Teachers Making a Difference Online Positive and practical responses in the classroom to what students are doing online. This seminar will explore the role that teachers and educators should play in passing on values of safety and responsible behaviour when pupils go online: surfing the web, chatting, posting personal data on social networks, online gaming, etc.
It is intended as a very positive seminar, with lots of practical suggestions and ideas to help teachers contribute effectively to their pupils’ online experience. Date: Saturday 27th March 2010 Time: 10.30am - 5.00pm [Registration: 10.00am] Book a place here View brochure here
The Internet has become a standard medium for children to socialise, study, play games, and just carry on with their life. Children are developing IT skills from a very early age and they often surpass their parents and teachers in technical know-how. However, children also need to learn to behave properly and responsibly online. They are exposed to all sorts of risks and dangers (cyber-bullying, meeting strangers, stalking, virus infection) against which they need to be protected and kept safe. And they need to learn to conduct themselves with decency and propriety. Although parents are the main educators of their children, it is clear that teachers also play a major role in the development of values in their pupils and in the formation of their character, which apply as much to their online world. TimetableMorning Session (10.30am – 1.00pm) In the School Context: Risks Children Face Online & Principles of Responsible Behaviour Chair: Dr Brian O’Neill, Head School of Media DIT, EU Kids Online network Talk 1: From an Expert Perspective Mr Pat McKenna, IT Consultant, Director of ChildWatch Talk 2: From a Student Perspective Naomi Clarke and Shane McGuirk, members of the Irish Youth Advisory Panel Break-out session 1: What Online-Related Values Should be Imparted in School? Q&A with Panel Afternoon Session (2.15pm – 5.00pm)Practical Suggestions for Teaching Online Safety in Schools Chair: Mr John Laffan, Director Office of Internet Safety Talk 3: Online Safety Tools Available to Pupils in a Global Context Mr Niall O’Riordan, Public Affairs, Google Ireland Talk 4: Programmes Available in the Irish School System Mr Simon Grehan, National Centre for Technology in Education (NCTE) Break-out session 2: Feasibility of Teaching Online Values across the Curriculum Q&A with Panel Speakers at Lismullin Seminar for Teachers 2010Pat McKennaPat is a director of Trusting Software, the IT security company that that runs ChildWatch.ie. Having spent 22 years with the Irish Army working in areas such as intelligence, he also spent many years in communications and information security services in many countries. He was the author of the Barnardos Report into hazards to child safety in the computing world, and he now dedicates all of his professional effort to ChildWatch.ie where among other things he provides free in-depth talks on internet safety to school children. Pat is currently working with a major initiative for child safety called Teen Safe Computing in conjunction with several large organisations in the IT world. Pat is married with four children. Naomi Clarke & Shane McGuirkTwo 16 years-old from Dublin who are members of the Irish Youth Advisory Panel on Internet Safety recently launched by the Minister of Education. They participated in the International Youth Advisory Congress representing Ireland in July 2008, and have since been delivering talks to parents and pupils in schools, both at home and abroad, about the risks and benefits of the Internet and of online social networks in particular. Niall O’RiordanNiall is currently Public Affairs and Senior Legal Counsel Europe at Google. He holds a degree in Law from UCC since 1986 and was called to the Bar in 1988. He was senior Attorney in Microsoft Corp from 1998 to 2005 and lived in France and the US during this period. He recently completed an MBA from DCU. Simon GrehanSimon is the Internet Safety Coordinator at the National Centre for Technology in Education (NCTE). He is actively involved in researching children's use of the Internet, tracking emerging technologies, and raising awareness of the risks associated with their use. In the past year he published research on Irish children's Online Risk Behaviour and their use of Social Networking Websites. Simon is a partner in the EU Kids Online research network and he is responsible for the Webwise and Watch-Your-Space awareness campaigns. Sponsorship & Endorsements Monaghan VEC  Intermedia Consulting  Komplett.ie
Seminar Fee€50 (includes lunch and refreshments) Book a place here LocationLismullin Conference Centre - click here to get directions to Lismullin |
