Cyber+Safety

**CYBER SAFETY AT SOMERVILLE INTERMEDIATE** The students at Somerville Intermediate School are learning how to use the internet to meet the vision of the New Zealand Curriculum. They are learning how to become life long learners, actively involved, confident and connected.

The school eLearning policy has been reviewed and written to reflect the needs of our 21st century learners. Follow the link below to view Somerville Intermediate's eLearning Policy. [|The eLearning Policy] The school has a cyber-safety policy which is available on the school website or click here to download a PDF of the policy.

The school takes a number of steps to ensure the safety of students online. Within the school environment watchdog provides web filtering along with an untangle server that was installed in December 2009. All computer web browsers are set to safe search. We are exploring using google's new locked safe search and web history as further options to keeping students safe online within the school environment.

All students this year will participate in cyber safety activities through ILS classes, ICT classes and in their classrooms.

It is now 2010 and much of our lives are on line. It is important that students learn how to participate safely online. The following video is a reminder of how much of our lives are already documented in the digital world.

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The following sites have some cool resources that make you think.

That's not cool

Hectors World

Below is a slide show prepared by Suzie Vesper (Core ICT Facilitator for Somerville Intermediate 2009). From slide 54 onwards the presentation looks at the issues related to working online that have been explored in relation to online learning environment students participate in during 2009. These issues will be revisited in 2010 to ensure they are shared with new staff and modified to best meet the ever changing online environment.

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