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Social Media Safety Education

Watch videos of the Social Media Safety education workshop series, which was held in 2022-2023 as the result of a winning Participatory Budgeting project of Best Start Central Long Beach.

Social Media Safety: Preventing Online Child Abuse

A Participatory Budgeting Project of Best Start Central Long Beach

A resource for families and caretakers of children ages 0-5 and up

The Social Media Safety education workshop series was held in 2022-2023 as the result of a winning Participatory Budgeting project of Best Start Central Long Beach.

Social Media Safety Video Library

Watch helpful and informative videos to empower families to utilize digital tools and websites to support their child’s success in school, keep families safe online, and engage the LBUSD and City of Long Beach digitally.
Learn how to:
  • Set up a Gmail account, creating Google Forms, use Zoom and its features.
 
  • How to navigate the following websites:
    • Long Beach Forward
    • City of Long Beach
    • Long Beach Unified School District
    • & Long Beach Public Library
 
  • How to follow us on social media
 
 Videos recorded and edited by Daniel Arón Speer. danielaronspeer.com

Workshop Highlights

Watch short highlights from previous social media safety workshops.

Videos recorded and edited by Daniel Arón Speer. danielaronspeer.com

Workshop #1:
Preventing Online Child Abuse

Hear from experts how to interact with grade school kids and their social media, what to know about cyberbullying, and dive into the LBUSD Social Media Guide.

Click the video to watch the recording.

Download the slideshow (pdf).

Recorded on Zoom on November 19, 2022.

Preventing Online Child Abuse

Workshop #2:
Online Predators

Learn about the dangers of online predators, predatory behavior, human trafficking and what to know about digital games/apps kids play.

Click the video to watch the recording.

Download the slideshow (pdf).

Recorded on Zoom on February 18, 2023.

Online Predators

Workshop #3:
Internet Safety 101

This was an in-person session of the “Social Media Safety: Preventing Online Child Abuse” workshop series, hosted at the Michelle Obama Library on March 18, 2023.

Experts on social media/online safety share knowledge and tips on how to navigate the digital world to ensure our children’s safety, while raising awareness of impending hazards and dangers, in the hopes of preventing harm to our youth.

Speakers included:

  • Alicia Coulter
  • Amber Vera-Mendoza
  • Jacqui Viale
  • Tom Halstead

 

Click the video to watch the recording.

Download the slideshow (pdf).

Internet Safety 101

Video recorded and edited by Daniel Arón Speer.
danielaronspeer.com

Workshop #4:
Digital Safety Do's & Don'ts

Learn about oversharing and “sharenting,” what parents should know about online safety if they aren’t online, and  a cool PTA resource, thesmarttalk.org.

Special guests included:

  • Francesca Douglass-Franco, Human Save Executive Director
  • Joycelyn Adams, BSCLB Participatory Budgeting Delegate

Download the slideshow (pdf).

Recorded on Zoom on April 15, 2023 

Digital Safety Do's & Don'ts

Resources Shared in Our Workshops

Guest Speakers

Human Save

Father Con

LBUSD

 
More Resources
  • www.missingkids.org/netsmartz
  • www.thesmarttalk.org
  • www.top10.com/parental-control/comparison
  • www.tomsguide.com/reviews/google-family-link
  • www.instagram.com/waituntil8th
  • www.internetsafety101.org
  • www.security.org/digital-safety
  • www.enough.org
  • www.connectsafely.org 

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