CORE Education Breakfast: NetSafe 'tour'

Cyberbullying in 2011
What you need to know

John Fenaughty & Sean Lyons

Breakfast Seminar

VENUE
Mornington Presbyterian Church Hall
16 Maryhill Terrace
Mornington
Dunedin
Click here for more details on the venue

Friday, 24 June at 7.45am

 Other venues:

Hamilton  7 July  "A Framework for fostering Digital Citizenship in NZ Schools"
Wellington 15 July   "Cyberbullying in 2011 - what you need to know"

Christchurch 9 August  "A Framework for fostering Digital Citizenship in NZ Schools"

Bullying has received significant media and political attention recently. Many of the high-profile bullying cases bought to public attention have involved forms of cyber bullying. NetSafe's research now indicates that cyber bullying is one of the most commonly distressing challenges faced by New Zealand young people, making it a critical issue for educator's to understand.
This presentation will:

• Explore what is meant by "cyber bullying" including the forms it can take and just who is doing the bullying

• Discuss the types of cyber bullying that causes distress

• Identify the types of interventions that students say have helped them resolve serious cyber bullying situations

• Discuss what peers and adults can do to help prevent and resolve cyber bullying experiences

This session will be particularly useful for school leaders, classroom practitioners, Deans, Guidance Counsellors and those with responsibility for supporting student welfare.
Breakfast will be served at 7.45am, with John and Sean beginning the discussion at 8am. They will wrap things up around 9am but you are invited to stay and chat with John, Sean, CORE staff and one another after the seminar.

Click here to register online.

John Fenaughty is NetSafe's Research Manager responsible for utilizing knowledge to inform practice.  He has recently completed a PhD in Psychology exploring how young people in New Zealand manage challenging situations when using online and related mobile technologies. He has managed NetSafe's role in the establishment of a National Cyber bullying Taskforce. During the past five years at NetSafe John has worked with schools and stakeholders across the education sector to produce anti-bullying resources for primary, intermediate and secondary schools.

Sean Lyons is NetSafe's Development Manager and Director of NetSafe Labs - the "production house" of NetSafe's resources. He has worked both in the IT sector and in the secondary education sector (as a science and IT teacher in Auckland). He has developed a range of online applications and websites to assist adults to understand the online world in which young people are now living. Sean's areas of interest include social marketing, user interface design, instructional design and the uses of social web applications.


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