Schools are being urged to take immediate steps to prevent students from searching for or accessing graphic content from a recent Perez Hilton TikTok livestream. A highly distressing livestream involving US blogger Perez Hilton is currently being discussed and shared online. While platforms will be working to remove the original footage and any copies, students may still ...
You’ve probably felt it yourself, that moment when a student issue online catches you off guard. One week, it’s a new platform. The next it’s something no one saw coming. And you’re left thinking: Are we doing enough? We hear that all the ...
When shocking stories break online, they don’t stay contained to the news cycle. Within hours, headlines, reaction clips and memes can flood TikTok, YouTube and group chats, pulling students’ attention and, at times, exposing them to ...
What IT leaders are teaching us about the real work of making 1:1 succeed An innovative IT Director – Issam Ibrahim, Amity College shared something after a recent conference that stopped us in our tracks: “Every frustration is the absence ...
The digital environment in schools has evolved rapidly. 1:1 programs are no longer new; they’re standard. What's relatively new is that schools are moving away from BYOD, and as school-owned device access has scaled, the systems designed ...
A razor-toothed teddy bear character, known as Huggy Wuggy, has been appearing in videos that could upset younger children. While there is no need for panic, police have been warning parents and schools to be vigilant of younger children ...
Having students sign agreements around how they will use and not use online spaces and digital devices has long been common practice in schools/kura. Beyond simply being a ‘one size fits all’ tool for compliance, agreements about how ...
E-learning resources offer schools/kura incredible opportunities to enhance student learning with an abundance of exciting applications and platforms to use. While the benefits are clear, it can be easy to overlook the risks of e-learning ...
The last few years have demonstrated how important the internet is to modern-day life. Across the world, it became our main workplaces, social spaces, and classrooms. With students spending more time at home and online, it meant more ...