Research on mobile phone ownership raises fears of a decline in reading and we look at the benefits of social networking for mothers

This week Martin looks at the reaction to Google mapping UK wireless routers; Lee discusses good virtual neighbours in Christchurch and Sean suggests the US Limewire court case marks the beginning of the end for peer to peer file sharing

In our second weekly video wrap-up, Martin discusses the first Worldwide Cybersecurity Summit and Nancy Groh reviews her visit to the Early Childhood Council’s Annual Conference

Watch our first weekly video wrap-up of cybesafety themed news and events

Naketa Ferguson and Sharon Carlson, two of CORE-Education’s ECE ICT PD facilitators, came to present at our November Spotlight meeting and gave a very interesting review of their work in early childhood centres to make increasing use of technology – be that blogging, digital storytelling or e-portfolios.
The 21 minute video below showcases the programme and [...]

A few weeks ago NetSafe attended CORE Education’s annual conference for educators, Ulearn 09, held down in Christchurch.
Our approach this year was a little bit different – we actively sought out people already exploring the boundaries of cybersafety in schools and listened to how they are working to create New Zealand’s digital citizens of the [...]

Judge David Harvey came in to speak at the latest NetSafe Spotlight meeting on Wednesday this week and his presentation on the topic of copyright and illegal downloaders provoked some lengthy debate amongst the 40 or so people who attended in our Auckland office and via video conference from Wellington.
You can watch the full presentation [...]

NetSafe is working on a replacement for our schools Kit and the ‘Three Legged Stool’ approach to cybersafety services. Watch a video introduction about the changes and give your feedback on our new ‘Learn – Guide – Protect’ model

Hon Steven Joyce, Communications and Information Technology Minister, speaks at the launch event for the new NetSafe cybersafety toolkit for SMEs, The Whatsit.