Some ideas from developing an expected use policy in Portmarnock Community School

Developing an Expected Use Policy for the educational use of online space inPortmarnock Community School:

From practice to policyDonal O Mahony@domaho

Donal O Mahony, Portmarnock Community School, Moodle, WordPress, Twitter, Blogging

Integration of ICT into History support to teachers

Seconded into Junior Cycle for Teachers last July

Portmarnock cooeducational, North County Dublin - Supportive environment for Teaching and Learning1How many of you teach in this school?Students may use personally-owned devices (e.g. laptops, tablets-computers, digital-cameras, and smart-phones) for educational purposes, if allowed by their classroom teacher.Kobold

Willy Pogny (1882-1955) - Originally from Gask, Lilian (1865-) The Fairies andWilly Pogny the Christmas Child. Illustrated by (1882-1955). London: Harrap & Co., and New York: T.Y. Crowell (n.d. [First published 1912 in both countries]), pp. 175-196.What is the relationship between this German word and Art?

Sprite Legendary creature, pixie, fairy.3Was I allowed to do that in my class?A worried teacher after he asked students to use a smartphone in class. 4Using Voki

Speaking avatars as learning tools

5Using WordPress as a learning diary

Open Source Mapping Project

Have you policies to support tablets and apps in Modern Foreign Languages in the school you teach in?

Have you policies to support the student bringing their own device(s) to school?

My challenge in 2012A question I face in 20128Four sources of practice based inspiration

Katie Lepi: Crowdsourced School Social Media Policy Doug Belshaw: Acceptable Use Policy feedback required! Max Senges: A Hippocratic Oath for Techies & Policymakers European SchoolNet: Social Media in Learning and EducationDo no harmParticipate in deliberationAct responsiblyPromote openness and contribute to the commonsRespect privacy and confidentiality

Max SengesWrite a policy and look for ideas

..access to Information and Communication Technology gives our students

enhanced opportunities to learn, engage, communicate and develop skills

that will prepare them for many aspects of life12Cyber-bullyingNetiquettePlagiarism Netiquette

appropriate social behaviour

in a courteous and respectful manner

use trusted sources when conducting research via the Internet14PlagiarismStudents should not plagiarise content (copy or use as your own without citing the original creator), including words or images, from the Internet

The school will encourage students who create original content to claim ownership of it using a Creative Commons licence.

Cyber-bullyingHarassing, flaming, denigrating, impersonating, outing, tricking, excluding and cyber-stalking are all examples of cyber-bullying.

Dont be mean. Dont send emails or post comments or photos with the intent of scaring, hurting, or intimidating someone else.

Trynot to start defining or naming technologies

to focus on the behaviours of people using technologies

Principal and the Board of ManagementKeep them informed at all stages of development

Ongoing promotion of Social Media PolicyPresentations within a reasonably short period of timeFirst to Third Year-yearFourth to Sixth-yearTeaching colleagues and Special Needs Assistants Parents

19Constant Key Messages Respect yourself and each other onlineMind your devicesRespect the networkDont copy Be creative