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On the 12th Sep 2012, via Blackboard Collaborate Webinar, Nicky Kingston from the Teachers Council will be sharing a new website the Teacher's Council have created containing guidelines for teachers on ethical social media use and a range of resources including different scenarios for schools to explore. The webinar will provide educators with the chance to explore this new website and engage in discussion around the issues it raises.
You will be able to view a recording of the webinar here after the event, and Nicky will be available to answer your questions.
The New Zealand Teachers' Council site is now live!
As it states on the site:
"The primary aim of this website is to promote discussion about the Code of Ethics for Registered Teachers/ Ngā Tikanga Matatika mō Ngā Pouako Kua Rēhitatia and its relationship with social media. The resources include:
Do pop in, browse and share with your staff:-)
The New Zealand Teachers Council is celebrating the launch of a new set of resources about teachers and social media!
A reception to launch the resources during the ULearn Conference at 21 Bar, Sky City Auckland at 5pm on Thursday 11 October 2012.
Please contact us [ulearnlaunch@teacherscouncil.govt.nz] by Tuesday 2 October and let us know if you would like to attend. Numbers are limited so get in quickly to request a ticket.
The resources will be available online from Monday 8 October - www.teachersandsocialmedia.co.nz
Started looking at this yesterday evening at home after struggling with my school laptop to set up. Need to check with IT Dep re set up for future webinars. Lots of food for thought. Thank you for an interesting session.
Thanks to all the participants for your thoughtful discussion. I see this resource as a great springboard for staff to really think about how they use and conduct themselves when using social media. I look forward to more feedback once this website is up and running in early October.
Really looking forwad to sitting down with this later...I spent the session fighting with my smartnet server and java. Hopefully have won the war. Just that microphone issue to sus out. Glad it went well - wish i'd been there!
Fantastic webinar session today, with Nicky Kingston and Frances Lawrence, on the new resource from the NZ Teachers' Council that will support schools and teachers to use social media ethically.
The session was well attended with fast and furious chat in the session and also in Twitter #ePLD.
"Bright and exciting...I think this is a fabulous resource - I am really looking forward to the reflections and discussions with the staff...great for linking the 'teaching' and the 'real' world"
"I like that you have left the resources open ended because what is right for one school/community may not be what is right for another..."
"Looking forward to planning some PD with our staff next term using the resources - important we have these conversations and perhaps co-create some guidelines for our place".
"Perfect for Beyond the Classroom dimension in eLPF".
Missed the session? Here's the recording.
A huge thank you to Nicky Kingston and Frances Lawrence for facilitating the sesson and kindly sharing their resources with us.
How might you use this resource in schools? What kinds of ethical dilemmas are teachers facing now?
What a fabulous webinar! I thoroughly enjoyed the session. The learning scenarios and conversation starters look fabulous! We spend so much time discussing scenarios and consequences and actions with our learners, I think it is great that we will now have the support and resources to do this at staff level. I anticipate some rigorous discussion....
Thanks so much!
Thanks team, and the Teachers' Council 'teachers and social media' website looks like it'll be a useful tool for introducing both staff and students to issues around online interactions.
Rebecca