Seven Social Media Tips

Seven social media tips from Sally Bowes

Social Media

We all enjoyed and benefited from a great talk by Emma Sadleir, a social medial lawyer. I'm sure that more that a few of us were also quite terrified by what she had to say! Our activity on the Internet leaves a very long-lasting footprint!

Be mindful of what you post on the Internet. Remember - if you wouldn't say something to a person face to face (or show something to a person face to face), it is definitely a bad idea to post it on-line.

Here are a few links to some useful articles on managing children's social media usage.

Kids Health

Parenting Tips

Monitoring tips

Office 365

Dear Parents

As of 2015, Bishops is making use of the Office 365 Educational Package. This means that your son’s mailbox is now in the cloud and not hosted on a Bishops server. Your son’s email should connect seamlessly from wherever he is in the world.

The benefits of moving to Office 365 are:

·        The online Microsoft Office Suite allows your son to access his email, calendars and OneDrive files and folders using any device, anywhere in the world

·        Your son is able to download and install, at no additional cost, a local version of the Microsoft Office Application Suite, called Office Pro Plus on up to 5 different devices

·        Office Pro Plus is available for Android and Apple PCs, tablets and phones

·        Your son has 1TB of OneDrive storage space available for his personal use; At this stage Bishops still requires boys to save their schoolwork onto the Bishops network

Your son’s Office 365 login details are his Bishops email address and his school password.

For your convenience, here is some 'How to...' Office 365 documentation:

How to Access the Microsoft Office Suite

How to Install Office Pro Plus for iPads

How to Install Office Pro Plus for Windows

How to Install Office Pro Plus for Mac

Aurasma

Aurasma is the industry-leading augmented reality app that’s changing the way millions of people see and interact with the world. In fact, it’s the only mobile app that lets you create and share your own augmented reality experiences!

https://studio.aurasma.com/login

ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard

ShowMe - turns your iPad into an interactive whiteboard! You can record voice-overs and share them online. It’s an amazingly simple app that anyone can use, no matter how young or old!

Kidspiration Maps Lite

 kidspiration maps - see how learners use this colourful and constructive app to create visual maps that build reading, writing and thinking skills.

Adding your Office 365 mail account to your iPad

For some iPads, adding your Office 365 mail account is easier than for other iPads. If you are struggling, make sure that you are following this process exactly - every step is important!

1) Firstly make sure your Wi-Fi is working and that you can access the internet (see previous prep banter tutorials for help with this)

2) Go to:  *Settings






*Mail, Contacts, Calendars

*Remove any other Bishops accounts

*Click add account

3) Enter your details as shown in the example below:

Good luck!

Useful Apps

MindShift has published some useful apps and a brief description of them. Please click here to visit the page.