Your child asks you if they can get Whisper, Sarahah, Live.ly or *insert name of latest social media / game craze / app here*. Your child seems to know much more about it than you do and you're worried. What do you do? 1.Find out what your child knows Ask them what it is - is it a [...]
The number of schools clamping down on the use of smart phones during school hours is increasing as reports point to the harmful effects of social media on young people’s well-being. There is speculation that social media may be fueling a mental health crisis - and some research suggests that heavy use could linked to poor mental [...]
According to Andreas Schleicher - education chief at think tank OECD and one of the world’s most influential thinkers about education - ALL pupils need to be taught to spot fake news so so that they aren’t duped by unreliable claims on social media or falsified information. "In the past, when you needed information, you went to [...]