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

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

4. 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

5. 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. 

6. 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
87% of online users of age 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 years old.

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

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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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.

12. 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.

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

14. 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

15. Questions? .