The Shorecrest Community Association is pleased to welcome Ms. Katie Koestner, a national expert on student safety and “teen relationship culture” for a special evening session “Parenting Skills for Cyberspace” on Wednesday, January 4 at 7pm in the Janet Root Theatre.The program provides an analysis of research on teen technology experiences, working with over 800 schools to gain inside information directly from college admissions officers, social media companies and the FBI. She covers everything from how graduate schools and future employers look at what teens are doing online, to what forms of speech are not protected in Cyberspace. Get up-to-date on sexting, wikis, blogger, iChat, Vimeo, Instagram and more. You will laugh, you may wince, but most of all she’ll get you organized in cyber-space!
Ms. Koestner has appeared on the cover of TIME Magazine, The Oprah Winfrey Show, the NBC Nightly News, CNBC Talk Live, CNN, Larry King Live, Good Morning America, Later Today, Entertainment Tonight and other national television programs. She is the subject of an HBO movie and has lectured at over 1600 schools in North America. Her audiences include the incoming classes at MIT, West Point, the US Naval Academy, Brown University, Amherst College, Williams College, and many other top universities. Her testimony on Capitol Hill was instrumental in the passage of federal student safety legislation.
Ms. Koestner will give 3 presentations during the school day to Shorecrest Middle School students, Upper School students, and faculty. Her evening presentation is for parents and the greater community.
Save your space here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/parenting-skills-for-cyberspace-with-katie-koestner-tickets-29982894645
Following the evening presentation, attendees may purchase a Parent-Teen Cybersmart Compendium DVD to help parents and children continue the conversation about cyber safety and building healthy relationships both in person and online. The DVDs are $50 each and half of the proceeds go to benefit the Shorecrest Community Association. To read a snippet of the compendium content please visit the Shorecrest blog.
