Rebecca Levey, Jan 18, 2013
Rebecca Levey is a co-founder of KidzVuz.com, a video review site by and for tweens. She writes about technology and education at Beccarama and is a White House Champion of Change for Education. Follow her at @beccasara.
On the face of it, my 10-year-old twin daughters are the poster girls for the “digital natives” generation.
They’ve had a Leapster since age 4, and have been online since they were 5 — first playing on Webkinz, then Club Penguin, Moshi Monsters, and other online virtual worlds. They can navigate PowerPoint, Microsoft Word and Photoshop like pros. We had all the discussions I thought we needed to have — don’t give out your password, don’t give out personal information, report inappropriate behavior — and I keep their computers in the living room or kitchen where I can constantly look over their shoulders.