his useful inforgram gives the age restrictions for each social media platform according to their terms of service. Knowing the age restrictions can help you manage how you are using social media as a learning tool within school. Read More...

Like many social media sites, WhatsApp sets your default privacy settings to public but you can easily change that. The process varied only slightly between different mobile devices. Read More...

Instagram privacy settings aren't quite as robust as Facebook. However, there's plenty you can do to control your visibility. You can only change your privacy settings using your mobile device. Read on to find out how. Read More...

Schools can have a bit of a love/hate relationship with digital technology but there are hundreds of apps that aim to make a teacher’s life easier. Take a look at these 10 apps that we think can help you both in and outside of the classroom. Read More...

Protecting your privacy on Twitter is easy. Follow these 3 simple steps to ensure your profile is private and secure. You can even choose who sees your tweets out of your followers. Read More...

By changing your Facebook settings, you can avoid issues while still connecting with friends, family and even students online. Using social media appropriately to interact with students can be a powerful way to connect with them. Read More...

Learn about a new initiative which seeks to make the digital world a more transparent and empowering place for young people. Read More...

Our aim was simple: to share a video we had shown in that day’s assembly; and it worked! The next day we had pupils telling us that they had shown the video to their parents. As these things tend to do, it grew. While conducting lesson observations, I tweet about the great practice I’m seeing; I get pupils bringing me their work and I tweet it under #purplepenwork so that parents and the wider community can also share in their children’s success; I tweet on school visits so that parents know their children are enjoying themselves (and more importantly, when the coach is going to be late back!) Read More...

Internet safety day is organised by UK Safer Internet Centre and was held on 10th February. The purpose of this awareness day was to promote safe and responsible internet use aimed at those unaware of the potential dangers, particularly the young. Read More...

Using keyboard shortcuts can increase your efficiency levels when using your computer whether you are browsing the internet or using Microsoft application etc. Many of us know and use some shortcuts already but were you aware of all 22?! Read More...