Internet+Safety

Explicit teaching of internet safety to all students at all levels in all classes is very important. If you are going to use an eLearning Tool, you must take time to teach Internet Safety, no matter what subject or age level you teach. Take time to do the following things ...


 * 1. Read your school Policies and Procedures on Internet Safety - ** If you can't find them ask.

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 * 2. Make sure You and Your Students understand that everyone has a digital footprint (see videos below): **

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**3. Discuss the implications of the above videos, how do that relate to you and your students:**
As a teacher using eLearning Tools, you must be aware of your digital footprint and you must make sure that your students are aware as well. It really is all about how YOU manage your online identity. It is nothing to be worried about or scared of, it's just like your offline you. For example, your '//at home with your kids and family'// you is very different from your '//at work being the teacher'// you. You wouldn't let your class watch you have a few beers with your best mates on a Saturday night, nor would you dress in your ERO Meeting Best on a Sunday afternoon with a good book on the couch. **You need to decide what is your private you and what is your official you (and you DO need to do this, if you are in a position of teaching students you will get googled).**

So you may have noticed that I am pretty open when it comes to my online identity, I have nothing to hide, this is who I am - a Geeky Educator (this is pretty obvious when you google me). The line I draw in the sand is Facebook, I keep my Facebook account completely private (and Facebook is not a waste of time, my entire immediate family is overseas and it is the best way to communicate with them other than Skype). I only allow my Facebook information to be viewed by my family and very close friends. This is the online space where I identify as 'home me', where everyone accepts and loves me at my very worst. I never accept friend requests from students, parents or former students. I am also generally pretty cautious about adding former colleagues and staff as well. Unless I am on Facebook, I treat everything I share on the internet as if it could be on the 6 o'clock news ... because it can. You can read more about Online Identity here at Dorothy Burt's Blog - Manaiakalani

**4. Use Youtube Videos to help get your point across:**
Below are four very good Youtube Videos produced by the UK police site Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre.

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 * For Eight to Ten Year Olds:**

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 * For Eleven to Thirteen Year Olds:**

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 * For Fourteen to Eighteen Year Olds:**

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