This half day pre-conference session will take educators through the foundations for digitally responsible education—from understanding the nature of social media & cloud computing, open & fenced systems, frameworks for degrees of openness and risk; digital tools, privacy & FIPPA/PIPA; digital footprints & professionalism; safety considerations; digital citizenship education & resources; AUPs, policies & procedures; as well as introduction to The Privacy Compass, an open tool to fast track adoption of social media, cloud and other web 2.0 tools with consideration of privacy legislation.
This session will be led by Julia Hengstler, Professor, VIU, and author of The Compliance Continuum: FIPPA & BC Public Educators (April 2014); A K-12 Primer for British Columbia Teachers Posting Students’ Work (May 2013); Managing Your Digital Footprint: Ostriches v. Eagles (Education for a Digital World 2.0 Volume 1) fresh off her presentation, Privacy Legislation in the Trenches of BC Education at the Office of the Information & Privacy Commissioner for BC.
The session’s co-presenters are Breanne Quist (Anchor Academy) and Kristin Sward (Cultus Lake Community School, SD33). These educators studied with Julia in the Online Learning & Teaching Post Graduate Diploma (OLTD) program at VIU. Breanne & Kris successfully completed the OLTD program and have recently completed the requirements for their Master of Education (Leadership) degree at VIU with practical project work in this area. Breanne is the developer of The Privacy Compass (www.privacycompass.ca), and Kristin Sward is author of Digital Citizenship in the Intermediate Classroom (http://ksviudigitalcitizenshipdlf.weebly.com/).
The presenters will also be sharing work of fellow OLTD & M.Ed. cohort colleague, Tracy Cameron on AUPs.
Delegates will have access to the presentation slides; Links to e-resources for professional development from the 3 presenters in their key areas; strategies & processes for dealing with issues related to digital responsibility of schools, educators, & students.
Here is the link to Kristen's masters work: http://ksviudigitalcitizenshipdlf.weebly.com/
PowerPoint presentation is
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