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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 - 21st 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 andaddress books, alarm clock and personal reminders, finding the bestparty 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 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 totake advantage of its benefits

Schools have a duty of care - both inside and outside

DfES Harnessing Technology the e-strategy


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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 ..

The C of ICT is the most dangerousie Communication which can lead to Contact

Approx 40 - 50 cases in the last 4 -5 years compared to 500 seriousroad casualties per year!

The biggest Internet danger is that we concentrate on the dangers andforget 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 warrantserious 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 information

copyright and plagiarism

P2

Pnetworks - allow anyone to publish videos and large files to anyonewho 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?

How can parents be involved? 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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Policy and procedurePolicy and procedure -- what help is available?what help is available?

E-safety publication:

Main recommendations:

E-safety co-ordinatorPolicy and management team

Checklists ofAUPs

Incident log

Safetynet discussion forum

Bectas Schools website http://www.becta.org.uk/schools/esafety


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InfrastructureInfrastructure -- what help is available?what help is available?

ISP Safety site http://ispsafety.ngfl.gov.uk

BectaAccreditation 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 resourcesEducational resources -- what help is available?what help is available?

www.becta.org.uk/publications Primary:

The Internet Proficiency scheme for

KS2

Smartsurfers for KS2

Others.

Secondary:

Signposts to Safety for KS3/4

Childnet International -

Know ITAll for KS3

Think U Know

Others.

Parents:

Parentscentre

KnowITAll forParents


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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

(S

chool Evaluation Framework4b. 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 differenceMost 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 andTechnology 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 21st century


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DfES Harnessing Technology the e-strategy

One of our key aims is to personalise learning for children andadults, 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?What help is available for the Primary phase?

Education and training

The Internet Proficiencyscheme forKS2

(UK)

Netsmartz (US)

Disney(US) FauxPaw(US)

Internet Superheroes (US)

Smart Surfers (UK)

CBBC Stay Safe (UK)

HectorProtector(NZ)


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What help is available for the Secondary phase?What help is available for the Secondary phase?

Education and training

Signposts to SafetyforKS3/4

Know It All

Chalk Face resource

Websafe Crackerz

Thinkuknow.co.uk

Netsmartz (US)

Phonebrain

GetSafeOnline


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http://www.smartsurfers.co.uk/


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Know It Allhttp://www.childnet-int.org/kia/


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http://www.websafecrackerz.com/


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Parentscentrehttp://www.parentscentre.gov.uk/usingcomputersandtheinternet/


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http://www.ikeepsafe.org


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http://disney.go.com/surfswell


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www.netsmartz.org


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Cybercafe Interactive web siteCybercafe Interactive web site

Web site - standalone and a teaching resource.

Hosted on Gridclub

http://www.gridclub.com/cybercafe/teachers


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Gridclub CybercafeGridclub Cybercafe

teachers pageteachers page

http://www.gridclub.com/cybercafe/teachers

Presentation for parentsand governors

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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HectorProtectorhttp://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


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www.getsafeonline.org

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