This document discusses guidelines for appropriate student use of digital technology and social media from Portmarnock Community School. It outlines that students should: not plagiarize online content; avoid sharing personal information without permission; and never meet up with strangers met online. It defines cyberbullying and says it will not be tolerated. The document provides guidance on how the school will respond to policy violations.

1. Portmarnock Community School 2013
Donal O’ Mahony
@domaho

2. Developments happen very quickly
Facebook age 9
Bebo / YouTube age 8
Twitter / Tumblr age 7
iPhone age 6
iPad / Ask.FM / Pinterest / Instragram age 3
Snapchat / Google Glass age 2

3. Generations...
from presenter at the National Digital Education
Summit, Croke Park

4. Psychological needs then...

5. Psychological needs now...
Source: Twitter @mdcounselling

6. Taking Control of the WiFi at home
Apartmenttherapy http://goo.gl/7fVRkq

7. Some (many?) parents and many
schools playing catch up

8. Schools have become more confident
with technology and Social Media
http://www.youtube.com/portmarnockcs

9. Becoming more certain about rules
regarding what you do online
Much the same as what you do off-line / face to face
Respect
Being friendly
Including people
Appropriate

10. A few years ago – people believed they
could hide
Source: http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/good-
luck-im-behind-7-proxies

11. Not any longer
People are dealing with bullying online, much the
same as they deal with bullying face to face
Gather the evidence / taking screenshots
Saving web-addresses (URL’s), web-pages and texts
Printing off pages
 Telling the truth
 Supporting their friends

12. Parents are more aware of their responsibilities
Parents are more tech savvy
Parents / schools are talking to their children
Parents / schools are reporting issues to Facebook...
Parents / schools are reporting issues to the Gardaí
Advertisers don’t want to be associated with bad press

13. We in PCS want to use more digital applications in and
outside school...for learning
Look at all of the photos you see tonight...

14. Significant Relevant Statements

15. We have developed guidelines that we want students to
be clear about
They can use digital and certain social-media in school
under certain circumstances

16. Don’t copy...
Students should not plagiarise content (copy or use
as your own without citing the original creator),
including words or images, from the Internet
Students should not take credit for things they didn’t
create themselves, or misrepresent themselves as an
author or creator of something found online

17. Source: Independent.ie

18. Be sensible...
If you see a message, comment, image, or anything else
online that makes you concerned for your personal
safety, bring it to the immediate attention of
a teacher if you are at school
a parent / guardian if you are at home

19. Students should never share personal information
about themselves or others, including phone
numbers, addresses, PPS numbers and birth-
dates over the Internet without adult permission
Students should never agree to meet someone
they meet online in real life without parental
permission.

20. Online bullying
Harassing, flaming, denigrating, impersonating, outing, tricking,
excluding and cyber-stalking are all examples of cyber-bullying.
Such bullying will not be tolerated in PCS
Don’t be mean.
Don’t send emails or post comments or photos with the intent of
scaring, hurting, or intimidating someone else
Photos taken without permission within the school or on any of its
activities will be fully investigated

21. Engaging in any online activities intended to harm
(physically or emotionally) another person, will result
in severe disciplinary action...
Never impersonate anyone online – if you are doing
so close down that account this evening

22. In some cases, cyber-bullying is a crime
Remember that your activities are monitored and
retained
The school will support students, teachers and
parents in dealing with cyber-bullying.

23. Cool School Programme
Hurtful
Aggressive
Repeated
Deliberate
HSE http://goo.gl/4vSjQ6

25. the 21st century web definition is
..........................someone who posts inflammatory,
extraneous or off-topic messages in an online
community… with the primary intent of provoking
readers into an emotional response or of otherwise
disrupting normal on-topic discussion....
Source opendemocracy.net
http://goo.gl/acknJf

27. Don’t
Be
Mean

28. And if you are...
 Suspension of network and computer privileges
 Notification to parents in most cases
 Detention
 Counselling / referral
 Suspension from school and / or school-related activities
 Expulsion
 Legal action and/or prosecution

29. If you would not take a chance doing whatever
offline, do not do it online...

30. Useful places for parents
Webwise – the official website from the Department of
Education and Skills
11 Sites and Apps Kids Are Heading to After
Facebook – really good article and up to date
(September 2013)
Cyber Safety Advice – a parent from Ireland

31. Consider instead...
How can I use these media in a creative way?
How can I best represent myself, my hobby, my
learning, my music etc, etc?

32. Some positives for learning...
Resources on Scoilnet.ie
Link from the Scoilnet home-page to Britannica
School
Lots of coding opportunities – codecademy
Khan academy USA centric / lots of content

33. Digital applications do not answer
every need...