WPUNJ Alumni Resources: Online Gaming and Digital Citizenship

Inside the 21st Century Classroom - Common Sense Census - Key Findings

Lessons on digital citizenship for every grade level K-12.

Maturity ratings, software controls, and communication can help control how much time your kids spend gaming and protect them from inappropriate content.

Video Game Safety Guidelines from the Child Development Institute

Provides information on what parents can do to ensure safety for children in online gaming and links to how to set parental controls for the most popular games and gaming platforms.

ESRB ratings provide information about what’s in a game or app so parents and consumers can make informed choices about which games are right for their family.

Family Discussion Guide - Questions to Ask

This guide helps parents plan accordingly based on the devices and games their children enjoy.

Reviews and Ratings for Games, Apps, and more.

Topics include: Gaming features, Child accounts, Enforcement, Passkey & guest key, Online safety, and Shared consoles

It’s only natural for parents to have questions about their kids and gaming.

That’s why Nintendo Switch has parental controls that let you set rules for using the system—so you can spend less time worrying and more time having fun. While some parental controls are available on the system itself, the free app gives you even more options.

Under Parental Control/Family Management options, you can set controls in two areas: at the system level and at the user level. There is online live chat support as well.

Steam is the ultimate destination for playing, discussing, and creating games.

Family View is a feature for parents and families to establish their own rules for what components of Steam are accessible.

You can use Family View to limit an account's access to a subset of its content and features. With Family View, access to the Steam Store, Library, Community, Friends content and other features may be gated by the entry of an secret PIN.