Netsafe: Education Advisor, Anjie Webster

Potential for being unsafe online through social media - Takes 50 steps to de-activate facebook


Blurred boundaries - multiple access points - opportunities and risks
Autonomy to hang out with mates online - a powerful influencer
Potential for bullying, offensive, sexual exposure

The more we are online - there is an increased risk for encountering offensive material ...and the more you are online, the more you learn to manage such risks

Need to keep up with being online - developing skills as they go.

Young girls - exploring who they are by age 9/10:
  • more likely to have multiple profiles (not unusual to have up to 5 profiles - biys more likely to have single profiles)
  • temporary versions of self
  • bully and be bullied
  • may make mistakes (eg sharing intimate photos, videos, etc)
  • may make compromises - irrespective of values taught
  • learning about trust and relationships through connections - socially quite complex
Implications of 'liking', commenting, posting...

Boys - generally speaking:
  • exploring sense of self /
  • gaming
  • exploring humourwhat's funny - can actually be cruel as well. Meme page (making use of an image to make a joke)
  • videos - youtub
  • curious - content ('dick picks' - more likely in boys - only a couple of clicks away from heavy pornography)
  • views more  violent  aggresive content (and create)
  • pressure to 'join in'
  • more likely to have single profiles
Hormones - risk - impulsivity - prefrontal cortex = not necessarily making best decisions

1:5 girls / 1:10 boys experienced unwanted sexual contact online

Digital Native? They don't learn by osmosis look expert, savvy,  - may well have expertise, but doesn't mean skills, values, attitdues, knowledge needed to keep themselves safe)

NAG5 = Schools responsible when impact on ability to learn

It's about the behaviour, not the tech.

Staff in many schools commonly impacted now - eg taking photos at staff social events and posting. Students doing things to staff. memes, etc Parents venting online - naming a staff member, etc. Staff made decisions - allowing school device for student (take screenshots of content), not logged out and children accessed. Bullying (Year 7-10) on Instagram and Facebook.

Serious harm - online contagion, self-harm, suicide, etc
Shifting ladscape - parents in different spaces (conservative through to younger parents who are savvy) - kids BYOD - blurred and complex for schools. When is it school's business and why? Board's role. Not 8.30 - 3.00 - as sometimes impacts learning.

See NAG 5  15.3  https://education.govt.nz/school/student-support/student-wellbeing/health-and-wellbeing-programmes/bullying-prevention-and-response/bullying-prevention-and-response-a-guide-for-schools/section-3/15/

Do school policies have 'online / digital' written into them?

Protecting school's intellectual property

Digital Citizenship

Removes barriers to learning - actively develop skills, behaviour, edpectations - they will start managing self a bit more.

Find out from them - what's on top? (safe at school survey - done through google forms, Year 4 up - twice each year)

Netsafe description of Digital Citizenship:
https://www.netsafe.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Digital-citizenship.png

MOE version:
http://elearning.tki.org.nz/Teaching/Digital-citizenship



Check whether children have set up instagram account using school email address

Trade mark / copyright school name / logo / uniform? facebook will have to take down content they (or facebook page holders) don't have permission to use.

Longevity of content - facebook photos can be shared and last forever. Website you have control. rights not to have photos stay online. When we ask parents for permission, have we asked students? putting students in driving seat.

Moving away from staff signing agreement - collective employment contract covers this - but conversations are necessary for shared understandings.

unpack new code of conduct and professional responsibilty.


Digital Incidents Involving Students
  • See netsafe reference guide to managing situations:
  • Harmful Digital Communications Act 2015

Are our learners genuine partners with anything to do with online safety? - most effective method of coping with online bullying. Signing a document doesn't create compliance - students develop implcations for behaviours that are not social in those spaces. eg Students creating podcasts about positive engagement - sharing with parents? Workshops for parents run by students - "Digital family Summit"

http://www.digitalfamilysummit.com/

Digibites in school newsletter https://digi-parenting.co.nz/

https://www.screenagersmovie.com/

Shared understandings of what is bullying - offline and online - Once / twice a year - revisit








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