Primary school head teacher Christine Terrey is a founder member of the UK branch of a global community of education professionals passionate about transforming the learning experience with digital media.
Here she explains how the Discovery Education Community is working to connect teachers with their most valuable resource – each other…
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Schools Improvement Net
26 May 2015
New figures have revealed that 1,209 people were convicted of internet "trolling" last year – equivalent to three guilty verdicts per day.
Of those convicted, 155 were jailed for sending messages or other material which was "grossly offensive or of an indecent, obscene or menacing character".
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Sky News
26 May 2015
Pupils are to learn about cyber-security and how to create the next Facebook or Snapchat in a new GCSE from the exam board OCR
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The Telegraph
21 May 2015
Social media can be used as a great tool for running a classroom, department or school, but what about using these platforms for learning?
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Innovate My School
21 May 2015
School children of primary school age are using social media to bombard their teachers with vile homophobic and racist abuse, according to a teacher's union.
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Daily Mail
20 May 2015
Join the Childnet school consultation into best practices in preventing and responding to cyberbullying
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Childnet International
19 May 2015
Teenagers feel more stress from having to keep up appearances on social media than they do from exams, a leading headteacher warned today.
Marion Gibbs, head of James Allen’s Girls School (JAGS) in Dulwich, said teenagers live in a goldfish bowl where they are under “horrendous” pressure to look good and be popular.
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London Evening Standard
19 May 2015
Following in the footsteps of Facebook and Twitter, social news site Reddit is also taking a stand against user harassment with the launch of an anti-harassment policy.
Under the new policy, a user can email Reddit and report abuse and the site will ban users who bully others.
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Computer Business Review
19 May 2015
The newly-elected Conservative government is to appoint Baroness Joanna Shields, the former boss of Facebook in Europe, as the UK minister for Internet safety and security.
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The Drum
18 May 2015
The head of a Reading primary school has written to parents with a code of conduct about not criticising the school on social media. Is this the right thing for a school to do?
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Schools Improvement Net
18 May 2015
Internet craze where children film themselves pouring flammable liquid on their bodies and set themselves alight is condemned
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Daily Mail
18 May 2015
As researchers studying the economics of education, we conducted a study to find out what impact banning mobile phones has had on student test scores in subsequent years.
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The Conversation
13 May 2015
It's sparked frightening headlines and warnings from police departments around the world - but there's no evidence that a social media "game" that encourages children to disappear is anything other than a rumour that's got out of hand.
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BBC
13 May 2015
Cyberbullying and "sexting" by young people can lead to depression in later life, warns a psychiatrist.
Natasha Bijlani, from the Priory Hospital, Roehampton, says she expects to see a rise in teens and adults self-harming because of exposure to online and digital abuse.
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BBC
12 May 2015
How to address cyber-bullying
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IT Pro Portal
12 May 2015
Droplr, the file sharing app is back with a free plan and a new tag line - Snapchat for files. Files uploaded using Droplr's free plan self destruct in 7 days.
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Technology Personalized
11 May 2015
The number of crime allegations involving social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter soared last year as police were deluged with cases of harassment and sexual grooming.
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The Telegraph
11 May 2015
Anti-Bullying Week 2015 will be from the 16th - 20th November.
The strap line is ‘Make a Noise about Bullying’ with the #AntiBullyingWeek.
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Anti-bullying Alliance
08 May 2015
There has been excitement among researchers in recent years that playing certain video and computer games may strengthen core components of cognition, helping us to make quicker decisions, think more fluidly, and avoid harmful distractions.
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The Conversation
08 May 2015
Fed-up staff at Cavendish Community Primary School take to Twitter to publicly shame parents whose drop off and pick up habits leave much to be desired in a bid to keep students safe
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Manchester Evening News
08 May 2015