The Teachtoday site provides a scenario of a teacher's use of Facebook and the implcations on her reputation as a professional.

Created by nancyg | 958 views | Created Aug 2010 | tags; facebook scenario reputation professional

Facebook is lots of fun and great at keeping you in contact with friends and family as well as sharing your news and views.

Created by chizzyone | 2672 views | Created Aug 2010 | tags; facebook social networking fun privacy password safety

What pics are you sharing on Facebook or other Social Networking sites?
Who do you want to see you? How do you want to be seen? Would you be OK with your grandma checking out the pics of you at that party?

Created by chizzyone | 650 views | Created Aug 2010 | tags; facebook social networking pictures photos pics permission private privacy

What can I do to protect myself on Facebook or other sites?
One of the most fun things to do on sites like Facebook is following links on people’s profiles to see what sorts of things they’re into. However, scams are all over the net, and it can be hard to figure out which links are legit and which aren’t. By the time you’ve figured out you’ve been had, it’s probably too late to retrieve whatever details you’ve unwittingly given out. While this can make it tricky to fully protect yourself online, the tips below can go someway towards helping:

Created by chizzyone | 473 views | Created Aug 2010 | tags; facebook social networking protect phishing links urls following

Identity theft is when someone sets up a webpage (or uses documents like passports) to pretend they are you. Sometimes on social networking sites like Facebook, people can set up a page which looks like you made it, but it says mean things about you and makes you look bad. This is a form of harassment and any kind of harassment - online or off - is not OK.

Created by chizzyone | 315 views | Created Aug 2010 | tags; identity theft facebook social networking harassment bullying

NetSafe created "In My Day" to offer parents and caregivers information on the popular activities young people engage in online, the challenges they may come across as a result of those activities, and conversation suggestions for engaging with children about their online activities. "In My Day" is designed to assist parents and caregivers to guide and support their children with technology.

Created by leechi | 400 views | Created Sep 2010 | tags; parents caregivers young people children guide activities challenges risks questions conversations facebook social networking gaming research communicating

 

Created by nancyg | 391 views | Created Sep 2010 | tags; Facebook advice teachers

A post by Ewan McIntosh. He relates an excellent example of someone who has not learned how to publish responsibly, supporting his argument that  teaching should be using today's tools.

Created by pennyh | 466 views | Created Sep 2010 | tags; social networking media literacy safety

Recently I put together a facebook page for my students to revise for exams.

Created by tanya | 383 views | Created Nov 2010 | tags; facebookrevision

Created by pennyh | 437 views | Created Nov 2010 | tags; Facebook Social Networking parents guide school web 2.0

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

Created by JJF | 783 views | Created Mar 2011 | tags; Research primary intermediate whanau family filtering confidence school management digitial citizenship support facebook social networking blogger photos rules regulations policy

This is reserach from the University of Haifa exploring the role facebook and the media plays in influencing eating behaviours of young females 12-19.

Created by chizzy | 228 views | Created Mar 2011 | tags; anorexia facebook research eating difficulties

Facebook lets teens broadcast every conversation, photo, and thought. But if they're not careful, the whole world could have access. Common Sense Media shows you how to set (link) Facebook's privacy controls and help your kids protect their online identity.

Created by nancyg | 335 views | Created Mar 2011 | tags; facebook settings controls protect video teens parents privacy online identity

How to get parents to "like" you - facebook in schools

Created by janedanielson | 757 views | Created Mar 2011 | tags; 

I have been advising teachers in all of the schools that I work in to create a clear boundary between their private and professional lives online.  I have also been advising schools to set these expectations and to consider the appropriate procedures around staff, social networks and the parents and students of a school.  (link) This article relating to this years NUT conference in the UK only serves to highlight the importance that schools and individual teachers heed this advice.

Created by dakinane | 817 views | Created Apr 2011 | tags; Facebook teachers students parents friends social networks procedures

This blog post provides some interesting questions and practical tips for those who have a Facebook page and want to use it with their students.

Created by dakinane | 506 views | Created May 2011 | tags; Facebook

Fantastic video all about personal information online.

Created by rachelboyd | 348 views | Created Jun 2011 | tags; digital citizenship facebook online safety cybersafety

There seems to be a feeling amongst some adults that young people have no concept of privacy, and no understanding of the issues that opening up private information into public networks can have.

Created by seanl | 178 views | Created Jun 2011 | tags; privacy social networks network facebook

This blog post lists some good starting points for discusion about the role of facebook and a teachers use of it (in the post's case) College Lecturers.  However the points could be used as starting points for staff PD, like should you friend current or past students on Facebook?  Good article http://mindshift.kqed.org/2011/06/30-facebook-rules-for-college-professors/

Created by dakinane | 231 views | Created Jun 2011 | tags; 

A document written by Larry Magid and Anne Collier. They describe the document as 

Created by seanl | 169 views | Created Aug 2011 | tags; facebook connectedsafely larry magid anne collier parental parents parent guide social networking

Some pages have recently gone up on Facebook which encourage others to post malicious comments about people.  What can you do?

Created by chizzy | 186 views | Created Aug 2011 | tags; Facebook

A  group of high-school friends post a rumour about a rival that sparks a chain reaction and  leaves no one untouched. Cyberbullying, sexting, filmed fights and police action ensue. 

Created by nancyg | 422 views | Created Sep 2011 | tags; Safety responsibility social networking cyberbullying video online reputation facebook acma tagged teens classroom resources

A recent report (November 2011) from Symantec highlighted that 15% of teachers have experienced cyber-baiting, and 25% of teachers have formed friendships with students via social networks. There has been quite a bit of media attention around the issue, so I thought it would be a good time to highlight some work that NetSafe did last year with a group of educators around some guidelines for the use of blogs and other social media tools.

Created by seanl | 509 views | Created Nov 2011 | tags; blogs social media facebook policy networks

There is alot of traffic to and fro from NetSafe regarding the ways in which teachers can use facebook to connect with students, without stepping over the "boundary".

Created by seanl | 146 views | Created Feb 2012 | tags; social network facebook teachers friends friending friend

The Line campaign aims to increase the knowledge of young people about the components of a respectful relationship including communication, trust and consideration for others. It also aims to increase the incidence of positive behaviours.

Created by nancyg | 211 views | Created Aug 2010 | tags; respect communication relationships values

The rapid growth and rate of change in social networking sites has  created some concerns for New Zealand educators.  As well as providing quick and easy channels for communication, social networking has brought to light a number of issues arising from the public nature of opinions and comments and the amount of personal information that is publically accessible.

Created by nancyg | 914 views | Created Aug 2010 | tags; Facebook social networking footprint professional public discussion personal

We have been experiencing a problem with Facebook, which has been used in bullying and compromising other student's and teachers' privacy. 

Created by karinj | 182 views | Created Sep 2010 | tags; 

 There are many ideas about using Facebook as an educational tool and consequently it is  a hot topic of discussion amongst New Zealand teachers. Join the discussion on  the Software for Learning wiki (link) http://softwareforlearning.wikispaces.com/message/view/home/30167337

Created by nancyg | 276 views | Created Nov 2010 | tags; Facebook FB discussion teacher student wiki tool social_networking

This research is from the University of Haifa, and explores the role Facebook and the media play in influencing eating behaviours of youg females 12-19.

Created by chizzy | 168 views | Created Mar 2011 | tags; Facebook anorexia research young females eating

This article from the Sydney Morning Herald provides a great starting point for discussions around creating digital citizens.  Should we be creating Miguel Ghulin style "walled gardens" for our students or helping them to develop the appropriate skills to harness the power of the Internet and not be enslaved by it, http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/4817298/Facebook-fear-for-schoolkids

Created by dakinane | 330 views | Created Mar 2011 | tags; Facebook social networking cyber bullying

Here’s an excellent reason why you really need to be aware of your privacy settings on sites such as Facebook, and be very careful about what information you put out on Twitter. Just watch the video to see what I mean :

Created by rachelboyd | 241 views | Created Jun 2011 | tags; private vs public online privacy

This article entitled "(link) Why Teachers need Digital Citizenship" by Suzie Nestico details how a Facebook imposter profile was created in her name, how she went about dealing with it and the lessons that she (and all of us) can learn from incidents like these. 

Created by seanl | 112 views | Created Jan 2012 | tags; citizenship digital teachers guide fake profile