E-safety issues

Key messages for today Young people and ICT Relevant policies and legislation Issues and risks Role of the school/organisation Support available What do you need to do?

For young people ICT is not a novelty but the way they engage with their world - 21 st century culture Communication via , chat rooms and message boards, IM, SMS, weblogs, social networks, Skype, podcasting…….. Entertainment – watching films on DVD, downloading music, playing games, taking, storage and retrieval of digital images. Education – research, word processing, data manipulation, modelling, design, creativity, recording thoughts Personal management – diary, appointment calendars and address books, alarm clock and personal reminders, finding the best party locations! Shopping... all at the same time!

What are the risks? Content - sexual, racist, violent unreliable/bigoted ie safety of children’s minds Commerce - scams, phishing and pharming, bluejacking, downloads which steal information - children’s and parents! Contact - via interactive technologies – IM, chat, multiplayer games Culture - bullying, camera phones, blogging, moblogging, social networking …..social networking The ‘C’ of ICT is the most dangerous ie Communication which can lead to Contact Approx cases in the last 4 -5 years compared to 500 serious road casualties per year! The biggest Internet danger is that we concentrate on the dangers and forget the benefits! Balance and perspective

Schools and parents should be raising awareness of: Internet safety –keeping personal information secret across all technologies – , chat, IM, mobile –bullying across all technologies including camera phones & blogs –people online may not be who they say they are Internet security –spotting copycats websites and scams –viruses and spam via –if it looks to good to be true it generally is Media literacy –evaluating reliability/validity of informationevaluating reliability/validity of information –copyright and plagiarism –P2P networks - allow anyone to publish videos and large files to anyone who needs them eg Napster and Gnutella, music and porn!

Issues for schools and parents to consider Who is responsible for teaching e-safety? –In primary phase? –Whole-school issue of child safety not ICT! –Technological issues At what age should internet safety lessons start?age How can parents be involved?parents What support is there in schools for teachers in the event of a ‘disclosure’? Advent of 3G and ‘mobile internet’ Protection for staff – AUP Identifiable/contactable/pupil addresses/images on web sites Accessing inappropriate web content at school External issues being brought into school – eg cyberbullying

Educational resources - what help is available? Educational resources - what help is available? Primary: The Internet Proficiency scheme for KS2Internet Proficiency Smartsurfers for KS2Smartsurfers Others…Others Secondary: Signposts to Safety for KS3/4 Childnet International - ‘Know IT All’ for KS3Know IT All’ Think U Know Others…. Parents: Parentscentre KnowITAll for Parents

Concerns are shifting from what children are ‘downloading’ in terms of content to what they are ‘uploading’ to the net....no-one is safe!

What help is available for the Primary phase? Education and training The Internet Proficiency scheme for KS2 (UK)Internet Proficiency Netsmartz (US)Netsmartz Disney (US)Disney Faux Paw (US)Faux Paw Internet Superheroes (US)Internet Superheroes Smart Surfers (UK)Smart Surfers CBBC – Stay Safe (UK)CBBC – Stay Safe Hector Protector (NZ)Hector Protector

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