A bleak dystopian view of life in the future when we really have The Internet of Things.
'I wake up at four to some old-timey dubstep spewing from my pillows. The lights are flashing. My alarm clock is blasting Skrillex or Deadmau5 or something, I don't know. I never listened to dubstep, and in fact the entire genre is on my banned list. You see, my house has a virus again.'
This departmental advice is for:
school leaders
school staff
governing bodies
local authorities
It applies to:
maintained schools
community schools
foundation schools
voluntary schools
community special schools
foundation special schools
academies and free schools
pupil referral units
non-maintained special schools
The advice covers:
powers to search without consent
prohibited items schools can search for
powers to confiscate items found during searches
The Childnet STAR Toolkit (www.childnet.com/star) is a free online resource that offers practical advice and teaching activities to help secondary schools explore internet safety with young people with autism spectrum disorders.
The four sections SAFE, TRUST, ACTION and RESPECT all feature the concept of friendship and emphasise the importance of finding the balance between online and offline interaction. At the same time, the resource is continually promoting a positive, fun and safe experience for young people with ASD.
You can access the resource Here.
If you think your messages to your Facebook friends are private, think again. The social network announced that it has plans to look at your personal conversations as a way to make more profits from targeted advertising.
Hannah Smith was bombarded with vile messages telling her to kill herself. Posts on the website Ask.fm told her to drink bleach, that she was a slut, and encouraged her to take her own life. Last summer, she was found hanged in her room.
But the messages were not from internet trolls - 98% of the messages had come from the same IP address as Hannah's, with about four posts that had not.
New resource and classroom activity for secondary/high school students. The activity looks at a personal profile and students are required to identify positive and negative features and content.
See the resource here.
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