As parents or as educators I think it is vital that we teach our children to interact & behave responsibly online. It is essential that we are proactive, that we are able to provide guidance, from home or from school in educating our children in the use of social media. I believe that understanding the “digital footprint”, the ramifications of using social media & the importance of digital citizenship should be a vital part of our children’s education from an early age to cement that behaviour later on. It is here to stay. SuperclubsPlus is a wonderful program to introduce in primary school. It is a protected social learning network that teaches children about all of the above including cybersafety and is introduced to our year 3 & 4 students with great success.
Not only schools & educators but parents need to be on top of the changing nature of student technology usage. For the very reason that I’ve stated above, to be able to educate, support & provide guidance to their children. It doesn’t mean that we all have to “do Facebook” but we should at least be aware of how social media works and the impact it is having on our children. In saying that, there is so much to learn – with technology changing all the time – like doing this PLN my brain just hurts sometimes from too much information, it can become quite overwhelming. Interesting times ahead!
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