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

Created by leechi | 447 views | Created Jul 2010 | tags; Adolesent brain development technology social networks media Gluckman research science

The report is highlighted on the  US based  Transforming Education through Technology  online journal "(link) School Principals and Social Networking in Education: Practices, Policies, and Realities in 2010," is the conclusion of a two-phase research effort begun last year. The first phase involved a nationwide survey of more than 1,200 education professionals, including principals, teachers, and librarians. It was designed to gauge attitudes toward and usage of online collaborative tools, including social networks and other collaborative technologies (often classified as Web 2.0).

Created by nancyg | 332 views | Created Sep 2010 | tags; principals social networking research

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

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

At the recent (link) Interface Xpo conference, I saw a lot of vendors talking to schools about the advantages of cloud based computing. With this in mind I thought I'd put together a couple of cloud pieces that I've seen around the place.

Created by seanl | 209 views | Created Jun 2011 | tags; cloud computing infrastructure networks safety security SAAS intranet LMS

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

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