Social Media 101 – Wednesday October 16

Social Media Fitness parent flyer and invitation

Birchview Dunes’ School Council is pleased to present Chris Vollum, a recognized authority on social media (e.g., Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, etc) at Birchview Dunes on Wednesday, October 16th during the day for students and at 7pm for parents.  He has delivered workshops to more than 240,000 students in 22 school boards and independent schools throughout Ontario.  Click on the flyer link above.

Daytime presentation for students (Gr 5 – 8) 

All aspects of Facebook and Tumblr are addressed including the importance and specific criteria of adding friends, how to minimize predator, stranger and bullying risks, and how to apply Facebook’s CURRENT basic, advanced and hidden privacy settings.

Evening presentation for parents

The evening presentation equipped parents to better understand the impact social media is playing in students’ lives, and to recognize:

  • how students are utilizing sites such as Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr
  • how to embrace the benefits they offer, and minimize the risks
  • how to manage current privacy settings, and proactively identify and respond to ongoing privacy concerns
  • what really happens to the information you post to your profile, to your friend’s profiles and to any of Facebook’s more than 950,000 third-party applications