Digital Literacy – Think Before You Post
As professionals who work with young people it is important that we work hard to keep them safe and this includes ‘on-line’ as well as in the real world. Many young people do not differentiate between...
View ArticleSafer Internet Day 2011
Today is Safer Internet Day a day which aims to promote safer and more responsible use of new technology, especially amongst young people. The topic for 2011 is Virtual Lives : It’s more than a game,...
View ArticleExposed – CEOP
Louise and Kirsten were at the ISRU2011 conference today. Amongst many other things they were amazed at this video from CEOP. It covers the subject of ‘sexting’ which is quickly becoming a big...
View ArticleA Great Social Media Policy for your Classroom.
Being a teacher who regularly uses Social Media in the classroom and throughout the school, I have looked for a simplified policy for learners to help them decide on appropriate content to post...
View ArticleInternet Safety and Responsible Use Cartoons.
A few weeks ago Louise went along to the Scottish Government Internet Safety and Responsible Use Conference. You might remember that we blogged about the sexting education awareness video (Exposed)...
View ArticlePlaystation Network Security Alert
As a company who promote Games Based Learning we are in no doubt that many of the parents, teachers and pupils we work with have a Playstation 3 games console. With a PS3, in order to play games...
View ArticleSocial Networking Advice for Teachers and Educators.
I have been recently drawn to a number of negative articles regarding Teachers and their use of Facebook. This has spurred me to produce a simple guide for educational professionals regarding the...
View ArticleA different approach to net safety…
Tuesday of this week saw the 2012 Safer Internet Day. A day in the calendar where awareness this year was focused across the world on ‘Connecting generations and educating each other’. Rather than...
View Article“Daddy, who owns the clouds?”
Within hours of Google launching its new online storage service, the terms and service have come under heavy fire by the wider community for being able to potentially stifle innovation and harm the...
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