WOW Wednesday – Gilbert Plains Collegiate

On Wednesdays I highlight some of our amazing MVSD staff on our social media pages. Everyday our staff are using tech in new and exciting ways, are learning new skills, and are sharing ways in which ed tech is assisting them in their practice.

This week I am pleased to highlight the community at Gilbert Plains Collegiate who recently hosted a presentation from Valerie Caldwell on the topic of Social Media Safety. (see poster below for full presentation details)

If you have not yet had an opportunity to attend one of these sessions, the following context can shed light on the presentation:

Val Caldwell has been providing presentations on the topic of safety around the use of technology for 7 years. Her personal and professional passion is to provide current and relevant tools and information to children and adults to help them use their various forms of technology and Social Media as safely as possible. Val addresses the various forms of hidden sexual exploitation that exists in the “virtual world”.
Val has spoken to well over 9000 children in grades 5-12 throughout Manitoba and Saskatchewan as well as countless parents, caregivers, and professionals. She draws her experience from her 9 years working as a Program Facilitator for CFS Western as well as being a busy Mum of 2 teenagers. Val shares countless personal stories that involve a variety of social media related experiences. Her open, dynamic, entertaining and extremely honest style of presenting resonates with audience of all ages. It has been noted that she has the ability to take extremely difficult topics and discuss them in a way that puts everyone at ease. Her presentations have been well received and highly recommended for anyone who works with youth or has their own children as the information pertains to all users of technology.

https://www.mvsd.ca/apps/news/article/803784

Thank you to GPCI and their supporting partners for making this information accessible to the community!