E safety workshop
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Available on our new website www.stechfordprimary.co.uk
This presentation
SMART safe advice and posters
E safety policy
Notes of safer internet searches, parental controls and social
media.
What is E-safety?
E-safety in school
E-safety outside of school
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Cyberbullying
http://www.childnet.com/resources/know-it-allfor-parents/kiafp-cd
What you can do?
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Safe practice in regard to anything digital
-personal computers
-internet browsing
-cameras
-gaming
-MP3 players
-Mobile/smart phones
Tablets
 “It
is the framework which
changes with each new
technology and not just the
picture within the frame.”
 Marshall McCluhan
 John
Tudor
 “Technology makes it
possible for people to
gain control over
everything, except over
technology”
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93% of children use a computer and phone
8 out of 10 teenagers have a home computer,
mobile phone/tablet and games console
1,400,000 UK pupils have their own web space
There are over 200 million registered users of
social media services
There are over 2.7 billion searches on Google
each month
The number of text messages sent every day
exceeds the total population of the planet
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55% access the internet everyday
• 47% for an hour or more
• 21% liked IM/Chat the most
• 15% used gaming sites
• 11% used Social Networking sites
• 33% had access in their bedrooms
• 25% have met someone offline – one
quarter of these did not take anyone with
them.
of the three quarters who did 83% took a
friend not a trusted adult.
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‘Strangers / paedophiles’ is the most mentioned main
safety concern among parents of all ages of children (50% )
Other main concerns of parents are:
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bullying (36%);
accessing inappropriate / harmful content (10%).
Most children (88%) feel safe most of the time.
One third (33%) say they feel safe almost all of the time.
Less than 3% of children say they feel safe only
occasionally.
Children are most concerned about: gangs and knife crime
(34%);
◦ strangers / paedophiles (25%);
◦ and bullying (16%).
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Children have very low concern for: inappropriate content
(7%)
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Discussing E-safety before any internet
browsing.
•Having websites pre-checked and ready
•Being careful with Google and Youtube
•Locking PCs when not in use
•Not leaving USB sticks or Memory cards
lying around
•Using School email for professional use
•Procedures in place for dealing with issues
in school
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Stechford takes E-safety seriously
All class rooms display the SMART e safety
rules.
All lessons where the children are using
internet resources they are reminded of good
and safe practise.
Web searches will be conducted through the
google kids safe search where possible.
The schools systems run a highly effective
fire wall and policy central software.
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‘Apply the same principles as with Stranger
Danger, or Road Safety’
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73% of online adverts are not clearly labelled making
it difficult for children
and adults to recognise them
57% of 9-19 yr olds have come into contact with
online pornography
accidentally.
4 in 10 pupils aged 9-19 trust most of the
information on the internet.
1/3 of young people have received unwanted sexual
or nasty comments online.
Only 7% of parents think their child has received such
comments.
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Contact risks
49% of kids say that they have given out
personal information
5% of parents think their child has given out
such information
Not who you think it is
25% have met someone offline – one quarter
of these did not take anyone with them.
of the three quarters who did 83% took a
friend not a trusted adult
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Internet activity should be monitored
Have your children working in the same room as
a responsible adult
Make sure your antivirus software is up to date.
Turn on parental controls – probably part of your
antivirus package.
If you don’t have these things there are a number
of free programs you can use.
Parental controls
Discourage children from the use of social media
such as facebook, children should be a minimum
of 13 to use it. The school has a VLE which is
blocked from public view.
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What is Cyberbullying?
Threats
Hacking Manipulation
Stalking Public postings
Prejudice Exclusion
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Threats and intimidation
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Harassment or stalking
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Vilification / defamation / prejudice-based bullying
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Ostracising / peer rejection / exclusion
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Identity theft, unauthorised access and impersonation
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Publicly posting, sending or forwarding information or images
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Manipulation
◦ Threats sent to people by mobile phone, email, or online.
◦ Repeated, prolonged, unwanted contact or monitoring of another person.
◦ These may be general insults or racist, homophobic or sexist bullying.
◦ Set up of a closed group refusing to acknowledge one user on purpose.
◦ „Hacking‟ by finding out or guessing a username and password.
◦ Disclosing information on a website.
◦ May involve getting people to act or talk in a provocative way.
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Most games have an age certificate
◦ In the same way that age ratings are legal
restrictions for DVD and Cinema releases they are
also law with regard age restriction – children
should not buy or PLAY games outside of their age
range!
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Most games have an online content:-
◦ Fifa, CoD etc..
◦ These games don’t just allow you to play online but
talk and see other players – unfiltered and
unregulated.
◦ Children’s gamer identities must also be protected.