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Social Networking Conference: 5 November 2007

Author: Events Manager
The Social Networking Conference was held at The Palace Venue, Lower Gungate, Tamworth, Staffs, B79 7AF, on Monday 5 November 2007. The aim of the conference was to provide a focus for discussions relating to social networking on the Internet. There were specific references to the educational benefits and potential dangers of social networking, privacy and supervision issues and the legal implications for students and their teachers.

Conference feedback

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Key issues

The educational benefits of social networking The dangers of social networking to the child Issues of privacy and supervision Legal implications for students and their teachers

Programme

The conference opened with a keynote, focussing on the overview of social networking – what the issues are and the practical safeguards. This was followed with short talks on how social networking is being incorporated in mainstream education.

Keynote 1

Social Networking opportunities and risks for children and educators

Stephen Carrick-Davies, Childnet

Lightning Talks

Digital hope

Andy Preston, Edujam

Using Web 2.0 in the assessment process

Ian Lynch, The Learning Machine

LL4Schools – a safe Social Networking space

John Hackett, The Learning Landscape for Schools

How using Social Networking tools will revolutionise education forever

Drew Buddie, Royal Masonic School

Podcasting - let their voices be heard

Doug Dickinson, Independent

Infomapper Community – free online tools for GIS enabled online collaboration

Charles Worth, WebBased

Keynote 2

Safeguarding children online – the national perspective

Ruth Hammond, Becta

Parallel Sessions 1

The need for work force re-modelling in the light of web 2.0

Leon Cych, Learn4Life

Empowering creative producers with ownership of their own space

Andy Preston, Edujam

Parallel Sessions 2

Braided learning: how e-mature educators are using Social Networking techniques to Influence policy

Christina Preston, MirandaNet Fellowship

Social networking from a teen’s perspective

Terry Freedman, Independent

Parallel Sessions 3

The Internet, a new dimension for those with communication disabilities

Brendan Walsh, National Autistic Society

Collaborative space and networks - what do they mean for learning?

Theo Kuechel, Digital Media and Learning Technologist The Conference closed with a Think tank/panel discussion, consisting of four panellists with a range of views. Bob Hart, one of the panellists, refers visitors to Intuitive Media's social learning network sites: www.intuitivemedia.com www.superclubsplus.com for 6 to 12 year olds www.goldstarcafe.net for 11 to 14 year olds and his blog.

Presentations

Terry Freedman has provided a collection of MP3 audio files from the Conference. His presentation 'Social networking from a teen’s perspective' may be downloaded here. Please note that all these files are approximately 30Mb.

Safeguarding children online – the national perspectiveSafeguarding children online – the national perspective (3.54M bytes)
Using Web 2.0 in the assessment processUsing Web 2.0 in the assessment process (1.46M bytes)
Intuitive Media: social learning networksIntuitive Media: social learning networks (1.63M bytes)
ProgrammeProgramme (374k bytes)
Social Networking Conference: 5 November 2007
The Social Networking Conference was held at The Palace Venue, Lower Gungate, Tamworth, Staffs, B79 7AF, on Monday 5 November 2007. The aim of the conference was to provide a focus for discussions relating to social networking on the Internet. There were specific references to the educational benefits and potential dangers of social networking, privacy and supervision issues and the legal implications for students and their teachers.