Whose footsteps should

1. Whose
footprints
should
students
follow into
social media?
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The internet doesn’t forget.

3. Social Media
(Telecompaper, 2011)
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4. Clean-cut and dressed for success –
but is his digital footprint the same?
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It’s a digital world.
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6. Is there a way to stop 7 million under aged children using Facebook?
Make it illegal?
Enforce parental permission?
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7. Facebook and the NSW DEC
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8. blogEd

9. The NSW DEC wants students to follow their school’s footsteps into social media.
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Teachers can help students navigate social media responsibly and successfully.

10. Students
Digital actively creating
blogEd Cybersmart Citizenship positive
website footprints in
Social Media.
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11. Discussion Questions
What are the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats
in using blogEd, Cybersmart and the Digital Citizenship
website?
How can our school incorporate blogEd, Cybersmart and the
Digital Citizenship website into curriculum teaching and
learning?
What is a simple, measurable, attainable, realistic and timely
target (SMART) we could make to incorporate blogEd,
Cybersmart and the Digital Citizenship website into our 21st
century pedagogy?

12. Recommended Readings
Whitby, G, B. (2007). Pedagogies for the 21st Century: having the courage to see freshly. ACEL 2007
International Conference Sydney, Australia.
NSW Department of Education and Training. (2010). Connected Classrooms Program in Action: An Analysis
and Evaluation of the Qualitative Evidence. Available for download from:
https://www.det.nsw.edu.au/detresources/ccp_in_action_compendium_FNOouLXKim.pdf
ACMA. (2009). Click and connect: Young Australians’ use online social media. Available for download from:
http://www.acma.gov.au/webwr/aba/about/recruitment/click_and_connect-01_qualitative_report.pdf
NSW DEC (2011). blogEd: Facts and Questions. Available through the NSW DEC Staff Portal: Learning
Support Systems: IT Support.
O’Brian, T. (2010). Model Citizens in a Digital World. In SIDE by SIDE School News, 33(5) May. Available
through the NSW DEC Staff Portal: Learning Support Systems: The Buzz. https://portalsrvs.det.nsw.edu.au/f5-
w-68747470733a2f2f6465747777772e6465742e6e73772e6564752e6175$$/newsbuzz/yr2012/apr/index.htm