In this climate of need for policy and the lack of availability of such policy, schools are left to be the initiators and implementers of internally developed policy.
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Education For A Digital Future - 6 views
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Another post about letting the students access their tools of communication. The website this is attached to is well worth a look as it links to the Australian Curriculum.
School Technology Policies - 1 views
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"The following slide show is available to download, and includes previously used information for other slide shows, as well as links that support each of the two content sections. There are three parts to this presentation: * Introductory information that is general social networking info * Information to distribute to teachers * Information to distribute to parents"
Webwise - Article - 5 views
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Advice for developing AUPs in schools
Rethinking AUPs | Dangerously Irrelevant - 5 views
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"In all of our efforts to teach students safe, appropriate, and responsible technology use, are we forgetting the more important job of teaching our students empowered use?" A collection of links that aim to encourage a discussion in schools about the purpose of AUPs.
Tiny Bursts of Learning with Twitter - 6 views
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"Despite the fact that I know many teachers who would rank Twitter as the most valuable and powerful networking tool they have access to, there are still many more who simply don't "get" the value of Twitter. I've been to lots of conferences over the last few years where the enormous value of belonging to a Personal Learning Network was being touted, and Twitter is nearly always being suggested as the ideal tool for building that network. At one recent conference I asked for a show of hands for who was not yet on Twitter, and many hands went up... my response was "Why not? What are you waiting for? How many times do you need to hear people say that Twitter is the most valuable tool they have, before you actually try it for yourself?""
Moving beyond one size fits on in Digital Citizenship in Schools - 2 views
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The shift is not an easy one and circles back to the need for pedagogy to grow more line with digital tools
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Keeping technology outside of the school doors, and creating different islands of responsibility, from parents, to educators, to kids will do little to stem incidents of cyberbullying, sexting, and other online transgressions that play out offline.
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Schools have significantly different needs and ideas regarding on-line safety, much of it dependent upon their experience and comfort on the spectrum of users of digital media to promote student success. It is necessary for schools and communities to work together to demystify the potential uses and abuses of digital media within and outside the school setting. Understanding the potential for cyberbullying, sexting, or other inappropriate consumption and planning for responsible reactions to such is a priority for the community that wishes to harness the potential of the tools while also keeping children safe.
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