Social Networking Tools in Education

1. Social Networking Tools in Education The King’s School ParramattaTudor House School Moss Vale Michael Eggenhuizen Director of ICT

2. Social Networking Tools in Education The King’s School Parramatta • Anglican Church School • Established in 1832 (177 years) • 300 acres in North Parramatta • K-12 Boys School with 1450 Students • 400 Boarders • Multiple Residences on Property

3. Social Networking Tools in Education Internet Connection Bandwidth: • 2005 – 2.5Mb ADSL/ISDN • 2006 – 10Mb Ethernet • 2007 – 20Mb Ethernet • 2008 – 50Mb Ethernet • 2009 – 50Mb Ethernet • ISP – The Somerville Group

4. Social Networking Tools in Education All Staff and Students have Assess to: • YouTube, MySpace, FaceBook, ... • Hotmail, Yahoo Mail, Gmail, ... • MSN Messenger, ... • Most if not all Web 2.0 Technologies • Changes to filtering (ICT Services) provide staff and students with a real and relatively unrestricted learning experience

5. Social Networking Tools in Education Weekly Internet Activity (Average) • URL's Visited - 14,894,550 • URL's Blocked due to Virus Activity - 12 • URL's Blocked due to Policy Rules -11,462 • Threat Signature Updates-1,022 • Internet Download – 427GB • Monthly Internet Download – 1.8TB

6. Social Networking Tools in Education THEN – 2005 3 proxy servers Internet heavily filtered Low bandwidth – (2.5Mbps) Limited use of Internet High frustration levels

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9. Social Networking Tools in Education NOW – 2009 1 proxy server Internet lightly filtered High bandwidth – (50Mbps) Extensive use of Internet Low frustration levels

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12. Social Networking Tools in Education Path to Enlightenment Removed dial-up router (12 in-dial lines) Encouraged staff to take up broadband at home Published ICT Services Newsletters Highlighted Web 2.0 Technologies Raised Web 2.0 in Meetings Opened up the Internet – Provide Resources

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15. Social Networking Tools in Education What did we Open Up in 2007? Web 2.0 Websites including: MySpace Facebook Skype YouTube MSN Messenger All Webmail Forums/Blogs/Wikis

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19. Social Networking Tools in Education WORDLE One of the most useful tools in upper primary has been word clouds (wordle), which is used for all manner of learning, such as reflections, analysing websites and summaries. Its visual appeal and graphic organisational structure has made it a really useful tool. Students have been turning written reflections, information reports and web sites into word clouds, which allows them to see patterns, comparisons and hierarchies, in a new and attractive way. Ruth Adams (Director of Learning & PYP Coordinator)

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22. Social Networking Tools in Education WIKIS Year 4 has just started their Wiki. This is a developing tool and one that is just being trialled, but it has the potential to be an exciting web page for each class. Pages on different areas of learning can be created and links added. It is the democratic nature of this tool that has the most appeal for me as a teacher. Students are co-creators and co-contributors. The wiki really allows for a differentiated curriculum to be delivered. The quiet kids get to talk! It's early days, but it's exciting! Ruth Adams (Director of Learning & PYP Coordinator)

23. Social Networking Tools in Education How Valuable are Web 2.0 Technologies? Well they are invaluable. The allow us to differentiate learning, appeal to 'where students are at' and generally are another tool in the kit. However, it really is not a matter of doing the same old thing with a new tool. We are having to think about what we are teaching and why we are teaching it. Educating for the 21st century means knowledge + understanding + skills + ability to problem solve + willingness to work cooperatively, etc. Web 2.0 can help develop this. Ruth Adams (Director of Learning & PYP Coordinator)

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26. Social Networking Tools in Education Blocked Categories Anonymizers Anonymizing Utilities Criminal Skills Extreme Gambling Hacking Game/Cartoon Violence Gruesome Content Hate Speech Phishing Media Downloads Malicious Sites P2P File Sharing Spam Email URL’s Pornography Spyware Profanity School Cheating Information

27. Social Networking Tools in Education Top 12 Websites by ‘Hits’ – Mon 18 May 2009 www.facebook.com www.siteadvisor.com www.google.com.au www.nrl.com www.onemorelevel.com www.nba.com www.foxsports.com.au www.google-analytics.com www.news.com.au www.yahoo.com en.wikipedia.org www.youtube.com

28. Social Networking Tools in Education Top 12 Websites by ‘Hits’ – Tues 19 May 2009 www.facebook.com www.google.com.au ax.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net www.siteadvisor.com www.microsoft.com www.onemorelevel.com www.news.com.au www.google-analytics.com www.foxsports.com.au en.wikipedia.org www.nba.com www.youtube.com

29. Social Networking Tools in Education Top 12 Websites by ‘Hits’ – Wed 20 May 2009 ax.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net www.facebook.com www.onemorelevel.com www.google.com.au www.siteadvisor.com www.google-analytics.com www.nba.com www.news.com.au en.wikipedia.org www.youtube.com www.microsoft.com www.foxsports.com.au

30. Social Networking Tools in Education Top 12 Websites by ‘Hits’ – Thurs 21 May 2009 ax.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net www.facebook.com www.onemorelevel.com www.google.com.au www.siteadvisor.com www.google-analytics.com www.foxsports.com.au www.nba.com en.wikipedia.org www.youtube.com www.smh.com.au www.news.com.au

31. Social Networking Tools in Education Top 12 Websites by ‘Hits’ – Fri 22 May 2009 www.facebook.com www.onemorelevel.com www.google.com.au www.siteadvisor.com www.nba.com www.google-analytics.com www.foxsports.com.au www.news.com.au en.wikipedia.org www.youtube.com www.nrl.com www.smh.com.au

32. Social Networking Tools in Education Summary www.facebook.com (Web 2.0) www.google.com.au (Search) www.onemorelevel.com (Games) www.siteadvisor.com (Safety) ax.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net (iPhone) www.google-analytics.com (Analysis) www.nba.com (Sport) www.foxsports.com.au (Sport) www.news.com.au (News) en.wikipedia.org (Research) www.youtube.com (Web 2.0) www.nrl.com (Sport)

33. Social Networking Tools in Education Facebook fixation harms student grades (The Australian - Monday 13 April 2009) US research has found that Facebook is having a detrimental effect on university results. 68% of students who used Facebook had a significantly lower grade-point average than those who did not use the site. This week The King’s School ICT Steering Committee discussed the blocking of Facebook during Boarders’ Prep (study). A decision was made to leave Facebook open but to educate students about the positive and negative aspects of prolonged exposure to websites like Facebook. The School will monitor Facebook use during Prep time.

34. Social Networking Tools in Education Positive Approach to Policies and Rules Many Schools take a negative approach to policies and rules (don’t do this, don’t do that) … at TKS (as far as ICT Services is concerned) we have turned these negative policies and rules into positives. EG: • Educating all rather than punishing all • Dealing with students as individuals • Moving from fixed capacity home drives to unlimited home drives (explanation follows) • Moving from heavily filtered Internet to lightly filtered Internet (explanation follows) • Dealing with problems like accessing pornography in a more positive manner (explanation follows)

35. Social Networking Tools in Education Dear XXX XXXX (Year 10),Please note:The King's School monitors all school Internet traffic. Recent Internet activity indicates that your network account has been used to view a number of pornographic websites.The School's 'Student Computer Use Policy' found in the Student Diary and on the School Intranet makes it very clear that this type of activity is against the School's rules.Please ensure that your network account is secure by changing your account password on a regular basis.Due to the seriousness of this matter, any future activity of this type will be reported to the Headmaster.XXXX, please reply to this email as soon as possible so that I know you have read it. Please contact me should you have any concerns about your network account.Thanks XXXX.Regards,

36. Social Networking Tools in Education Hi Mr Eggenhuizen I am sorry about what has happened, it was actually some other boys using my account. I am sorry about this matter sir and will try make shore that it does not happen again. I have changed my password so they cannot access my account anymore. Sorry all about this Sir thanks for the note, i'll change my password. yes i will change my password because i havet done that thank you Thanks for the heads up. My password has been changed.Regards,

37. Social Networking Tools in Education Lego Sculptures http://www.brickartist.com Social Media City http://www.searchenginepeople.com Social Media Bandwagon http://blog.kyanmedia.com Wordle http://www.wordle.net/ Belonging http://hscbelonging.wordpress.com/ Storylines http://storylines.edublogs.org/

38. Contact Details Michael Eggenhuizen Director ICT The King’s School Parramatta Tudor House School Moss Vale PO Box 1 Parramatta NSW 2124 Phone (02) 9683 8650 Fax (02) 9683 8565 www.kings.edu.au www.tudorhouse.nsw.edu.au meggenhuizen@kings.edu.au