Virtual Learning Network

This pick-up-and-go teacher resource collates some practical examples and ideas for ensuring our learners are safe online when they engage with web content, communication technologies as well as social media - both at school and at home....

Kia ora Koutou, I am working on a Digitial Citizenship programme for our Year 7-9's for next year. I have found this resource: https://www.commonsense.org/education/digital-citizenship/curriculum which is free and comprehensive but based in...

While yesterday was Safer Internet Day NZ 2020 - the world’s biggest campaign to make the internet a safer place, every day should be a safer Internet day. Closer to home, Netsafe is calling on all NZers to...

This is not really school related but I thought I would put it in here as I have great faith in my education colleagues to help me. My granddaughter wants to have a You tube channel so she can upload videos of her creating in her Minecraft worlds...

Last week was a very hard week for our own nation and while our hearts go out to all our whānau and friends in Christchurch, closer to home we’re taking some time to discuss the negative implications of social media on our young...

Welcome back to 2019 everyone! We kick off the year with Safer Internet Day NZ 2019 next week on Tuesday 5th February.     Safer Internet Day is celebrated globally in February each year to promote the safe and positive use of digital...

Safer Internet Day 2018 resources are ready!  Safer Internet Day is coming up on the 6th of February. It's a timely reminder at the beginning of the year for us to think about online safety for our young users/publishers/learners. To...

The following was shared with me by Jedd Bartlett This article in The Atlantic describes some significant research findings for anyone with young children, or involved in education.    Some...

Or more importantly, this is something you NEED to see.  While most of us celebrated the All Blacks win this weekend, I found out about the dark web (image search). I knew there was a deeper web, a place where hackers were at war with...

Does anyone know of any website or resource that has some practical materials to assist with teaching year 7-11 students what is to be an informed, responsible digital citizen? I normally just talk about this, but I'd like some hands-on...

Cross posted from Enabling e-Learning. Welcome back everyone! To kickstart the year, it's a pleasure to have Karen Spencer, Director of Education at Netsafe come and join us on Tuesday afternoon, 7th February, 3.45 in an informal Google...

Hi Everyone,  I'm the Principal of a small rural school - we're just looking into setting up closed Facebook pages for our classes as a way of communicating quickly to parents the learning that is happening in our classes....

Hi everyone, I'm a principal of a small semi-rural school. Our school has a Facebook page to communicate with parents/grandparents and the wider community. While I regularly check and make sure that none of our students have 'joined'...

In the Inquiry into 21st century learning environments and digital literacy, there is call for investigating the impact of increased digital literacy on learning and defines this as,  A person needs to achieve competency in three areas:...

NetSafe shared this article on their Facebook page this morning: French parents 'could be jailed' for posting children's photos online It states,  French parents are being warned to stop posting pictures of children on...

This blog post by Richard Bruford, 'Are parent behaviours with their use of technology having an impact on their child’s development?', got me thinking about my own use of technology around my children. In it he highlights some key...

Hi all, Apologies for cross-posting. To make it easier for teachers, librarians and school leaders to get in touch, Creative Commons are holding weekly Google Hangouts for those working in the schools sector who are keen to discuss and learn...

Not sure if you missed it, but over the past three weeks, Prime TV has profiled a three part series looking at the complexities of bullying in our country. Scary to read, "...the records show school bullying in NZ is one of the highest...

Schools are increasingly proactive about teaching students how to become successful Digital Citizens. In addition to creating strategic documentation and developing class programmes, parents and whānau are also becoming better informed about the...

Welcome 2015.  i am always looking for new digital resources demonstrating various aspects of Digital Citizenship that I can share with and discuss with the year 7 & 8 students and teachers. In the past I have used You tube clips...