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Portmarnock Community School 2012
Positive approach to things onlineYour child may be asked to bring a camera, an
iTouch, iPhone to school for particular educational purposes
Your child may also be given a loan of a device
Integrate these devices and the applications within them into teaching and learning
Look at the school website for examples of such work
Positive approach to things onlineSome subjects will encourage collaboration
and discussion online
Discussion groups in Moodle
Using Google Groups
Skype / Twitter / photo-sharing websites
Ground rulesRespect yourself and each other online
Mind your devices
Respect the network
Don’t copy
Be creative
The way students are going to college is changingDCU: Degree in Problem Solving & Software
Development (2013)
General DCU entry requirements plus Maths – not an accumulation of points
We still encourage students to do well in their Leaving Certificate exams, but we will select students based on their passion, experience and ability
Subjects + Portfolio + Interview
Portfolio ideasHad appropriate computer-based experience
during transition year.
Developed a web site.
Programmed, e.g., participated in initiatives such as : ComputeTY - http://www.computing.dcu.ie/event/computety
CoderDojo - http://coderdojo.com/
Portfolio ideasParticipated in the All-Ireland Schools'
Programming Contest - http://aispc.computing.dcu.ie/
Participated the BT Young Scientist of the Year - http://www.btyoungscientist.ie/.
Built their own computer.
Been involved in appropriate extracurricular activity using computers.
Portmarnock
Not claiming we will do all of these things
But will give students the environment to do some of these things
In a positive way
Problems with Social mediaStart mainly “outside” school, but issues make
their way into school
Online bullying via Facebook and the site of the moment ask.fm
We will deal with online bullying where we can
We find it challenging and time-consuming
Our most recent advice:
Association of Community and Comprehensive SchoolsCirculating, publishing or distributing (including
on the internet) material associated with school activities including but not limited to material in relation to staff and students where such circulation undermines, humiliates or causes damage to another person is considered a serious breach of school discipline and may result in disciplinary action.
As part of such disciplinary action the Board of Management reserves the right to suspend or expel a student or students where it considers the actions to warrant such sanctions.
As parents we have responsibilities Talk to our children about online bullying
Edit ask.fm out of their newsfeed in Facebook
Advising not to get involved in other peoples disputes no Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down – don't feed the dispute
Dealing with issues face to face with adult support
Not being mean – use social-media in a way that is affirming
If there are problems , Keeping an evidence trail, Printing off pages, noting web addresses, keeping written notes...
Using www.hotline.ie, Report to the Gardaí...
Three links on the school website
1. How to report an issue to Facebook (whether you use Facebook or not)
2. An explanation of ask.fm for parents and advice on how you might talk to your child about it
3. A longer guide to cyber bullying
Remember the positive
We want to use social-media to do some teaching and learning a little differently
Encourage your child to develop a positive presence online
Avail of digital opportunities that are made available to young people
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