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.

Created by nancyg | 293 views | Created Aug 2010 | tags; research transition connected health and wellbeing peer pressure

 

Created by nancyg | 364 views | Created Aug 2010 | tags; parents AUP policy use agreement template community code comment Collaborate value values ICT_Policy

VIDEO: Highly recommended - the description from the site reads:

Created by hazelowendmc | 506 views | Created Sep 2010 | tags; "secondary school" "year 9 " scenarios "social networking" privacy "information sharing" parents "parental awareness evenings"

From Netsafe, these resources offer a  "system of policies, procedures and acceptable use agreements is one of the key components of a school cybersafety programme". Click (link) HERE to access the resources.

Created by hazelowendmc | 638 views | Created Sep 2010 | tags; Netsafe "use agreements policies cybersafety "cybersafety programme" policy

The NetSafe Kit for Schools provides resources to support the establishment of cybersafety policy and proceedures. The kit provides advice on the establishment of  an Acceptable Use Policy (AUP), a cybersafety team, and  a strong cybersafety education programme for staff and students . It also contains step by step procedures to address a serious cybersafety incident. The NetSafe Kit for Schools provides useful information and resources to establish a cybersafe school.

Created by nancyg | 809 views | Created Sep 2010 | tags; NetSafe Kit for schools policy procedure incident AUP the kit

An Instrument to Assess Student Voice and e-learning
Pam Hook

Created by taskmaker | 472 views | Created Sep 2010 | tags; student voice enhancing learning connected SOLO learning area ethical behavior critical thinking

Staff  Discussion Points

Created by nancyg | 364 views | Created Sep 2010 | tags; staff discussion concern

Nine Themes of Digital Citizenship

Created by taskmaker | 707 views | Created Sep 2010 | tags; digital citizenship

GUIDELINES for SCHOOLS
ONLINE PUBLICATION
of
STUDENT IMAGES and SCHOOLWORK

Created by nancyg | 491 views | Created Sep 2010 | tags; Ministry guidelines publication student images policy

Technology and School Change

Created by nancyg | 280 views | Created Nov 2010 | tags; report. school_change trechnologies

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 post claims to provide the world's simplest social media policy.  Whether it is or not is for schools to decide.  However what it does do is provide a checklist that could be the kernel of a procedure document for those schools who decide to embrace social media tools as part of their e-learning armoury and want students to be aware of the potential future consequences of their posts.

Created by dakinane | 268 views | Created Mar 2011 | tags; social media strategy procedure consequences

(link) http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=InzDjH1-9Ns

Created by taskmaker | 308 views | Created Apr 2011 | tags; youtube copyright google video

The (link) O(link) ffice of the Children's Commissioner release this report in 2009. This is an excellent, and comprehensive look into Bullying and Violence in schools from a child's perspective. The Commissioner decided to undertake the research after a number of high profile events that had occurred in schools;

Created by seanl | 277 views | Created Jul 2011 | tags; bullying txt cyberbullying cyberbully violence culture

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

 We are seeking your comments and suggestions  on a new approach to   school Acceptable Use Policies (AUPs)

Created by nancyg | 336 views | Created Apr 2011 | tags; collaborate AUP ICT_Policy consult consultation values NZC discussion comment suggestions responsible digital_citizen

US School Districts dealing with technology in school and both ends of the spectrum - lock it down - frredom of speech.

Created by chizzy | 125 views | Created Mar 2012 | tags; Use agreements policies teachers school trustees procedures