Youth Privacy Kit

From the Office of the Privacy Commissioner, there is a new kit aimed at secondary schools to help students become aware of privacy of information issues : http://privacy.org.nz/youth/

The youth privacy kit is aimed at secondary school students and teachers. Secondary schools are entitled to one kit, free of charge. If you would like more than one, the cost will be $25 per kit subject to availability. There is limited stock.
The kit includes: background information; a DVD (and a link to the film online); posters and brochures; links to material at www.privacy.org.nz/youth: guidance notes for presenters, privacy stories with discussion points, activities and a quiz; and a link to footage of the official launch of the kit, which includes the presentation.

Office of the Privacy Commissioner PO Box 10094 Wellington 6143
Email: sharon.newton@privacy.org.nz
Phone: 04 474 7590 Fax: 04 474 7595
For more information about the Office of the Privacy Commissioner go to www.privacy.org.nz

More on Digital Citizenship

And related to the previous post, Donna Watt, SLANZA Communications Leader, shared this link on the school library list serv:

This recent post from Libraries and Transliteracy provides a nice summary of the aspects of digital citizenship which should concern us. The link to further reading http://www.digitalcitizenship.net/Publications.html is also worth following up. Good professional reading for revalidation purposes.

New Learn Guide Protect framework from Netsafe

NetSafe has launched a new student centered digital citizenship frame-work entitled Learn: Guide: Protect: (LGP). The frame-work supports schools in creating a culture of responsible, safe use of digital technologies. It provides clear links to the New Zealand Curriculum starting with a definition of ' a digital citizen' based on the NZC values and key competencies.

Learn: Guide: Protect: has three components or layers:

• Learn: the skills students learn to keep themselves safe,
• Guide: the guidance they need from educators to learn how to manage challenges,
• Protect: the protective mechanisms schools can use to improve their immediate safety.

You can learn more about the frame-work here. The LGP frame-work has a companion website www.mylgp.org.nz, The site is a central hub of content, suggestions and ideas contributed by New Zealand educators and NetSafe. Teachers can use the content to build a customized school based professional development programme for staff or a digital citizenship education programme for students.

For more information contact NetSafe at 0508 netsafe (0508 638 723) or email queries@netsafe.org.nz

Digital literacy and cybersafety

Bobbi Newman has just done a post on the libraries and transliteracy blog about a new Google tool for educators http://www.google.com/educators/digitalliteracy.html

There are three workshops: Detecting lies and staying true; Playing and staying safe online; and Steering clear of cyber tricks.

The libraries and transliteracy blog is worth bookmarking http://librariesandtransliteracy.wordpress.com/

(Shared on the list serv by Donna Watt, SLANZA Communications Leader, Information Centre Manager Aurora College)

We have great New Zealand resources for cybersafety and digital literacy on Netsafe's website http://www.netsafe.org.nz/ full of information, guides, templates and advice...

They are about to launch a new approach to cybersafety for schools called Learn:Guide:Protect at the U-Learn conference in Christchurch in October, and Nancy Groh, Senior Cybersafety Consultant at Netsafe provided this logo, so look out for information arriving in your school in Term 4.

Netsafety

Have you been to the Netsafe website recently ? It is one to bookmark in your favourites... http://www.netsafe.org.nz/index.php
The whole look has been updated and it is such a relevant, essential, user-friendly resource for all sectors of the school community - children, teachers, parents, school management...

They have developed a new teacher resource called The Grid.

From Beginner level (ECE to Yr 2) through Apprentice (Yr 3 - 6), Practitioner (Yr 7 - 10) to Master (Yr 11 - 13) it works through three aspects : Connected, Safe, Responsible with resources and suggested lesson plans for a range of aspects in each "category".

It is a great resource for "cybercitizenship education". It can be accessed through Netsafe but also has it's own website http://www.thegrid.org.nz/

Please check it out and share it in your school.