Police Liaison Officers Mark Scambery and Allan Clapham shared with parents about the current trends that they are seeing with online behaviour and how we can help students to behave appropriately online. A good quote from the night was "Online behaviour has offline consequences", which is a good thought to teach to children about the way they need to approach using the Internet.
Some websites that Allan suggested were http://www.cybersmart.gov.au/ and http://www.staysmartonline.gov.au/.
Our fantastic Year 6 class had created a video on cyber safety. They showed some great examples of what good happen.
The next part of the evening was learning about what blogs are and how to write a good comment. Blogging has been a good opportunity to teach online safety in a way that is safe, non threatening and hands on. Students learn to use the Internet as a tool and a blog promotes students work to an audience outside of their immediate community.
Writing a good comment is the first step in understanding the appropriate language and phrasing needed to communicate clearly on a blog. It is a thoughtful response to the post that has been written. It teaches students to stay on the topic when they are writing. They also learn that they need to edit their work so that their meaning is clear. When publishing comments, we teach the students to only use their first name, for safety reasons.
During family Blogging Month we are hoping that many parents and other family members post comments too. We are hoping to see many fantastic comments posted on blogs as this will encourage our students to improve in their writing.
A big thank you to all the parents who attended the evening as well as a big thank you to our Police for giving their time.
What did you learn about being safe online? What are some tips that you have for online safety?
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