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

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

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

Created by hazelowendmc | 303 views | Created Sep 2010 | tags; "small-scale survey" "effective practice" UK guidelines examples training

Safeguarding in a digital world: Guidance for learning providers

Created by hazelowendmc | 320 views | Created Sep 2010 | tags; BECTA guides managers learners parents teachers "technical staff"

(link) VIDEO: The description from the site reads "Cyberbulling is an issue for staff and pupils at both primary and secondary level.

Created by hazelowendmc | 200 views | Created Sep 2010 | tags; video cyberbullying primary secondary emails "chat rooms" "text messaging"

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

Presentation on cybersafety in an online school environment. Presented at Learning@School conference 2010.

Created by rachelboyd | 243 views | Created Sep 2010 | tags; cybersafety privacy permission online

Staff  Discussion Points

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

This short  screen capture video will show you how to  make a collection of  bits from myLGP. A collection could be used to  group together  bits for a staff PLD programme.  A collection could be used to organise  classroom activities for  your students

Created by nancyg | 266 views | Created Oct 2010 | tags; collection group bits staff classroom activities

From Cyber Safety to Digital Citizenship

Created by nancyg | 474 views | Created Oct 2010 | tags; digital citizen framework. PLD staff student successful

Digital Citizenship: The Teacher’s Role

Created by nancyg | 631 views | Created Nov 2010 | tags; digital citizenship guide teachers

This discussion document was developed  by NetSafe in collaboration with New Zealand teachers. It can be used  to guide staff discussions and decisions about  the safe  use of school blogs.  The  final page lists a set of important questions to consider as you develop a blog to support student learning.

Created by nancyg | 420 views | Created Nov 2010 | 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

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.

Created by dakinane | 685 views | Created Mar 2011 | tags; mind map collaboration Pukekohe North ICTPD Pukekohe Cluster

 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

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

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; 

Rotorua Intermediate School students aged 10 to 13 were introduced to and used Kodu, free game development software from Microsoft. They used it for a full term and the lessons were integrated into their normal class routine.

Created by chrish | 237 views | Created Aug 2011 | tags; Kodu programming Rotorua

As part of the re-vamp of our (link) NetSafe Kit for Schools we are taking a look at acceptable use agreements, and how they are used in NZ schools. We are aware that many school use our use agreement templates as the starting point for their own use agreements, but what do they look like when they are finished.

Created by seanl | 218 views | Created Nov 2011 | tags; uap use agreement cybersafety citizenship acceptable use agreements