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If you’re new to teaching, or just new to Facebook, one thing you should definitely do before you step foot […]
Managing your online reputation has never been more important. We’ve put together a list of useful talking points to help […]
The #Up2Us Anti-Bullying Kit, launched by the Minister for Education on Safer Internet Day 2014, is now available in Irish. […]
Think B4U Click explores the issue of privacy in the context of the Junior Cycle CSPE class. Young people use the internet every day. And sometimes, they forget that what they say on social networking sites and in chat rooms is publicly accessible by anyone, anytime.
Your online reputation or digital footprint is both real and valuable. Your Facebook or Twitter page is your digital CV and valuable to your reputation and future career. Celebrities can afford to employ Reputation Managers to trawl through the net to clean or hide the unsavourable and to trend the positive news about them and their lives. Can you?
The best online safety strategy is to talk to your child. The online world is very much part of young people's world today, they are "growing up digital", and technology is embedded in every aspect of their lives. As parents your natural desire is to keep your children safe.
The theme for Safer Internet Day (SID) is Connecting Generations and to help connect the generations for SID the Webwise Youth Panel have come up with some tips for teachers who use Facebook
Some of the most common questions that parents have about online safety are answered in this short article put together by the Webwise experts
Today, social networking of one kind or another is used by almost everyone with access to the internet. Whether it’s teachers, students or parents, the way we communicate with each other has changed so much within the last decade
This is the home of MySelfie's Lesson 4. This focuses on digital photo sharing and how to use it responsibly. It includes a Irish made animation and plan.
Worried about something you have seen online or concerned about your child? Childline and the National Parents Council Primary offer free advice and support service.
Childline is a support service for young people up to the age of 18.There is a 24hr telephone, online and mobile phone texting service.
The National Parents Council Primary enables and empowers parents to be effective partners in their children’s education.
Sometimes you might unwittingly stumble across illegal online content like child abuse imagery. Always remember: you can report it and get it removed using Hotline.ie.
Hotline.ie exists to combat the distribution and proliferation of illegal content, like child sexual
abuse content, in conjunction with police and Internet Industry