Schools to teach children the dangers of Facebook. Teachers will be provided with resources on the potential risks of posting information online and explaining to primary and secondary pupils the rights they have to demand websites delete their data.
The Information Commissioner’s Office said it was hoping to develop lesson plans for teachers in time for next term, and that pupils will also be taught about their rights to access other information that companies or government holds about them. Christopher Graham, the Information Commissioner, said that children needed to be taught that they had rights and that savvier consumers would mean web companies “had to start treating their customers like grown-ups”. Principal resigns after creating fake Facebook profile to spy on students. 1 in 5 Teachers has Been Cyberbullied by Students. Twenty percent of teachers have personally experienced or know another teacher who has experienced cyberbaiting, a new study reveals.
Cyberbaiting — a form of cyberbullying of teachers conducted by students — occurs when students taunt their teachers, capture their reactions on a mobile recorder and threaten to upload the footage to the Internet. The cyberbaiting stats were among the findings of the Norton Online Family Report, which examined the effects of growing up in the digital age on youth. Probably due to the widespread prevalence of cyberbaiting, 67% of teachers say being friends with students on social networks exposes them to risks. Despite the apparent risks, 34% of teachers continue to friend students. Teaching Social Skills to Today's Texting Generation.