Embedding e-Safety measures within local arrangements Ruth
Hammond
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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?
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For young people ICT is not a novelty but the way they engage
with their world - 21 st century culture Communication via email,
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! For shopping .. all at the same time!
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Why should I be concerned about e-safety? Every Child Matters:
Change for children Be healthy Stay safeStay safe Enjoy and achieve
Make a positive contribution Achieve economic well-being
Safeguarding Children in Education Sept 2004 Working Together to
Safeguard Children (11.58-11.62) Practitioners need to know that
ICT is safe if they are to take advantage of its benefits Schools
have a duty of care - both inside and outside DfES Harnessing
Technology the e-strategyHarnessing Technology
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What are the risks? Content -sexual, racist, violent
unreliable/bigoted ie safety of childrens minds Commerce - scams,
phishing and pharming, bluejacking, downloads which steal
information childrens 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 40 - 50 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
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http://www.children-go-online.net/ ..the risks do not merit a
moral panic, and nor do they warrant seriously restricting
childrens internet use because this would deny them the many
benefits of the internet. Indeed, there are real costs to lacking
internet access or sufficient skills to use it. However, the risks
are nonetheless widespread, they are experienced by many children
as worrying or problematic, and they do warrant serious
intervention by government, educators, industry and parents.
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Schools should be raising awareness of: Internet safety keeping
personal information secret across all technologies email, 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
email if it looks too 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!
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Issues for schools to consider Who is responsible for teaching
e-safety? In primary phase? In secondary 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 Damage to network through downloading of
files/viruses Data security Identifiable/contactable/pupil email
addresses/images on web sites Accessing inappropriate web content
at school External issues being brought into school eg
cyberbullying
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Key measures
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Policy and procedure - what help is available? E-safety
publication: Main recommendations: E-safety co-ordinator Policy and
management team Checklists of AUPs Incident log Safetynet
discussion forum Bectas Schools website
http://www.becta.org.uk/schools/esafetyhttp://www.becta.org.uk/schools/esafety
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Infrastructure - what help is available? ISP Safety site
http://ispsafety.ngfl.gov.ukhttp://ispsafety.ngfl.gov.uk Becta
Accreditation of Internet Services to Education: enables schools to
purchase services from accredited suppliers that meet and maintain
specific standards in content filtering and service performance.
Delivering the National Digital Infrastructure Robust and reliable
networks Secure and safe access to data and content via the
National Education Network Best value purchasing Technical support
and services Finding choosing and using resources Personalised
learning spaces
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Educational resources - what help is available? Educational
resources - what help is available? www.becta.org.uk/publications
www.becta.org.uk/publications 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
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What should schools/organisations be doing? Be alert to the
possibilities! Provide: - Policies and procedures - Infrastructure
- Education for staff, parents, students - Standards and inspection
(School Evaluation Framework 4b. To what extent do learners feel
safe and adopt safe practices? 5c. How well are learners guided and
supported?)
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E-safety: the experience in English Educational Establishments
Autumn term 2005, random anonymous sample 444 schools and colleges
(303 primary, 123 secondary, Special schools, PRUs, colleges) In
depth interviews with 61 teachers 25 Local Education Authorities 5
Regional Broadband Consortia Key findings LEAs are often the first
port of call for e-safety advice particularly in primary education
Having a designated e-safety co-ordinated and AUP makes a
difference Most common breech of e-safety is the viewing of
unsuitable content Teaching about e-safety makes a difference
http://www.becta.org.uk/research/reports/esafetyaudit
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Ruth Hammond British Educational Communications and Technology
Agency (Becta) Millburn Hill Road Science Park Coventry CV4 7JJ
Tel: 02476 416994 Fax: 02476 411418 www.becta.org.uk
[email protected]
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Stay Safe: From maltreatment, neglect, violence and sexual
exploitation From accidental injury and death From bullying and
discrimination From crime and anti-social behaviour in and out of
school Have security, stability and are cared for These aims were
written with the real world in mind, however many equally apply to
the virtual world of 21 st century
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DfES Harnessing Technology the e-strategy One of our key aims
is to personalise learning for children and adults, and their
interaction with professionals. home-school links Anytime anywhere
learning Authentication Lifelong! Learner centric addressing
children and learning services as a whole, rather than
sector-by-sector Safeguarding children across all services in line
with Every Child Matters agenda
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Concerns are shifting from what children are downloading in
terms of content to what they are uploading to the net...no-one is
safe!
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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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What help is available for the Secondary phase? Education and
training Signposts to Safety for KS3/4 Know It All Chalk Face
resource Websafe Crackerz Thinkuknow.co.ukThinkuknow.co.uk
Netsmartz (US)Netsmartz Phonebrain GetSafeOnline
Cybercafe Interactive web site Web site - standalone and a
teaching resource. Hosted on Gridclub
http://www.gridclub.com/cybercafe/teachers
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Gridclub Cybercafe teachers page
http://www.gridclub.com/cybercafe/teachers Presentation for parents
and governorsPresentation Screensaver Teachers pack
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Reliability and bias? http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/help/safesurfing/
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Hector Protector
http://www.microsoft.com/nz/athome/security/children/hector.mspx
Hector floats on the screen and covers it if children see something
which makes them feel uncomfortable
