Social media workshop - Wednesday Feb 21

The School Council invites all Clairlea Parents to attend a Free “Must See” evening with Paul Davis at Clairlea P.S.  on Wednesday February 21 from 7:00 p.m. until 8:30 p.m.

Paul Davis has been featured on CTV News, CBC, Global TV and Breakfast Television educating children and empowering parents about the topic of Social Networking Safety.  Paul has presented to over 400,000 parents, students and schools across North America. 

He will discuss: 

SNAPCHAT, INSTAGRAM, FACEBOOK, SMARTPHONE AND DIGITAL TRAILS, CYBERBULLYING, TEXTING, SEXTING, ONLINE GAMING AND ONLINE SECURITY.

Please see the flyer for details and make time to attend this parents (13+) evening with Paul Davis. 

Paul will also be speaking with grade 4-8 students at Clairlea during the day on February 21^st.

Visit www.Socialnetworkingsafety.net for more information about Paul Davis. 

Youth Privacy

The Privacy Commissioner of Canada has a new web site focused on online privacy for youth. 

The site offers: 

• a tip sheet for parents, on talking to youth about online privacy risks
• a video for teens
• a privacy quiz
• resources for teachers

Thanks to People for Education for alerting us to this new site via their latest newsletter.

Feb 7 is Safer Internet Day

Tomorrow is Safer Internet Day.

According to the Safer Internet Day website (these figures seem to be from Europe):

• 26 per cent of children report having a public social networking profile.
• Children of all ages are lacking digital skills –confidence is often not matched by skill!
• 12 per cent of European 9-16 year olds say they have been bothered or upset by something on the internet…
• …however, 56 per cent of parents whose child has received nasty or hurtful messages online are not aware of this.
• One in eight parents don’t seem to mediate their children’s online activities…
• …while 56 per cent of parents take positive steps such as suggesting to their children how to behave towards others online.
• 44 per cent of children think that parental mediation limits what they do online, 11 per cent say it limits their activities a lot.

Helping one another stay safe online:

• Teachers’ engagement with children’s internet use is least among 9-10 year olds.
• 36 per cent of 9-16 year olds claim that they definitely know more about the internet than their parents.
• 73 per cent of children say their peers have helped or supported their internet use.
• 44 per cent of children claim to have received some guidance on safe internet use from their friends, and 35 per cent say that they have also provided such advice to their friends.
• Yet, children say they receive most online safety advice from parents (63 per cent), then teachers (58 per cent), other relatives (47 per cent), then peers (44 per cent).
• Parents get internet safety advice first and foremost from family and friends (48 per cent).
• 87 per cent of children use the internet at home.