E-Safety in theprimary classroom

Paul Mc Carthy

Queen’s Park

Primary School

What (I think) you want

To understand why this area of the Computing curriculum is important

To get some ideas that you can use in the classroom

Ofsted definition of e-Safety

A school’s ability:

- to protect and educate pupils and staff in their use of technology

- to have the appropriate mechanisms to intervene and support any incident where appropriate.

Content, Contact, ConductContentThe appropriateness of online content. Effective filtering of information.

ContactHow children interact on the internet. The potential risk from those interactions.

ConductHow children act online. Posting pictures, downloading music, cyberbullying etc.

Link everything to real lifeFrom Safeguarding Board for Northern Ireland (2014)

E-safety

CONTENT

choosing what to view

filtering

CONTACT

who to talk to

social networks

emails

chat rooms

learning platforms

CONDUCT

sharing (photos, personal information)

cyberbullying

illegal or inappropriate activity

music downloads / spending on games

School teacher quits after calling pupils 'b*******' and 'Fkrs' in a Facebook rant

because they looked at his pictures online

Disgrace of the six drinking, pole-dancing primary school teachers who published the pictures on Facebook

How to teach it?

1. CONDUCTDiscuss the scenarios on your table.

Where would you put them?

You can amend this type of activity and use it with children.

Choices

Making choices

• Context is key

• Teach children to apply life lessons to their work online

• Children need to be able to make sensible choices

• Discussion is often a great way to explore issues

Link it to real life

“You are in the park and a lady says she’s lost her dog. She needs help looking for it. What do you do?”

Appropriate behaviour online

https://www.brainpop.com/games/sharejumper/

Watch the video or skip to the end. Click next and follow the instructions.

2. CONTACTSharing personal information

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_o8auwnJtqE

Video for upper KS2.

Demonstrates need to link to real life.

Who are you talking to?

http://www.cybersmart.gov.au/Kids/Have%20Fun/cybersmartaccess.aspx

Click on Play Games and then Pic your Friends.

3. CONTENTWhat should I do?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/games/keep-dodge-safe-online

What should I do with…

http://www.cybersmart.gov.au/Kids/Have%20Fun/cybersmartaccess.aspx

Click on Play Games and then Drop Box.

What to do when something bad happens

http://www.childnet.com/resources/the-adventures-of-kara-winston-and-the-smart-crew/chapter4

Teaching children what

to do when something

negative happens

E-SafetyHelp children to make choices.

Link E-Safety to comparable real-life situations.

Our use of the internet and technology is always evolving, so does the way we teach children about E-Safety.

Facetime bullying?Snapchat?Banning all 3G/4G devices?Online gaming feuds?

Openness vs privacy