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Jun 09 2011

Safe and Responsible Use of the Internet

Posted by mvass in News, tags: , , ,

Last week Primary 6V  hosted a ‘Safe and Responsible Use of the Internet’ information evening. I think the title is more meaningful than the usual ‘Internet Safety’ one. I chose it because (quite a while ago now) I read a post on Ollie Bray’s blog describing the subtle difference between the two phrases. I can’t find the link to Ollie’s original post, but we did use some of the free Internet Safety and Responsible Use Cartoon Illustrations  he blogged about more recently – the class loved them!

 The aim of the evening was to enable the children to share:

  • how they have been using Glow blogs and wikis in school and at home to improve learning
  • what they have learned about the dangers of the internet
  • strategies they use to keep themselves safe online

 I introduced the class to prezi and they all voted to use that instead of their powerpoint presentation. I’ve included a copy of it here.

Parent Information Evening on Prezi

It was a great success and the children spoke confidently to an audience of more than 50. I’m sure they’ll remember the event for a long time to come.  The video of the evening is proof of their achievement.

This week the children reflected on the experience after looking at some of the photographs taken by the ‘tech team’ :-)

It’s taken me longer than I’d intended to blog about this.

I’ll also try to blog about our attempts at ‘Negotiated Learning’ before the end of term. The children are loving it – thanks to Oliver Quinlan for the idea :-)

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