By Erin Reilly on October 25, 2008 12:00 PM
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I had the good fortune of meeting online community expert Joi Podgorny at one of Anastasia Goodstein's YPulse Tween Mashups and have continued to discuss our interest in exploring best practices within online communities.
Now Joi joins Kaliya Hamlin and Denise Tayloe in hosting an (un)conference to address critical issues around Kids Online particularly how safety and fun are balanced. They are bringing a diverse range of people interested in this issue and leave the day with a list of core best practices and next steps as an industry. Those who attend will help create the agenda the day of the event. The goal is for a full day of intensive conversation and help lay the foundation of industry collaboration.
They invite, Online Community/Virtual World Managers, Policy officers
and Security Officers at large companies, Consultants in the kids
online space, Identity technologists, Legislative Staffers, Parents and
Kids, Academics in the field, Bloggers and anyone interested in the
field.
Questions to be considered include:
- Who and what are we trying to protect digital kids from?
- Are there standards and norms in practice that we can leverage to formalize best practices for industry?
- Kids fake their ages to gain access to online content, do we as an industry care? If so, then?
- How do we create best practices that are flexible based on age
range, content and willingness for parental involvement by industry or
the child?
- How can we create cyber spaces that balance interesting and fun with safety?
- What is the role of government in either defining or supporting best practices?
Please join Kaliya Hamlin, Joi Podgorny and Denise Tayloe at this event.
Where: Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA
When: Thursday, November 13th.
Cost: $125 however with this discount code "KidsSafety" you can get a $30 discount.
For more information: http://kidsonline.eventbrite.com/
