The Guardian – Zofia Niemtus
“The internet can be a great place – one where you can share ideas, interests and pictures of dogs wearing hats. But it also has a darker side, and can become a wormhole of trolling and abuse, with graphic content just a click away. Nonetheless, it is a place where your students will spend their time – and probably quite a lot of it. Although they can be savvy when it comes to getting around filters (as this cartoon from headteacher Ollie Bray demonstrates), they can also be surprisingly naive about the web. My students used to present me with a hilarious stream of wild conspiracy theories about the illuminati and all manner of inside jobs, deemed valid because they had been found “on a website”. Less amusing were the numerous tales of Facebook bullying, with private messages copied and shared with alarming regularity.”(more)