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