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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Anti Social Media Behaviour – Cyber Bullying Module The issue of cyber bullying is becoming greater, especially among teens online. In February this year the National Association of Principles and Deputy Principles called upon the Government to introduce a National Policy to tackle Cyber Bullying after a survey found that there was a 33% increase in Cyber-Bullying since last year. Digital Training Institute Managing Director and Young Minds Online Founder, Joanne Sweeney-Burke has backed the calls by NAPD to establish formal training for teens and parents in social media and has now developed a course for students and teens to help tackle Cyber
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After seven months of hard work the Transition Year girls in Salerno Secondary School, Salthill have completed Young Minds Online Transition Year course. Next week we will celebrate their achievement and commitment to being ambassadors of best practice online at the Young Minds Online final showcase in Salerno school. At the final showcase girls will be showing a film about cyberbullying to some of the students of Salerno and prsenting their work, They will also receive certificates and prizes on the night for their hard work and dedication. Over the past seven months the girls in Salerno have developed a
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Do you know what your staff are surfing online while at work? Are they planning a night out, reviewing a night out or tagging themselves in photos from a night out on your time? Very many organisations have internet use policies but haven’t updated those to include social media. So what are the rules for staff in relation to social media during working hours? This needs to be set out in the social media use policy for the organisation. A survey released by Close Brothers shows that one in 10 company owners are anxious about their employees’ social media use
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