Challenges to adoption

* What is a school social media policy?

A school social media policy is a set of guidelines concerning how the students use the social media, what they may or may not publish when they are in school or they use school inetrnet.

* Do you think it is necessary for your school?

Of course it is. Social media are being used more and more in school and this requires some rules in order things to work properly.

* Should all schools have one?

A school social media policy is necessary for every school that uses internet and more specific the social media.

* Who should be responsible for creating one?

Teachers who use social media in classroom along with the headmaster should form a team that would be responsible for creating one.

* Do your other Comenius classmates have a social media school policy?

We think so because it is very important.

*Creating a school social media policy.

When using social media in school:

• Speak appropriate
• Be authentic
• Understand the meaning of society
• Respect the others
• Protect yourself

* Positive use of social media in education

Social media can be used in education so that students can communicate with each other and with the teachers. Teachers can use them in order to give assignments or additional informations to students. In addition schools can reach out to parents and keep them up-to-date. And of course both teachers and students can use them for the needs of a european project like Comenius.

* Who would you inform about this positive use?

All the teachers, the parents and the students should be informed about this positive use.

* What ways would you use to inform them?

We would organise informative campaigns. We would use posters and open discussions about the subject, where teachers, parents and students would be invited.

* Which ICT organisations cooperate with schools for Internet safety?

Childsafetyonline.net, unicef.gr

* What are the main cultural challenges to the adoptions of social media in school?

The main challenge is to overcome the fears around the social media. Parents and teachers are worried about bullying, about neglecting making the homeworks for the sake of online gaming and many other things.

* Who should try to introduce social media in school?

Teachers of computing who have realise the importance of them.

* What strategies should s/he use to achieve her/his goal?

He should explain the benefits of the proper use, give the students many examples and guide them step by step to their use.