“Social media studies should be part of school curriculum” – Senator Hildegarde Naughton Galway-based Senator Hildegarde Naughton is backing a campaign to protect young minds online and is calling for social media studies to be introduced into the school curriculum. Her comments come on the first day of Social Media Week 2014 (#SMW14, 17-21 February). “I will be asking Minister for Education Ruairí Quinn to consider introducing a programme such as Young Minds Online into the school curriculum. The issue of cyber-bullying and protecting young minds online comes up frequently during the course of my work and I feel very
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Love Your Online Reputation As we increasingly live out our lives online, we’re finding that not only are there major downsides to all of that social media over-sharing—but we may have little control over the way we appear on the internet. The rise of the internet has given birth to a lot of good things … and a lot of things that are not so good. (Forbes) Your online reputation can be seen in a number of ways. Whether you’re looking for a job, selling a product, or trying to score a date with that girl/guy you always bump into on
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Safer Internet Day is organised by Insafe in February of each year to promote safer and more responsible use of online technology and mobile phones, especially amongst children and young people across the world. Over the years, Safer Internet Day has become a landmark event in the online safety calendar. Starting as an initiative of the EU SafeBorders project in 2004 and taken up by the Insafe network as one of its earliest actions in 2005, Safer Internet Day has grown beyond its traditional geographic zone and is now celebrated in more than 100 countries worldwide, and across all continents. The
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By 2015 there will be 900,000 unfilled jobs in Europe in digital and ICT. Upskilling and improving the employability of individuals is the primary reason Digitaltraining.ie was set up. President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso said in a recent speech that, “e-skills are definitely key in reducing the risk of unemployment including for senior workers.” Why would you Up-skill? -To improve employability -To add value to the employer company and your current role -To have a competitive advantage when going for jobs -Good Investment – Digital is here to stay, if you don’y know how to use it
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