(New!) Teaching Online Safety in the Post-Primary SPHE Classroom

At the end of this course, you should be able to:

• Raise awareness of online safety with your class and prevent potentially harmful online behaviour.
• Enable learners to understand risks and threats in digital environments.
• Enable learners to protect themselves and others from possible dangers in digital environments.
• Select suitable resources to address relevant online safety topics and implement the SPHE curriculum.
• Plan an SPHE lesson activity using Webwise resources.
• React immediately and effectively when learners’ wellbeing is threatened in digital environments.

The course content covers several key areas in online safety for students and how Webwise resources can be used to support them. The course includes a video example of a school’s use of these resources for Safer Internet Day and insights from an Oide SPHE curriculum expert. You will also have the opportunity to create a classroom activity to adapt an online safety resource for your school context, and time to reflect and share your experiences with other course participants.

Device

A laptop, desktop pc or tablet* with the latest version of Chrome, Firefox or Safari installed. A good broadband internet connection is essential. 

*Most tablet devices work well with our course software but some older devices may not be compatible. Please do not use a smartphone to complete the course.

Software/Apps

While this course is free, the content includes examples of many apps and software titles for the purposes of illustration, some of which involve a cost.

NB: Participants need to access one third party application – without needing to login – as part of the course.  Please be aware of this application’s terms of service and privacy policies, as follows:

• Padlet privacy and terms of service.

Digital Learning Framework

This course maps to the Teaching & Learning (Domains 3 and 4) and the Leadership & Management (Domains 2 and 4) domains of the Digital Learning Framework.

For more information visit the DL planning website.

DigCompEdu Competences

The course maps to the DigCompEdu Competency Framework for educators, in particular Area 3: Teaching and Learning and Area 6: Facilitating Learners’ Digital Competence.

For more information visit the DigCompEdu website.

A course certificate is provided upon completion of this course.

You may be able to consider this course for Croke Park hours, subject to school management approval, particularly in relation to up to ten ‘Croke Park’ hours that may be allowed for potential individual/small group use (Circular 0042/2016 Primary and Circular 045/2016 Post Primary).