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 Digizen site  based in the UK offers  material on Barriers and Risks to Exploiting Social Networking in Education

Created by nancyg | 509 views | Created Aug 2010 | tags; social networking discussion

(link) Thatsnotcool.com is a USA based website designed to raise awareness about the new and complex  problems teens face in building relationships  in a digital world.

Created by nancyg | 385 views | Created Aug 2010 | tags; texting relationships peer pressure photos discussion social networking

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

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

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

Not everything on the net is what/who you think it is. To make sure you are using the net as safely as possible and so you don't get caught out, read these tips below.

Created by chizzyone | 242 views | Created Aug 2010 | tags; believe lies private harassment blackmail scams photos social networking

Just like the footprint you leave when you walk on the beach, your digital footprint is the trail you leave about yourself when you’re on the net. Anything you do online, including any profiles you have created, the sites you’ve visited and the online conversations you’ve had, add to this trail - even if you think you’ve been doing things anonymously, or have hidden them (e.g. deleted them from your computer)!

Created by chizzyone | 340 views | Created Aug 2010 | tags; digital footprint photos information personal social networking harassment illegal anonymous inappropriate

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

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"

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

(link) Enhancing child safety and online technologies:

Created by pennyh | 945 views | Created Sep 2010 | tags; Internet safety research social networking minors report

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

 

Created by uliamasao | 712 views | Created Sep 2010 | tags; Superclubsplus primary school cybersafety cybercitizenship

"In the electricity age we wear all mankind as our skin" McLuhan 1964

Created by Artichoke | 231 views | Created Oct 2010 | tags; SOLO Taxonomy New Zealand Curriculum constructive alignment Hooked on Thinking ethics roles rights responsibilities key competencies

Sites of Convergence: an interview with Henry Jenkins

Created by Artichoke | 266 views | Created Oct 2010 | tags; Henry Jenkins media literacies

 

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(link) SuperClubsPLUS is a protected social learning network, designed to help children 6-13 years better understand how to keep themselves safe online. It has a range of unique tools and functions that provide for the active protection of children against predation, cyberbullying and other forms of online dangers. More importantly, it provides children with a developmental education over extended time frames where they can acquire the strategies and behaviours that enable them to keep safe no matter where they go online. It is also a virtual and experiential playground that encourages young children to develop sophisticated ICT skills, socialise and work with peers in a wide range of projects and activities.

Created by martynwild | 2797 views | Created Oct 2010 | tags; superclubsplus cybersafety cyber-citizenship ICT evaluation cyberbullying

Digital literacy or the ability to understand and fully participate in the digital world is fundamental to digital citizenship. It is the combination of technical and social skills that enable a person to be successful and safe in the information age.

Created by nancyg | 816 views | Created Oct 2010 | tags; concept LGP citizenship framework l \\\'digital literacy\\\' technical social

A blog from Mary Beth Hertz in "The Journal" (www.thejournal.com) where she talks about the "dangers" of not allowing children to access to technology in school that surrounds them outside of school.

Created by seanl | 117 views | Created Apr 2012 | tags; digital citizenship teaching fear stranger danger

The learning pathways for digital citizenship and cybersafety follow the New Zealand Curriculum’s learning pathways. They are designed to build on student’s existing skills and develop school leavers who are capable of managing their own online safety.  

Created by nancyg | 548 views | Created Nov 2010 | tags; pathway competencies values NZC student digital citizenship learning successful building opportunities

I love superclubsplus last year I went to a school that didnt have it and I never went on the computer! But now im the computer everyday! So.. I would just like to thank whoeva made it up..  for making my life better!

Created by martynwild | 211 views | Created Feb 2011 | tags; 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SuperClubsPLUS is a protected social (learning) network, designed to provide children 6-13 years (primary school children) with their first or near-first experience of a social networking environment, predominantly to learn how to keep themselves safe online.

Created by martynwild | 0 views | Created Jul 2011 | tags; 

(link) The Australian Communications and Media Authority as part of its (link) Cybersmart programme have produced a unit of work focusing directly on sexting.

Created by seanl | 346 views | Created Jul 2011 | tags; sxting sexting units cybersmart

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

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

This short  (link) blog post from   USA based Child's Work/ Child's Play site describes how one principal  addressed  bulling behavior  by  three young girls in primary school. 

Created by nancyg | 117 views | Created Nov 2011 | tags; principal behavior bully primary girls

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

Wired magazine in the UK are having a creative commons week which consist of various articles on the past present and future of the movement.

Created by seanl | 82 views | Created Dec 2011 | tags; copyright creative commons law history internet piracy torrents

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

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