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

Laws and ethics of using copyrighted images

We all like to use images in our presentations and projects to make them more visually appealing. We need to make sure that we correctly reference any images belonging to someone else and that we use the images according to legal and ethical standards.  Follow these links to find out more about what you can and can't do with images: copyright, fair use, creative commons, and public domain. 

Curtis Newbold created a useful guide and infographic to help explain the do's and don'ts. 

Flipping the classroom

Flipping the classroom is the new buzz word in education but I prefer rather to use a combination of electronic material to create a blended approach that maximizes the value of teacher contact time. In this way we use technology to support the learning and teaching process. We try to articulate the course content in a uniform way so that pupils have a one stop shop - web pages that clearly lay out the content to be covered, the activities they will be engaged in, all rubric, instructions and supporting resources.

Cyber safety

This site is a must read for teachers and parents. Having the conversations such as suggested in the link below is a great way to promote healthy Internet habits.

http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2013/04/13-digital-citizenship-terms-teachers.html


http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-parents-commonsense-video




8 Safe Search Engines for children

The Internet is not without its share of safety issues and content that is inappropriate for younger children. Fortunately, there are plenty of good children-focused search tools available. This website suggests 8 safe search environments.

http://www.emergingedtech.com/2014/01/8-safe-search-engines-and-tools-for-kids/