Staff also have to familiarise
themselves with the Code of
Ethics for Registered Teachers/ Ngā Tikanga Matatika mō Ngā Pouako
Kua Rēhitatia.
Before we begin using ICT tools in
the classroom following points are revisited at the start of the year.
After reading the week 29's class notes
and article by Henderson, et.al (2014), I have analysed some potential issues
that might occur in my practice.
·
Social media that I have been using in
my practice is students communicate with each other using my blog for classroom
use and also Facebook. Students create a video as part of group presentation and
also communicate with cultural groups. Most of these activities does involve
photography. Each student who is part of the group has access to photographs or
videos. Sometime it is possible that student might download photos of other
students in their group and share them on other social network such as Instagram and Snapchat etc. with the other friends. Thus there is a potential that these
photos or videos could be used for wrong purposes, which could offend the
students involved.
·
In order to resolve the issue students
are reminded of net safe agreement that they have signed at enrolment
time.
·
To avoid this to happen at the start of
these activities students could be asked to sign an agreement to give consent
to use photos only for educational reason by the teacher and no other member
would use these photo on any social network. Plus student would be reminded of Net safe Digital citizen guidelines, focusing on care, respect and empathy
towards each other. This will also promote the core values of the college:
Connect, respect and reflect.
Check with students if they had covered
Owls wise words on privacy in primary and intermediate and revisit its four key
component:
- Own your information – take control
- Wait before you upload
- Lock your information
- Safety first
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| (Acknowledgement: https://www.netsafe.org.nz/owls-wise-words-on-privacy/) |
Dilemma:
I
had experienced an issue that involved social media. One
lunch time two girls were involved in a fight. While this incident was
happening, another group of students took a video recording of the fight
and posted it on Facebook. It was brought into a staff member’s notice the next day by one of the student. This student preferred to keep his name anonymous.
The matter was soon reported to the Senior Leadership Team and Guidance Councillor.
As people had posted a lot of comments with the names of the girls involved.
Because
the matter falls under The Education Act 1989 and digital technology I am not sure
exactly how school must have handled this incident.
One thing I do remember is that school approached the Facebook
providers and the content was removed on school authority’s request. The matter
was handled by BoT, senior management and police. In
terms of what were the consequences for everyone involved, I am uncertain as to how
it was handled?
Perhaps I will leave this issue for us to discuss…….?
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References:
- Henderson, M., Auld, G., & Johnson, N. F. (2014). Ethics of Teaching with Social Media. Paper presented at the Australian Computers in Education Conference 2014, Adelaide, SA. Retrieved fromhttp://acec2014.acce.edu.au/sites/2014/files/attachments/HendersonAuldJohnson_EthicalDilemmas_ACEC_2014_0.pdf: The authors categorise 4 common ethical dilemma that teachers need to consider when using social media in teaching. The questions are good starting points for teachers to engage in conversations with colleagues or policy makers in their school in this aspect. Unfortunately, the authors do not provide any guideline to deal with the ethical issues.
- Ministry of Education. (2015). Digital technology- Safe and responsible use in school. Retrieved from http://www.education.govt.nz/assets/Documents/School/Managing-and-supporting-students/DigitalTechnologySafeAndResponsibleUseInSchs.pdf: This is a guideline from Ministry of Education to help school understand and ensure safe and responsible use of digital technology.
- e-learning and BYOD, Preparing for a digital world. https://www.pakuranga.school.nz/elearning-byod/
- Net Safe (2007). This Use Agreement is based on the NetSafe® Cybersafety Use Agreement for Secondary Students Template © NetSafe – The Internet Safety Group Incorporated - January 2007
- New Zealand teacher's council (2016). Guidelines - ethical use of social media. https://teachersandsocialmedia.co.nz/sites/default/files/resources/Guidelines%20-%20ethical%20use%20of%20social%20media_0.pdf.
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Thank you for your post Manmeet, I enjoyed reading about the policies and systems that you have in place. It seems that in this digital age that there are so many things that can lure our students to making the wrong decision, but it is the explicit teaching of digital citizenship that will make the difference now, and in their future.
ReplyDeleteYoung folk nowadays have so many chances that whatever they do can be videoed at a moments notice, as almost everyone has access to a camera or video camera in their pocket. The idea to use agreements puts a huge amount of trust in the student, as in one click, they can break the promise, and the consequences come in thick and fast, as what goes on the internet, stays on the internet, forever!
Thanks again for your words.
Hi Toroa
ReplyDeleteThanks for reading my blog, I have added a dilemma into this and updated my blog, feel free to suggest me how the matter probably might have been handled.
Hi Manmeet. That's a really interesting blog. And a risk everyone in the school runs. I like the idea of agreement. Our ict team had some similar documents but in the end did not activate them. As you said the 'contract' can be broken so easily. That puts vulnerable students especially at risk. I wonder if there could be a buddy system where each student had a buddy they needed to check in with before uploading any school related Media to outside sites. I wonder if that would work. And perhaps encouraging them in other ways to be responsible buddies. Just a thought. Thanks.
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ReplyDeleteWe also have a cyber contract students sign as part of their enrollment and we use it whenever students break their contract. We use to log them out and have a discussion around safety, bullying etc. Logging students out now causes issues around access of work in other classes. We find the use of haupara better as we can see what sites the students are using and act straight away.
With the dilemma you posted. This happens regularly for us. We quickly get whanau on board so we can look at what has been recorded and get it deleted off phones and the students social media site. Sometimes facebook will delete for us if the video has been reposted. I don't think anyone has gone before the BOT for videoing and posting but now you have me thinking, many of the fights are a result of the bystanders, with smart phones at the ready, bullying students into physical contact rather than working through the problems. These problems often stem from what is written on facebook - anytime anywhere with students being connected 24/7. As educators we can keep enforcing our core values and to give students opportunities to use and connect on social media in beneficial ways so we work at the root of the problem.
Hi Dianne
ReplyDeleteThanks for reading and adding this comment. I think what I recollect the reason board was involved their were some past incidents also against one of the girl involved and if police was involved because of the nature of the fight.
I strongly agree with our role as educators, keep on enforcing the right values and demonstrate the appropriate use of social media.
Hi Manmeet.
ReplyDeleteI found you blog quite interesting and what stood out for me is I do not believe our school has a digital agreement for staff. I am new to the school and I have never had to sign any form regarding being digitally safe. Up until I completed this part of the Mindlab course I had not directly checked the ethics site to see if I was working within my obligations as a teacher in New Zealand. Being newly out of Teacher Training I am fresh on what I need to do for my practicing certificate and how I need to behave therefore I had considered the ethics of using digital technologies in my classroom. What you have highlighted for me, as the e-learning leader at my school, is I need to ensure all the staff are up to date with what digital policies are in the school and what obligations they need to work within.
Hi Manmeet, I teach primary school students in year 4, 5 and 6. Your blog highlights for me the importance of educating students early in the use of the internet and the responsibility they have when using it, uploading work etc. I think we must place responsibility and trust the students to use the internet appropriately. The use of agreements puts in place the expectations for appropriate use so all students are aware of what is expected. Yes, some students will break these agreements and that is when tighter restrictions need to be put in place.
ReplyDeleteThanks Manmeet, our school also has a cyber safety agrrement which parents are expected to read and sign and we also revisit it with our students. We have blocked facebook at school and do not allow students phones at school though of course they work their way in. Our school has made the blanket ruling of not posting any photo of any child but I wonder if that is reasonable. Newspapers do it all the time or is this ok because it's in public??? I feel that the dept of ed really needs to address social media and technology closer and look at ways of working with schools to update their understanding and rules for use. Maybe with an agreed on system some issues maybe avoided???
ReplyDeleteThanks Manmeet, our school also has a cyber safety agrrement which parents are expected to read and sign and we also revisit it with our students. We have blocked facebook at school and do not allow students phones at school though of course they work their way in. Our school has made the blanket ruling of not posting any photo of any child but I wonder if that is reasonable. Newspapers do it all the time or is this ok because it's in public??? I feel that the dept of ed really needs to address social media and technology closer and look at ways of working with schools to update their understanding and rules for use. Maybe with an agreed on system some issues maybe avoided???
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