The Office of the Prime Minister's Science Advisory Committee has issued an interim report on the above. Includes reference to the complexity of society with reference to technology and what that means for adolescent brain development and behaviour.  See the interim report at

This collaborative mind map has been created by the staff at Pukekohe North school.  The staff are starting to explore what digital citizenship might mean not only for the students; but for the staff, the institution of the school and the wider community.  You can (link) view the map here.  You can also view the Digital Citizenship page that the map is embeded on as part of the(link) Pukekohe Cluster wiki.

Digital Citizenship issues in primary school: The changes Web2 brings to cybersafety

(link) Digital Literacy Tour

The description from the site ((link) Ofsted) reads as follows:

The Office of the Prime Minister's Science Advisory Committee has issued an interim report on the above. Includes reference to the complexity of society with reference to technology and what that means for adolescent brain development and behaviour.  See the interim report at

A  three year study (2006 and 2008) from Victoria University
followed three cohorts (ages 10,12 and 14 in 2006) of 1800 New Zealand young people, surveying their relationships with families, friends, schools and communities, and assessing their responses to various measures of health and wellbeing.

This (New Zealand August 2010) report describes a project to explore what digital information literacy is and how it could be most effectively applied in tertiary education. It provides an initial definition of digital information literacy based on a review of the national and international literature. It identifies methods to develop adults’ digital skills and capabilities, and to understand how these contribute to lifelong learning. 

Its key findings are that having dedicated time, support and the opportunity to experiment with a range of ICT tools were essential for developing digital information literacy. The research showed that this could be achieved in a relatively short and intensive period of professional development and that this resulted in large changes to participants’ digital information behaviour and skills.

(link) Enhancing child safety and online technologies:

Simon Edmonds