Online Safety Parent Workshop Windsor Community Primary School December 10 th 2015

Potential Risks Cyber bullying Grooming Inappropriate websites Losing control over pictures and video / Giving out too much information online Viruses, hacking and security

How do I approach online safety at home? Ask your children to tell you about the sites they like to visit and what they enjoy doing online. Ask them about how they stay safe online. What tips do they have for you, and where did they learn them? What is OK and not OK to share? Ask them if they know where to go for help, where to find the safety advice, privacy settings and how to report or block on the services they use. Encourage them to help someone! Perhaps they can show you how to do something better online or they might have a friend who would benefit from their help and support. Think about how you each use the internet. What more could you do to use the internet together? Are there activities that you could enjoy as a family?

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 that Internet technology can be mobile, so make sure 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, ing, online gaming, and using webcams. Check the browser search history on a regular basis.

Parental Controls Check your parental controls through your internet service provider – resources/parents-and-carers/parental-controlshttp:// resources/parents-and-carers/parental-controls Safety features for online social networks – resources/parents-and-carers/safety-tools-on-online- services/social-networks Youtube, Club Penguin, Moviestar Planet, Instagram etc. resources/parents-and-carers/safety-tools-on-online- services/social-networks Using ‘supervised user’ setting in Google Chrome browser – allows you to create separate users then manage and monitor websites the user visits. resources/parents-and-carers/safety-tools-on-online- services/browsers resources/parents-and-carers/safety-tools-on-online- services/browsers

Smart Phones Capable of a range of internet functions: social networking, listening to music, playing games, browsing the internet, checking s, taking photos and videos and watching TV. Out and about, users access the internet via 3G connection which is provided by the data allowance in their mobile contract. 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.

Safe Gaming Things to be aware of : Age inappropriate material may be available to children in games and through online services. Potential contact from someone who may wish to bully or abuse them. (text, voice or video chat) May be at risk due to their own or others behaviour (over use, communication, sharing information) Can be unaware of hidden costs ( accounts linked to debit/credit cards, also advertising in games)

PEGI Age Ratings

Useful Websites resources/a-parents-guide/internet- enabled-devices resources/a-parents-guide/internet- enabled-devices controls controls Primary/ Primary/

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