Digital Disruption

Looking forward to panel discussion today on YP & social media from 12pm - youth justice convention 2014

This festival aims to bring together the most interesting people in education today. http://bit.ly/ZH7VR4

Welcome to the Festival blog - The Sunday Times Festival of Education The Sunday Times Festival of Education is the biggest event in the education timetable in the UK.

We increasingly live our lives online, but what happens to our digital lives when we die? http://to.pbs.org/Y7kVRm

What Happens to Our Digital Lives When We Die? PBS NewsHour spoke with Ricky Rash about his struggle to gain access to his son's online accounts after the 15-year-old's death in 2011.

The Digital Disruption team attended the WMUK talk by Jimmy Wales (Wikipedia co-founder) last night. Really inspired stuff with topics broached such as a big push to improve the interface & technology of Wikipedia platform to make it more inclusive, promoting digital fluency, and a need to diversify contributors.

"....children were not being taught about the real dangers in life, especially the internet - which parents did not fully understand." http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21641004

UK children 'babied by parents' Children are being "babied" by intrusive parents who do too much for them, leaving them unable to manage alone, says an adviser to David Cameron.

There are personal, societal and economic benefits to learning digital skills and there needs to be a fundamental literacy in order to be a truly active citizen in modern society. Agree?

HAPPY SAFER INTERNET DAY EVERYONE! Following on from the Interactivism//Think Kids event, the Digital Disruption Team are off to talk about Innovating to Protect Children Online at a Parliamentary event this morning!x

Safer Internet Day is next Tuesday. Join us and pledge to use your online power for good. http://goo.gl/GcsJK

This Safer Internet Day, Pledge to Use Your Power for Good A Platform for Good is a project of the Family Online Safety Institute designed to help parents, teachers and teens to connect, share and do good online.

"....The fact is that information can be used against kids and will be if they're not careful. Above all else, kids need to realize they can't take something back online, even if they put it out there in a moment of haste." http://huff.to/14oO6ku

Teaching Technology: 10 Lessons Every School Should Share Aside from simply having the right equipment and instructing children in basic technology usage, what else should educational institutions be teaching kids about technology, starting as early as kindergarten?

Here's a wee video by the NSPCC of the Interactivism // Think Kids pitch day that Team Digital Disruption's Luke Newbold and Rebecca Ford were a part of recently!

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Interactivism // Think Kids Pitch Day 6th December 2012, Google Campus "How can we use tech to help under 18s get the most from the web and stay safe?" A partnership between Google, NSPCC, FutureGov…

"We need to educate young people to understand that it is wrong to write anything on a social networking site which you wouldn’t say to someone’s face...." http://ind.pn/13dPmas

It's vital we teach social networking skills in school Social networking, especially via Twitter and Facebook, has become a major part in modern life for many millions of people. It therefore makes sense to show children how to use it wisely and how to get the best out of it – just as teachers and parents have always done with resources such as librarie...

The wait is over, check out the run down of our eventful day at the Interactivism//Thinkkids event - http://bit.ly/T7Zj3D

Blog Page | Digital Disruption How can a game be used to keep young people safe online you ask? Digital Disruption’s Vaccination game allows young people to experience first hand the tools, scams and techniques that can influence them online, and was recently shortlisted as one of three pitches in the Interactivism/thinkkids even...