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First think, then post on the internet!

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E-smartness- be informed about the subtile dangers of on-line environment!!!

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E-smartness- be informed about the subtile dangers of on-line environment!!!

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     Stop giving out personal information   -  Accept messages only from people you know and trust   -  Flag up online bullying       Explore true and long-lasting values and relationships.

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     Stop giving out personal information   -  Accept messages only from people you know and trust   -  Flag up online bullying       Explore true and long-lasting values and relationships.

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Be smart! Safety first!

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Be e-aware of the dangers you are exposed to on the online environment!

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Be e-aware of the dangers you are exposed to on the online environment!

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In the age of social media, dangers that would once have lurked outside the school gates have seeped inside. The average pupil aged between eight and eighteen, now spends a third of their life on new media; smartphones, tablets and so on. Little wonder that new PHSE classes, rolled out in many secondary schools in recent months, are focusing on helping teenagers cope in the digital world.

Because, while parents may fret about the threats posed by malicious adults online, the actions of children themselves can be harmful - from thoughtless comments to joining in with cyber-bullying and sending sexualised images of themselves (for which t hey can, in theory, be charged with making an indecent image of a child).

Heathfield School, a £35,000-a-year boarding school in Ascot, Berkshire, is using stories of internet casualties to demonstrate this to its 200 girls, aged 11 to 18. Earlier this month, it flew former Disney and Nickelodeon actress Nicole Crowther to the UK, from Florida, to tell her story.

"We wanted to show the repercussions of social media; what a careless, non-thinking act can do," says Marina Gardiner Legge, Heathfield headteacher. "It's so easy as educators and parents to say ' you shouldn't do this, you shouldn't do that ', but the greatest lesson of all is experience."

An ill-advised tweet in 2011 destroyed Crowther's career. The budding actress, now 28, was studying at a Los Angeles film school and working as a TV extra, when she landed a one-off role in the series Glee. Her part was small - "All you see is the back of my head" - but she was thrilled.

One evening, six months later, Crowther met some other extras who had filmed the series' climactic episode and revealed the secret of who would be crowned prom king and queen. She "had no way to verify what they said", but nonetheless tweeted a cryptic message later that night: "K is PQ and Ka is PK".

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She awoke to thousands of emails, including "massive amounts of hatred" and threats of violence. Buried in her notifications she discovered the reason: Brad Falchuk, Glee co-creator and Gwyneth Paltrow's fiance, had sent an outraged reply.

"Who are you to spoil something talented people have spent months to create?" he said. "Hope you're qualified to do something besides work in entertainment."

Crowther's life crumbled. Her name was splashed across the world, with false claims that she had been fired from Glee for leaking the plot. She was targeted with hatred and friends distanced themselves.

"It was a nightmare," she recalls. "It was so hard to understand what had transpired in just a few hours."

In the following weeks, Crowther's casting agency dropped her and, as a slight 4 foot 11 young woman, she was forced to hire a bodyguard. Fear turned into anxiety and depression, which led to suicidal thoughts. Crowther started medication and therapy for her mental health, but she ended up dropping out of film school and moving back in with her parents in 2014.

"We were all out there trying to chase our dreams and then this weird thing happened. My career ended in almost an instant," she says. "I was like a hermit, I was terrified to leave my house."

Seven years later, Heathfield brought her to leafy Ascot tell her cautionary tale. While Crowther believes she was one of the first major internet casualties, she is by no means the last. Only this week, former footballer Phil Neville deleted his Twitter account and apologised after controversial posts he wrote in 2012 about women emerged in the wake of his appointment as the new England Women's manager.

In another notable case in 2014, Justine Sacco touched down in Cape Town, only to discover she had lost her job while in the air.

Shortly before leaving London she had tweeted, "Going to Africa. Hope I don't get AIDS. Just kidding. I'm white!" Despite having just 170 followers, her message went viral during the 11-hour flight, garnering tens of thousands of critical responses and a P45 from her public relations company.

In a less obvious case, Rachel Burns lost her job as a care assistant at an elderly people's home in Surrey after posting a photo of a singalong with the residents.

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In the closed environment of Heathfield, which sits on a gated 36-acre estate, it would appear the pupils are safely in a bubble.

But, the school says, you can never be too careful. Head girl Daisy, 16, says that Crowther's story has cautioned her to be more careful. "What was so shocking was that Nicole didn't leak something she knew," she says. "Anything can happen on the internet. You can be misinterpreted and the backlash it can have can properly affect your life."

Daisy has seen this herself, on a small scale. She recalls a time when a friend posted something on Facebook that came across as an insult and was met with more than 100 angry comments. "People didn't listen to what my friend had to say because they thought it was an excuse," she says. "You have to be so careful. Things spiral out of control quite quickly and it can be dangerous.

"Even on private messages with my friends I'm now thinking twice. Do I really want to say that?"

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Part of the lesson for the students was also to understand the impact social media has on mental health and to learn methods for managing this. NHS data last year showed there had been a 70 per cent increase in teenage girls self-harming, as well as a spike in self-poisoning and body dissatisfaction. Experts said the internet had contributed to problems with anxiety and mental distress among youngsters. In response, the Government said it would train 3,000 health professionals to counsel anxious pupils.

Separate research also found this week that teens who use the internet are twice as likely to say they are unhappy.

"The internet is a tool and it should be something you control rather than something that controls your view, your self esteem and how you view yourself," says Legge. "We didn't just want a talk about social media and what to do. We wanted to show what can happen and how to control it."

Daisy admits there have been occasions when social media has impacted her self-esteem. "I've found it hard seeing people's Instagram photos and trying to remind myself it's just one of photo," she says. "If you're having a bad day and you see everyone's Instagram it can be worse."

Following Crowther's visit, Heathfield's students drew up a social media charter that sixth form students will be in charge of policing.

"We're not just telling our peers how to use social media; we want it to be a positive approach," says Daisy. "If we see something that's inappropriate or is getting a backlash, we'll approach them and offer advice.

"We can't stop them from doing anything. And if they make a mistake, they will learn from it - in not the easiest way."

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The school where girls learn how one viral tweet can ruin your life

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In the age of social media, dangers that would once have lurked outside the school gates have seeped inside. The average pupil aged between eight and eighteen, now spends a third of their life on new media; smartphones, tablets and so on.

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Diseño Instruccional de Proyectos de Educación Digital (1ª edición)

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DiseñoEduDigital - DISEÑO INSTRUCCIONAL DE PROYECTOS DE EDUCACIÓN DIGITAL" TE GUIARÁ EN EL DISEÑO DE UN PROYECTO DIGITAL DE APRENDIZAJE EN EL QUE TU ALUMNADO DESARROLLE LAS COMPETENCIAS DE TU MATERIA Y ADQUIERA COMPETENCIAS DIGITALES.

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A safer Internet day it is starting with a great on-line training course for teachers!

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A safer Internet day it is starting with a great on-line training course for teachers!

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Thank you, European Schoolnet Academy!