In 2011, we interviewed young people (aged 13-18) about their views on
e-safety education, reputation management and career opportunities using their social media expertise.

This research highlighted three challenges:

- How to teach e-safety to young people with a high level of digital literacy

- How to ensure that children transitioning from primary to secondary get a foundation in basic social networking safety education

- How to make the connection between students using social media and their future career opportunities

We are in the early stages of designing the Safe Secondary Programme which will enable students to learn about safe social networking through practical activities such as teaching their peers and creating their own social media project.

To help us, we want to know how your school is using social media. Do you have a Facebook page? Do your students blog? Would you like to use social media more in lessons?

Leave a comment below and let us know how you are using social media.

For more information about Safe Secondary visit www.safesocialnetworking.org/secondary