Social Media Basics for Parents A Whistlestop Tour Through Facebook and Twitter

Agenda Introduction, Facts and Stats The Basics Moulsford on Social Media Safeguarding Schools Buddy Questions

The Power of Facebook At 2.07 billion, Facebook has more monthly active users than WhatsApp (1.3 billion), Twitter (330 million) and Instagram (800 million) There are now 65 million local business pages on Facebook 4 million 'likes' are generated hourly 1.37 billion people log into Facebook daily 4.75bn pieces of content are shared daily 83% of parents on Facebook are friends with their children Facebook adds 500,000 new users every day; 6 new profiles every second More than 250 billion photos have been uploaded to Facebook. This equates to 350 million photos per day Average time spent on Facebook is 20 minutes

The Power of Twitter 500 million Tweets are sent per day 80% of Twitter users access it on their mobiles There are 100 million daily active users on Twitter 93% of Twitter video views happen on mobile 74% of Twitter users say they use the network to get their news Tweets with videos are SIX times more likely to be retweeted than tweets with photos, and THREE times more likely to be retweeted than tweets with GIFs. 

Demographics Facebook users are 53% female and 47% male. Twitter Facebook users are 53% female and 47% male. Average Facebook user has 155 “friends”. 56% of online Seniors aged 65+ are on Facebook and 63% are between age 50-64. 87% of online users of age 18-29 are on Facebook. 24% of All Internet male users use Twitter, whereas 21% of All Internet Female users use Twitter. Total number of Twitter users in UK is 13 million. 37% of Twitter users are between ages of 18 and 29, 25% users are 30-49 years old.

The Basics Creating an account Facebook functions Twitter functions How to post What to use it for personally and professionally Searching, trending, hashtags, @-ing Joining groups, liking pages and following Glossary Questions

Moulsford on Social Media Finding the accounts Accessing the accounts What you will see Engaging with the school (or not!) Sharing content

Moulsford and the Security of Your Children On Twitter, Moulsford never tweet their location until they have moved on Across all platforms Moulsford never use surnames Photos are taken on school devices and immediately deleted The tone represents the school – always professional The social media platforms are secure Be part of the digital footprint

The Rules NSPCC research recently indicated that both children and parents questioned thought that the age children are permitted to use YouTube was 10 – in fact YouTube’s guidelines state that users must be over 13. Each of these social media platforms set a minimum age for users: Age 13: YouTube (with parental consent), Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, Reddit, Tumblr, Google+, Pinterest Age 16: Whatsapp Age 18: YouTube (without parent's permission), Flickr

Safeguarding Social Media doesn’t have to be a dark place You are in control of your privacy Privacy settings Locking your accounts You and your children Legals How teens use social media Moulsford e-Safety workshop on Tuesday Finsta and Rinsta Parental controls The popular opinion that teens largely have left Facebook and moved on may not be entirely true. According to one study, more teens use Facebook than any other social media app out there, but rank the app lower than Snapchat and Instagram when comparing how important each platform is to them.

Facebook update Facebook is changing the way you see updates You will now see more of your friends updates and hardly any organisation pages (EVEN if you already like or follow them) UNLESS you visit them directly Alternatively you can follow the simple steps below: 1: Head to Settings on FB 2: Select News Feed Preferences 3:Select prioritise who to see first. 4: Select the pages you want in your feed.

The Rest…….. Instagram Snapchat YouTube House Party Music.ly Pinterest LinkedIn ………………….and what’s next?

Schools Buddy You need to log in and register online on the main site Make your selections in Browser and then follow your activities in the app Make 3 selections – 1 isn’t a guarantee you’ll get it! Your first choice evens out over the year Notifications on the app

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