Website: Office of Film and Literature Classification

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Website: Office of Film and Literature Classification

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Schools collect and hold an increasing amount of potentially sensitive personal information.

Created by nancyg | 577 views | Created Aug 2010 | tags; privacy guide images information CCTV commissioner BOT principal

(link) http://www.webwise.ie/article.aspx?id=7684

Created by nancyg | 325 views | Created Aug 2010 | tags; internet validity email sharing

How cybersmart are you? This  (link) multiple choice  quiz has 16 questions about  different online activities. It can be a starting point  for basic cyber safety knowledge  and classroom discussion. 

Created by nancyg | 609 views | Created Aug 2010 | tags; quiz

Kia Kaha is a  school based programe that aims to help schools create environments where all members of the community feel safe, valued and respected and  bullying cannot flourish.

Created by nancyg | 370 views | Created Aug 2010 | tags; bullying. Kia Kaha

Kia Kaha is a school based programe that aims to help schools create environments where all members of the community feel safe, valued and respected and bullying cannot flourish.

Created by nancyg | 245 views | Created Aug 2010 | tags; bullying. Kia Kaha

(link) Click to view Episode 1

Created by nancyg | 561 views | Created Aug 2010 | tags; Hector's World Personal details sharing

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

NetSafe's film, At a Distance, is a unique drama documentary created and  filmed in New Zealand.

Created by nancyg | 417 views | Created Aug 2010 | tags; bullying cyberbullying bystander film video

(link) Click to View Episode 2

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(link) Click to view Episode 3

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(link) Click  to view Episode 4

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(link) Click to view Episode 5

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(link) Click to view Episode 6

Created by nancyg | 456 views | Created Aug 2010 | tags; cyberbullying Hectors World

(link) Click to view  this episode

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The Hector’s World initiative teaches young people how to become confident and responsible digital citizens. 

Created by nancyg | 401 views | Created Aug 2010 | tags; Hectors World lesson plans

 

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Information for teachers on cyberbullying including:

Created by nancyg | 506 views | Created Aug 2010 | tags; cyberbullying bystander law

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

Safeguarding in a digital world: Guidance for learning providers

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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"

(link) VIDEO: This video covers the tricky subject of inadvertent bullying and how schools can address it. The description from the site reads:

Created by hazelowendmc | 222 views | Created Sep 2010 | tags; video cyberbullying secondary "secondary school"

(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"

(link) VIDEO: The description from the site reads "At Bradon Forest School, Purton, a drama is played out in a PSHE lesson, depicting a cyber bully accused of posting a picture online without consent. ICT is also used to help create storyboards.

Created by hazelowendmc | 402 views | Created Sep 2010 | tags; cyberbullying video "role play" drama parents guidance "mobile phones" primary storyboards "lesson ideas"

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

 

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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

GUIDELINES for SCHOOLS
ONLINE PUBLICATION
of
STUDENT IMAGES and SCHOOLWORK

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

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Sites of Convergence: an interview with Henry Jenkins

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NetSafe's film, At a Distance, is a unique drama documentary created and  filmed in New Zealand.

Created by MrWood | 1435 views | Created Oct 2010 | tags; bullying cyberbullying bystander film video

An easy to create comic strip with click to choose characters and settings. Choose a cyberbullying problem to deal with. Use speech bubbles to help your characters talk their way out of a problem.

Created by MrWood | 397 views | Created Oct 2010 | tags; cyberbullying bullying comic

 

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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

From Cyber Safety to Digital Citizenship

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A Digital Citizenship Definition

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Digital Citizenship: The Teacher’s Role

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

There are many games on the Internet designed to teach about cyber safety. (link) Google provides a starting point  students and teachers, however, need a more extensive listing and evaluation than this. The activity involves students playing and evaluating cyber safety games. 

Created by gilesl | 1001 views | Created Nov 2010 | tags; Games Evaluation

This is a Digital Citizenship and Cybersafety module that teachers can work through at their own pace. Although the virtual meetings have ended for 2010, the resource is still available for personal professional development. It covers: understanding digital citizenship, digital citizenship in the classroom, and staying cybersafe in the classroom.

Created by karenmelhuish | 393 views | Created Nov 2010 | tags; cybersafety digital citizenship cyberbullying censorship

NSW Dept of Education have recently launched a new site dealing with (link) Cyber-citizenship. Offers an interesting array of resources, many of which are reserved for NSW teachers/students but worth looking into. http://www.digitalcitizenship.nsw.edu.au/

Created by martynwild | 950 views | Created Nov 2010 | tags; Cybersafety cyber-citizenship resource games

 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

Technology and School Change

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

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.

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Classroom  strategies on Teachers TV

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Students have more information at their fingertips than ever before, yet the challenge remains for them to find, evaluate, and apply the information they discover in the classroom and beyond. Applying critical thinking skills through web research can help students: (image)

Created by nancyg | 273 views | Created Feb 2011 | tags; critical thinking validity information evaluate search-skills

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!

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A group of Year 6 students at Mission Heights School, Auckland have created

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Young people’s use of technology in Aotearoa - New Zealand is always changing. Changes in ICT-use produce new opportunities for learning, as well as new opportunities for challenges for both students and educators.

Created by JJF | 1096 views | Created Feb 2011 | tags; survey research citizenship confidence educator teacher support management filtering filter ICT use agreeement ICT-use agreeement network administration whanau family cyberbullying confidence

Using a  complex password is  one of the first lessons a young person can learn  to play an  active role in their own cybersafety. This  classroom or home activity will help young people learn how to create and remember a strong password.

Created by nancyg | 260 views | Created Mar 2011 | tags; password passwords security online protect online computer strong

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

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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

What are the cyber bullying issues for young people and adults?
Watch the ten minute Cyberbullying:the facts video to find out more about why cyberbullying matters for all New Zealanders.

Created by nancyg | 847 views | Created May 2011 | tags; cyberbullying taskforce bullying students solution community response confidence research

What are the cyber bullying issues for young people and adults?
Watch the ten minute Cyberbullying:the facts video to find out more about why cyberbullying matters for all New Zealanders.

Created by nancyg | 528 views | Created May 2011 | tags; cyberbullying taskforce bullying students solution community response confidence research

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

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 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/

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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; 

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

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

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

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

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

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

A great (link) article about appropriate modelling by adults from Marti Weston on the (link) Teaching Tolerance Website, which is part of the (link) Southern Poverty Law Centre, an online resource focused on; 

Created by seanl | 117 views | Created Apr 2012 | tags;  role models appropriate modelling podcast skills

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

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