Welcome to our E – Safety Open Evening
Aims: • To consider what young people are actually doing online. • To explore some of the issues surrounding e-safety. • To provide some possible solutions and resources.
E-Safety Social Networking Online Gaming Video games Texting /sexting Safe Searching
General tips Keep the computer in a high-traffic area of your home. Establish limits for which online sites children may visit and for how long. Remember to monitor mobile phones, gaming devices, and laptops. Surf the Internet with your children and let them show you what they like to do online. Know who is connecting with your children online and set rules for social networking, instant messaging, e-mailing, online gaming, and using webcams. Check the browser search history on a regular basis.
Taken from the NSPCC website
Some Positives of Social Networking • Communicate and collaborate with people across distances. Be a part of an online community. Learn and practice 21st century technology skills. Educational Funonnect with people that could lead to jobs and other opportunities. Some Positives of Social Networking
Possible areas for concern Personal information can be copied, stored, or used to track a person. Creates a lack of face-to-face contact. People may post things they wouldn’t say in person. Future employers, teachers, relatives, and strangers can see things that you post as public. Can lead to harassment, exclusion, or cyber bullying. Overuse. Possible areas for concern
Facebook, Instagram, Twitter. http://www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/keeping-children-safe/share-aware/ Social Networks: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter. http://www.net-aware.org.uk/networks/?order=title# http://www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/keeping-children-safe/share-aware/
Mobile Phones All mobile network providers provide parental controls. http://www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/keeping-children-safe/share-aware/ Mobile Phones All mobile network providers provide parental controls. Some will have these on as default, but others you will need to request to be turned on. e.g. Tesco Mobile and O2 have a parental control option to ensure that only websites they have classified as suitable for children under 12 can be accessed. Contact your service provider to find out about filtering options.
Online Gaming How do I stay safe when playing games online? http://www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/keeping-children-safe/share-aware/ Online Gaming How do I stay safe when playing games online? Don’t use any personal information that might identify you. This could be your full name, home address, phone number or the name of your school. Use a nickname instead of your real name and choose one that will not attract the wrong type of attention. Look out for your mates. Treat your friend’s personal details like you would your own and do not share their details with others. In some online games, you can talk to others players through a headset, often known as ‘voice chat’. The other person might seem friendly but remember they are still strangers and it is still important to keep safe: Sometimes you can use a ‘voice mask’. This will disguise your voice and make you sound different, that way, others don’t know your age or gender.
http://www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/keeping-children-safe/share-aware/ Online Gaming 2 minute game guides https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL02RKkMS5T4ijPfE7bW1KRWXT3jJW6TTw
http://www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/keeping-children-safe/share-aware/ Safe Searching We all use search engines; for example Google, Yahoo or Ask, and if we want an answer to something, chances are we will search the internet for it. Our children are no different. While searching holds obvious benefits for children and young people – researching school projects for example – it also carries a risk of exposure to material that is inappropriate, potentially harmful or even illegal. Remind children that not all information held on the internet is reliable. You must not believe everything you read! Know the difference between ‘automated search results’ and ‘sponsored links’ which are results that are paid for. Search providers will differentiate between the two and it is important you can tell the difference.
http://www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/keeping-children-safe/share-aware/ What to do. Don’t overreact if your child tells you about something they have seen. You might feel shocked and angry but by dealing with it calmly your child will know they can turn to you again. Keep records of abusive messaging. Report abusive or inappropriate behaviour to the website and if serious, to the police. If you come across illegal content, such as images of child abuse, you can report this to the Internet Watch Foundation at www.iwf.org.uk or the CEOP website.
Thank you very much for attending and listening. http://www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/keeping-children-safe/share-aware/ Thank you very much for attending and listening. Feel free to help yourself to any of the handouts and I will be happy to answer any questions. Any feedback about this open evening would be most welcome.