Babcock 4S Limited The Social Net

Babcock 4S Limited Aims of the session To consider whether Social technologies impact positively on learning To see whether it can be used as a teacher tool To minimise the risks of its use in the school community

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Babcock 4S Limited How many do you know?

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Babcock 4S Limited What are the benefits? Engaging with children! Assessments/e-learning – edmodo/schoology/open courseware Collaborative learning – share ideas, links, discussions CPD – keeping up with current trends Cross-cultural communication – talk to another school in another country Networking – eg. Flickr, #ukedchatFlickr Community outreach – advertise up & coming events Parent communication – school trips, cancelled events, snow days

Babcock 4S Limited The risks of using social media Cyberbullying and anti-social behaviour Impersonation and identity theft Potentially illegal behaviour and illegal content Potential loss of ownership of data Real world/online world blurred Misunderstanding of how the site works Increased visibility – e.g. looked after children and other pupil groups Increased lines of communication with parents and the wider community – time needed and consistency of information

Babcock 4S Limited What can schools do? Update your policies to include the use of SNS Education – Staff, students, parents and other stakeholders What resources do you have that can support teaching of the safe use of social media – e.g. VLE Curriculum – SoW, digital media literacy? Filtering – unblock SNS? Create a social networking account…

Babcock 4S Limited Creating a school social networking account Consider Is it the most appropriate/suitable tool to use? Do you have full support and backing of the Senior Leadership Team and Governing Body? Monitoring and transparency? Do you have the resources? People & time? Do you need to review your policies to include this SNS? E.g. e-safety, AUPs, behaviour, complaints etc See Kent resources for a more comprehensive checklist

Babcock 4S Limited Link to Surrey Social Networking Policy Secondary schools may have a separate Social networking policy OR include it in your e- safety policy and reference in AUPs EU kids online report (Sonia Livingstone, et al)

Babcock 4S Limited Identify next steps that your school needs to take

Babcock 4S Limited No legal responsibility: BUT Schools have a legal and moral responsibility to look after both staff and students, and to consider their safety and privacy. There are risks associated with encouraging staff and students to register for and share personal information with social media sites. You must create a process for dealing with potential bullying or abusive behaviour to reap the positive rewards that these tools bring to education.