Judi Fallon, the Alannah & Madeline Foundation: Building e-Smart Schools – A Cultural and...

© 2012 The Alannah and Madeline Foundation

Building eSmart Schools – A Cultural &

Behavioral Change Approach

Judi Fallon: Manager, eSmart Schools Child Online Safety & Protection

Conference March 2014


The Alannah and Madeline Foundation


The Foundation’s Vision, Mission and Values

The Alannah and Madeline Foundation is a national charity protecting children from violence and its devastating effects.

Keeping children safe from violence The Foundation's vision is that every child will live in a safe and supportive environment Caring, friendliness, valuing difference, including others, respect and responsibility

Mission

Vision

Values


The Foundation’s Patrons and Ambassadors

Founding Patron and Co-Founder Walter Mikac

National Patron The Prime Minister of Australia

International Patron Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mary of Denmark

Ambassadors Aaron Blabey Robert ‘Dipper’ Di Pierdomenico

http://www.amf.org.au/Dipper/


Three focus areas

3. Advocacy 2. Prevention 1. Care

Refuge Therapeutic Support Program

Children Ahead

Buddy Bags National Centre Against Bullying

eSmart Homes (in development)

eSmart Workplaces (in development)


Our program reach


Cyberbullying

Cyberbullying refers to bullying that is carried out using digital technologies. For example: • harassment via a mobile phone • setting up a defamatory personal website • deliberately excluding someone from social

networking spaces. Cyberbullying can happen at any time. It can be in public or in private, and sometimes only known to the target and the person bullying.


Cyberbullying

Types of behaviours:

• Setting-up images

• Video-clips

• Text messages

• Masquerading

• Prank calls

• Rumours

• ‘Sham’ sites

• Hate sites

• Voting sites

• Repeated insults

• Mass blocking

Methods:

• Mobile phones

• Email

• Websites

• Chat rooms and blogs

• Instant messaging

• Video sharing sites

• Social networking sites

• Games

Social networking


Almost all young Australians are online with 90 per cent of 16 to 29 year olds using the internet daily. • 90 per cent of 13 to 17 year olds, and

• 97 per cent of 16 to 17 year olds, use Social Networking

Services (SNS) * Nielsen, 2010


Video uploads

In a recent Monash University study, an average of 38.5

per cent of students reported that they posted videos

online.*

The proportion rises to 69.8 per cent for year 10 students.

* Monash University, SNS and Risks (2011)


The social media revolution

See link

Social Media Revolution 2011.mp4

eSmart


• Equips everyone in the school community with the skills and knowledge they need for smart, safe and responsible use of technology so they become good digital citizens.

• Provides a roadmap to the best available cybersafety and wellbeing resources and curriculum.

• Is a system for schools to track their implementation of cybersafety and wellbeing and report on their progress.

• Schools work towards achieving eSmart status.

The eSmart Schools Framework


Supports development of: • Protective behaviours

• Supportive and relationship building behaviours

• Reporting of incidents.

Incorporates: • Wellbeing issues (e.g. values/relationships/self-esteem)

• e-security (e.g. scams, spam, viruses)

• Ethics (e.g. downloading, plagiarism)

• Criminal activity (e.g. sexual harassment, predation)

Is under-pinned by smart use of technology.

The eSmart Schools Framework



eSmart program components

Effective whole school strategies


• Clear definitions of bullying, cyberbullying etc

• Policies, programs and procedures regularly reviewed

Reporting mechanisms are known by all

• Report management processes are managed effectively

and staff roles are clearly understood

• Survey students regularly to monitor issues and progress

• Teach students specifically about social skills, positive and

responsible use of technology

Domain 2: School plans, policies and procedures


● Creating whole-school policies and procedures

● Whole-school behaviour management plan and procedures

● Acceptable Use agreements.


Support: • Resources • Case studies • Tools.

Cybersafety resources


http://www.cybersmart.gov.au/ [Accessed: 9/3/12]

http://www.cybersmart.gov.au/





http://www.thinkuknow.org.au/site/ [accessed on 9/3/12]

http://www.thinkuknow.org.au/site/

http://www.thinkuknow.org.au/site/



http://www.staysmartonline.gov.au/ [Accessed on 9/3/12]

http://www.staysmartonline.gov.au/

http://www.staysmartonline.gov.au/



http://www.dbcde.gov.au/easyguide [Accessed 13/3/12]

http://www.dbcde.gov.au/easyguide

http://www.dbcde.gov.au/easyguide



http://safely.yahoo.com/ [Accessed 9/3/12]

http://safely.yahoo.com/

http://safely.yahoo.com/

Suggested resources


Bully Stoppers website •Advice sheets for students, parents and schools on sexting and pressure pix

http://www.education.vic.gov.au/about/programs/bullystoppers/Pages/advice.aspx

Suggested resources


Bully Stoppers website •Interactive Learning Modules for parents on Cybersafety and Social Media •See Wendy at the following link;

http://www.education.vic.gov.au/about/programs/bullystoppers/Pages/parentmodules.aspx



Where is Klaus? Cyberbullying EU

Where is Klaus klicksafe (English version) (1).mp4

Cyberbullying EU.m4v

Domain 6: Partnerships with parents and the local community


● Parent involvement in the eSmart school

● Parent education about bullying, cybersafety and smart use of technology

● Links with community organisations.


eSmart in action…

• Digital citizenship programs

• Cross-age mentoring workshops

• School-wide technology integration

• Learning e-portfolios (for staff and students)

• Reverse mentoring technology sessions

• E-Learning and cybersafety committees


Visit our website www.esmart.org.au

http://www.esmart.org.au/

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