The strength of people power is to be harnessed to help identify and block subtle cyberbullying that can currently get through online filters. This article was published by The Irish Examiner on May 2nd 2014. A team at Dublin City University (DCU) will soon make public its site where anybody can log on and give examples of phrases or terms that could be used to harass or bully online. While there are a range of software filters which will pick up on obvious derogatory terms, allowing site operators step in or parents to be alerted, the idea is to use
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This group of Transition Year students developed their own Social Media Use Policy around areas such as privacy, emotions, geo-tags, language, sharing, images, videos etc. They discuss how they did this in this presentation. This group hope that after the showcase they would have encouraged the younger students in Salerno to follow the Social Media Policy they put in place in their school throughout the course of Young Minds Online so that they can create and keep a safe environment online. Young Minds Online Social Media Use Policy – Salerno Secondary School from Digital Training Institute
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Online Reputation Managment This group of Transition Years showcase what they learned about protection and management of their personal reputation when engaging in online activity. The students presented the importance of best practice online by showcasing an experiment they carried out to see if best practice online is as important as it is said to be. Young Minds Online – Managing Your Online Reputation – Salerno Secondary School from Digital Training Institute
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A Guide for Parents Transition Year students from Salerno School developed a guide for parents of students in this school on Social Media. Take a look at some of their tips and advice in the presentation here. Young Minds Online – A Guide for Parents – Salerno Showcase from Digital Training Institute
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