The AVG/NetSafe research highlights useful details about NZ computer security – including the need to educate the public, identify cost effective ways for users to secure their machines, and point out how the low rates of basic security may produce a powder-keg situation for computer compromise in NZ.

As we approach the consumer craziness that is Christmas, the NetSafe crew are conscious of the computer security issues that can crop up at this time to make the silly season that little bit sillier…
I thought I might do a rolling blog post to get a sense of what the research tells us about the [...]

Educator cybersafety confidence is important for us. We need educators to be confident enough to guide students so that they can manage challenge in cyberspace. We need to get a steer on how confident educators are and where the gaps are. This blog post introduces our research into this area.

At the Learning at Schools conference I facilitated an interactive session with around 40 primary and intermediate educators about cybersafety. It was a fascinating session and I promised I’d post the images here on the blog.

Full the full discussion please go to this page on NetSafe’s Learn Guid Protect site:

http://www.mylgp.org.nz/guide/344/year-1-8-teachers-talk-cybersafety/

This blog post is about the importance of shifting our thinking away from risk discourses, and the negative aspects that go hand in hand with them, and repositioning it on the more positive concept of challenge instead.

What if you could affect the google result when people did a name-search on you? Apparently Google Profiles will give me this option – stay tuned to see if it actually works.

Gaming, computers, technology are not only ‘pop culture’, but they’re pop culture in a BIG way. We’ve got the stats to back it up – we’ve had them for a few years – but it wasn’t till a recent trip to “geek-fest” Armageddon that I saw the concrete proof behind the numbers proving how normative gaming has become.

Being born into the digital age isn’t necessarily enough to make one a digital native. But people (both young and old) will increasingly require a range of skills to participate digitally. These skills need to be taught and supported and require quality internet access.

Sage advice from my dad on how regular communication is critical to a healthy relationship. Timely as at NetSafe we’re embracing web 2.0 as a way to communicate with you about where we’re at now – and after ULearn09 we’re thinking many people probably don’t know our current position on promoting the benefits of the net, challenging protectionist policy, and on championing the theory and practice of digital citizenship. So pull up a chair and lets have a deep and meaningful…

Is cybercitizenship affected by teachers’ and schools’ confidence that they can rise to the challenge? Thoughts from day 2 at ULearn09.