Last night Lori and I gave the featured presentation at a Farmington Public Schools Parent Forum. The title of our presentation was "It's a Whole New World." Here is the "elevator pitch" we worked from when developing this presentation:

Many parents only think about (or talk about) the Internet when a news report comes out covering a crime involving a child and the Internet. This results in many parents simply trying to "contain" the "Internet risk." While managing risk is critical we also want parents to think about the types of skills their children need and what they can do today to help them succeed in a future where the Internet will play a pervasive role in their personal and professional lives.

In support of this presentation we created a new website, www.SafeHomeComputing.org, as a place to publish the presentation material along with copious notes and links to the websites we referenced. We have also added a number of news feeds from several blogs and media outlets that deal with home computing and Internet safety issues.