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PTA Connected with Facebook: Digital Families Community Events

At a Digital Families Community Events, you can expect to: 

Digital Families


Wifi Icon Participate in an interactive presentation that includes statistics on social media and technology use

Wifi Icon Work through three conversation-based sessions to explore how your family responds to real life online interactions and situations

Wifi IconShare key takeaways with your entire PTA community at the end of the event 

Wifi IconReceive online resources and tools to continue the conversation at home and in your community


Facebook Get Digital!

As more people move to distance learning in response to COVID-19 and young people spend more time on their devices, tools and resources to support parents have grown increasingly important. We’re excited to announce that Facebook has launched their new digital citizenship and wellbeing resource called Get Digital!  The Get Digital program is designed to support educators, parents and caregivers in helping young people navigate the digital world in safe ways, and we’re proud to bring it to you.

Get Digital will provide you with conversation starters, pro tips, research-based lessons and fun activities organized around five pillars:

Start using Get Digital today by visiting www.facebook.com/fbgetdigital/parents.


PTA Connected with Facebook Grant

Curious what it means to be a grantee? Check out what some of our 2018-2019 grantees were able to accomplish in this slideshow:


Planning Toolkit

PTA Connected provides you with flyers, volunteer forms, an event planning checklist, email templates, sample agendas, evaluation forms and much more.

Planning Toolkit

The following toolkit materials make planning and executing your event simple, easy and fun. Click to expand each section and download materials to help you host a Digital Family Community Event.

Presentation and facilitator guides for Digital Families Community Events were developed in partnership with the Youth and Media team at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society. Updates to the presentation and facilitator guides were made in Spring 2020 to match the new Get Digital curriculum from Facebook, 


Planning 

Planning

Promoting

Hosting

Hosting 

Learning Event

Wrap Up 

Wrap Up


Parent Resources

For help navigating Facebook with your family, bookmark the following portals: 

Parent Portal

Bullying Prevention Hub

Youth Portal

Check out PTA.org/Connected throughout the year for new and exciting programs and resources from National PTA to help your family grow in the digital space.

Digital Families Community Events are a part of the PTA Connected initiative made possible with the support of Founding Sponsorship from Facebook. National PTA does not endorse any commercial entity, product, or service. No endorsement of Facebook is implied.

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