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Who We Are Two Rivers is a Koorie Pathways School, previously known as The College of Koorie Education. The development of the Koorie Pathway school is one of the iniatives of Wannik, to assist in the reform of indigenous education in Victoria. Two Rivers College prrovides individualised assistance and support to Koorie students aged 11-16 who are not engaged with school or are at serious risk of disengagement. Two Rivers College places' an emphasis on Individidual Learning Plans and Koori culture and identity.
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Currently the school has 16 secondary students and 19 primary students. Current primary students have individualised plans developed for them to assist them in transitioning to mainstream schooling.

Four grade six students received netbooks under the 1:1 Netbook Project. After consultation with School Council, parents and carers, the school purchased additonal netbooks so the whole school population had access. All students from Prep - Year 10 were supported and assisted in becoming familiar with netbooks and working towards becoming learners of the 21st Century.

Why the PLP With our student population having access to netbooks, our school team belived the Powerful Learing Practice to be an excellent opportunity to for staff to emmerse themselves in Web 2.0 technologies and share the 1:1 journey working along side students. We beileved that we needed to demonstrate our willingness to use Web 2.0 technologies to students so we could all "walk the talk".

Team Members Barb Wilson: Principal Katrina Henderson: Acting Leading Teacher Jean McDonald: Secondary Team Leader Rebecca Ogden-Brunell: Year 3-6 Teacher Darrel Branson - ICT Coach and Community Leader

Our Project Our project idea was developed after staff were briefed about the PLP. Using an interactive whiteboad staff, as a group, explored various socal networking sites and had the opportunity to explore and discuss the use of Web 2.0 tools by students. Staff were asked to indentify implications of social networking sites and the challenges that student may be present with during their learning.

Initially our project was going to be aimed at Professional Development. After staff identified 'cyber safety' as an issue for students, we decided as a team to develop an Instructional project to ensure our students had a sound understanding of appropriate use of applications and knowledge of 'cyber safety' scenarios so they were able to make informed choices when using online applications.

As a whole staff we wanted to explore "How to embed the safe and authentic use of web 2.0 applications in and out of school".

A questionnaire was developed by the team, with support from our 21stC Fellow, to determine what students already knew and how much they knew about social networking application.

The results showed that students had little knowledge of Web 2.0 tools and social networks. We wanted our students to be able to differentiate between closed and open online environments and to recognise unsafe use and inappropriate behaviour.

The team developed an action plan to assist in the planning of teaching and learning activities relative to Cyber Safety. The team created a [|Googledoc]page to document 'thinking', 'brainstorm', and 'where to nows'. The school timetable provided 30 minutes per day for tututorial sessions with the members of the PLP team, where students participated in cyber awareness using various text forms.

Resources [|Cybersmart - Internet and mobile **safety** advice and activities] [|Cyber Safe Kids- Cyber Safety Resource sample] [|Cyber Safety & Security - Corporate Responsibility - Telstra] [|Cyber Safety Solutions - Internet Safety Tips for Kids] [|**Victoria: Be CyberSmart**] [|Kids Helpline - Helpful Links - Internet Safety] [|Student's - CyberQuoll - Internet **Safety** Education for Primary Schools] Code of Conduct Digital Footprints

Two Rivers College's Social Networking Tools [|Junior Class] [|Middle Class] [|Senior Class] [|Two Rivers' NING]

Action Plan

Engaged Students
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