Values based Internet Safety Protocols at Parent Forum

In the first of a series of parent forums to be held over this year supporting our BYOD initiative, parents, teachers and students met last night in the library to hear a presentation by leading New Zealand expert John Parsons on the subject of Internet Safety.
John delivered a hard-punching and perceptive presentation of the serious risks and issues arising from increased internet use.
Awareness, pragmatism and affirmative action appears to be the key response to addressing these issues and very real dangers, and John had many practical suggestions that parents could implement that would keep their family members safe in a rapidly changing internet and social media dominated communication world.
John complimented the school on its values-based philosophy and practice, and believes this, coupled with our strong (home/school) community support are key foundations on which to build an awareness and unified response to the ever-increasing but manageable risks he was alerting us to.
If you are keen to find out more about the topic of internet safety, then please connect to the BYOD link on our website for readings, and you will find important handouts provided on the night.
We will be inviting John into the school again to talk specifically to staff and students about internet safety.
Keep a look out for further school forums later in the year that will be supporting parents and our BYOD initiative.