1. cyber issues and
social media for
secondary students

2. where to start...
...understanding the learners of today, or,
our learners, our students...

3. Digital Learners
- Majority do not like to be alone
- Enjoy social interaction, just as much
virtually and online than in person
- They are tech savvy

4. Challenging Times
“Our challenge is to find ways to teach
our children how to navigate the rapidly
moving digital present, consciously and
reflectively.”
Jason Ohler, 2011

5. Social Media Described
“Social Media is like sex when you’re a
teenager. Everybody wants to do it,
nobody knows how! And then when it’s
finally done, we’re surprised it’s not
better!”
Avinash Kausjik, Google Analytics Expert, 2009

6. Social Media REALLY
Described...
Officially, Social Media is an umbrella
term used to describe the various
activities that integrate technology, social
interaction and the construction of
words, pictures, videos and audio.
Wikipedia

7. Australian Social Media
Statistics, March 2012
1. Facebook - 10,889,960 Australian users/accounts (up 186,800)
2. YouTube – 10,000,000 UAVs (down 1,000,000)
3. Blogspot – 4,000,000 (up 500,000)
4. LinkedIn – 2,100,000 (down 100,000)
5. Twitter – 1,600,000 (down 200,000)
6. WordPress.com – 1,600,000 (steady)
7. Google Plus – 1,289,940 (up approx 90,000 – Estimated calculation
below)
8. Tumblr – 1,100,000 (steady)
9. Flickr – 840,000 (down 80,000)
10. MySpace – 470,000 (down 50,000)
11. Pinterest - 350,000 (up 160,000)
12. Instagram – 210,000 (down 40,000)
13. Reddit – 130,000 (down 30,000)
14. StumbleUpon – 110,000 (down 20,000)
15. Digg – 85,000 (up 1,000)
16. Foursquare – 53,000

8. Did You Know?

9. Tool or Distraction?
Many of us would perhaps agree that
schools are split on the value that social
media could play in teaching and
learning.
When in fact, the majority of schools see
absolutely no value in social media as a
result of the stigma that social media carries

10. Developing Digital
Citizens
School is an excellent place to help kids
become capable digital citizens who use
technology not only effectively &
creatively... but also responsibly &
wisely.

11. Social Media, The Net &
The Issues That Arise
Understanding how online actions might
lead to harm to self & others includes
protecting your own privacy, respecting
that of others Recognise inappropriate
online communications and sites
e.g adult content

12. Cyber Bullying
Understanding the potentially
devastating effects of cyber bullying and
how it violates ethical principles of
personal integrity, compassion, and
responsible behaviour.

13. Sexting
Understanding the negative
consequences of using a mobile phone to
take and transmit pictures of a sexual
nature of oneself or others.

14. Copyright & Plagiarism
Respecting others’ intellectual property
rights and reflecting on the legality and
ethics of using online materials without
permission.

15. The Challenge...
...for young people today is how to
manage their lives in a world where the
Internet records everything and forgets
nothing where every online photo, status
update, Twitter post and blog entry by
and about individuals can be stored
forever.

16. Once You Post It You
Lose Control

17. So Why?
...do GOOD kids do BAD things on...

18. Well...
..strong emotions can be released at the
speed of a keystroke but the ripple effects
can last much longer
..common for teens to post whatever they
are feeling thinking, or doing whenever the
impulse takes them

19. EU Kids Online Study
October 2010
23,420 Internet users ages 9-16 years old
were surveyed...
3 Key Findings
- Half of all children said they find it easier to be themselves online than
in real life.
- 48% have Internet access in their own bedroom
- 31% have access via a mobile phone or other handheld device.

20. What Can Schools Do?
EDUCATE
MODEL
DEMONSTRATE
DISCUSS

21. Embrace Social Media
Use
Use it in its simplest forms...
- Blogging
- You Tube
- Twitter
- Moodle / Edmodo
...and...

22. Use It...
Yourself...
Understand the hype (or at least try to...)
Promote it’s use in education (Lone Nut)

23. Social Media
Communication Strategy

24. Resources...
There are infinite resources on using
Social Media, integrating it in to your
teaching, and how to go about it...

25. ACMA Cybersmart
‘Tagged’
Outstanding teaching resource created
by ACMA (Australian Communications
and Media Authority)

26. Resources
1. Robyn Treyvaud
cybersafekids.com.au
2. ACMA - Australian Communications Media
Authority
acma.gov.au