Tuesday, 18 June 2013
Tuesday, 11 June 2013
E safety
As teachers, it's important to know that colleges are legally obliged to protect the information they hold about students. Teachers should only
•collect information that they need for a specific purpose;
•keep it secure;
•ensure it is relevant and up to date;
•only hold as much as they need, and only for as long as they need it;
•allow the subject of the information to see it on request.
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The five most important points summised from the video are as follows;
1. The child's Act 2004 developed the ECM (Every Child Matters) framework that covers the welfare of a child up to the age of 19.
2. Each local area has the responsibility to set up a Local Safeguarding Childrens Board which can offer support and training to colleges. However, this is not obligatory so would need to be asked for.
3. OFSTED are the regulatory body responsible for assesing and monitoring the e-safety and safeguarding procedures, policies and impact within colleges. This came as a result of the Byron Review which recommended that OFSTED investigated the level of e-safety within colleges.
4. There are self-evaluation forms that colleges can complete in order to assess their current e-safety and safeguarding mechanisms and see if improvements need to be made in accordance with OFSTED's framework.
5. If OFSTED visit a college and deem that it has inadequate e-safety and safeguarding procedures, policies and impact then it can result in the overall grade being lowered.
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The 4 themes which relate to using technology to make a difference are:
1) Improved e elearning infrastructure:
What needs improvements: pass wrods can be an issue, needing to be long/complex, with frequent changes. Students with short term memory issues/learning difficutlties cannot remember them and have to write to them compromising their own e safety
On a positive note, e learning materials can be personalised and are veyr flexible. Also devices such as screen readers and vocie recognition, text to speech can help students to access learning platforms
2) Upskilling staff in the use of technology in teaching and learning: a wealth of materials are available, all class and revision notes can be made available online
3)Increasded learner autonomy and responsibility: learners can use a range of tools such as mobile devices, online editing tools to adapt docs and personalise handouts etc
4)Increased capacity: Reusable resources, online docs can save money, online resources can give options for minority interests.
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Tuesday, 4 June 2013
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