Tag Archives: online safety

It’s Time to Stop Letting Fear Interfere With Youth Online Freedom

Posted on December 13, 2012 by

Another gem from Cynthia Lieberman and Diana (the CyberWise team), It’s Time to Stop Letting Fear Interfere With Youth Online Freedom (by Larry Magid), is a well-expressed plea to not lock everything down and to enable young people to express … Continue reading →

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Taking action against online bullying – what can you do?

Posted on October 23, 2012 by

Bullying on IRFE in March 5, 2007, the first class day. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) As you’re sure to be aware from the media Cyberbullying (and bullying in face-to-face environments) is experienced with all age groups, and in a wide range … Continue reading →

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Digital Citizenship YouTube style

Posted on July 14, 2012 by

Nick Billowes shared this resource (originally shared by Gerard MacManus, St Bedes College), writing “I expect that you have all seen this in other forums – interesting regarding the ‘digital citizenship’ thrust”. Having had a quick browse through, while there … Continue reading →

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An evolving relationship – data and privacy

Posted on June 29, 2012 by

In the last week or so a conversation has been underway in a listerv of which I am a member, related to the gnarly question of where the data about students is stored. Should it be locally in schools or … Continue reading →

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Safer Internet Day and an insight into the eSafety portal

Posted on February 6, 2012 by

Safer Internet Day 2012 presents the perfect opportunity for education establishments and parents to work together on addressing the potential opportunities for young people to use the internet, while remaining safe. The description from the site reads “Safer Internet Day (SID) … Continue reading →

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Grappling with staying safe online? Try the Grapple Challenge game.

Posted on November 10, 2011 by

Derek Wenmoth shared the following online safety, interactive game, writing: It’s a cyber-safety resource developed by an Australian company that I linked with in Tasmania earlier this year. They have produced a number of interactive resources like this, many focusing … Continue reading →

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Digital Citizenship and Online Safety (a session facilitated by Nancy Groh)

Posted on June 9, 2011 by

Image by hazelowendmc via FlickrToday was the first session of the Paepae Hot Seat session, Digital Citizenship and Online Safety, kindly facilitated by Nancy Groh from Netsafe. Netsafe are the developers of the Learn, Guide, Protect site, where educators and … Continue reading →

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Digital Citizenship and Online Safety (a session facilitated by Nancy Groh)

Posted on May 18, 2011 by

Image by hazelowendmc via FlickrToday was the first session of the Paepae Hot Seat session, Digital Citizenship and Online Safety, kindly facilitated by Nancy Groh from Netsafe. Netsafe are the developers of the Learn, Guide, Protect site, where educators and … Continue reading →

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