Presenter:Rachel BoydWaiuku Primary School Juniors Te Rā: - Feb 24th 2010 Te Wā: -Learning@School Conference, Rotorua
Key Points: · “The effective use of ICT in education requires that school leaders have an awareness of potential risk….” See Enabling the 21st Century Learner · “Open up new and different ways of learning…..” NZC P36 · Think before you post · Know who you are communicating with · Do you know who can view your online life? · Would you show your Grandma? · We all need to be educated about being SMART = Safe – Manners – Advertising – Research – Technology · When on the Internet we need to THINK o Tell a trusted adult if something on line upsets you o Hide your password. Only ever share with your parents. Not even your friends. Always log out. o Interesting websites can be fun. But check with your parents before playing. o Be Nice to people online, yourself and others o Keep your personal information safe. Never give out your real name, address or phone number online.
Relevance to teachers: · Important to teach Cybersafety each year · Need to offer parent information sessions at school · Grid on netsafe website shows progression of skills for children and examples of policies and procedures · Put regular posting of some of key points into school newsletters.
Summary: A brilliant presentation. · Responsible Digital Citizenship · Parents and teachers need to understand the internet to keep children safe · We wouldn’t ban pencils! All tools need to be used safely – and need to teach this. · Lots of great links to excellent resources.
Strategies / Suggestions to implement into the classroom: Use the Youtube clips and the resources from netsafe. All great!
Te Rā: - Feb 24th 2010
Te Wā: -Learning@School Conference, Rotorua
· “The effective use of ICT in education requires that school leaders have an awareness of potential risk….” See Enabling the 21st Century Learner
· “Open up new and different ways of learning…..” NZC P36
· Think before you post
· Know who you are communicating with
· Do you know who can view your online life?
· Would you show your Grandma?
· We all need to be educated about being SMART = Safe – Manners – Advertising – Research – Technology
· When on the Internet we need to THINK
o Tell a trusted adult if something on line upsets you
o Hide your password. Only ever share with your parents. Not even your friends. Always log out.
o Interesting websites can be fun. But check with your parents before playing.
o Be Nice to people online, yourself and others
o Keep your personal information safe. Never give out your real name, address or phone number online.
· Important to teach Cybersafety each year
· Need to offer parent information sessions at school
· Grid on netsafe website shows progression of skills for children and examples of policies and procedures
· Put regular posting of some of key points into school newsletters.
· Copy of PPT from L@S conference - http://rachelboyd.com
· http://tinyurl.com/cybersmarts - resources to support cybersafety
· http://rachelboyd.com – all the links etc to the you tube clips in her presentation
· “Enabling the 21st Century Learner” MOE
· http://www.netsafe.org has examples of policies, procedures and agreements
A brilliant presentation.
· Responsible Digital Citizenship
· Parents and teachers need to understand the internet to keep children safe
· We wouldn’t ban pencils! All tools need to be used safely – and need to teach this.
· Lots of great links to excellent resources.
Use the Youtube clips and the resources from netsafe. All great!