Kony 2012

You would have had to have been living out in the wilderness during the past couple of days not to have heard of the Kony 2012 phenomenon.  The Invisible Children organisation have created a social media frenzy by releasing its latest documentary on You Tube and using social media sites like Facebook and Twitter to help it go viral in record time.

The popularity of the video has brought with it many detractors - people who are questioning the integrity of the Invisible Children organisation and how they allocate the funds that they raise.  Whether you believe this is a credible organisation or not, you cannot ignore the message of what they are trying to do.  You also can't ignore how cleverly they have leveraged social media to promote awareness of their cause.

 It will be interesting to see how long this issue remains in the headlines.

You are likely to see a lot more of this image over the next couple of months

Safe Social Networking

During Semester 1 all teachers at CAC will be completing the Connect.ed cybersmart online course.  This course will help teachers to better understand some of the online habits that our students have or are developing, and will give us useful tools and strategies to help us help our students to become more responsible digizens.

When I was completing the first module I came across this resource about safe social networking:

The full document can be read by clicking HERE

The document is worth reading for both parents and students and may help you to better understand the world of social networking.