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E-Safety
EUROPEAN SAFER INTERNET DAY
- Safer Internet Day 2008
12th FEBRUARY 2008
Key stages 2 (8-10) and 3/4 (11-16)
This is the perfect opportunity to introduce internet safety to learners.
To mark European Safer Internet Day, your school can run the FREE DOWNLOADABLE CEOP school assemblies, ideally during the weeks beginning the 11th and 22nd February.
They are creative and innovative assemblies addressing internet and mobile safety that only take a maximum of 15 minutes!
There will be individual assemblies for Key Stage 2 (8-10) and Key Stages 3/4 (11-16), targeted and relevant for these age groups.
To register and receive a free assembly packs go to www.thinkuknow.co.uk
Keep IT safe - a YHGfL starter guide to E-safety
YHGfL is taking the whole issue of Internet safety to heart and is forging a lead on helping schools and colleges to manage the risks.
Increasing provision of the Internet in our education centres brings with it the need to ensure that learners are safe.
We have all heard the scare stories – but the sad thing is that many of them are true, or at least possible.
Internet development is always evolving into ever more innovative areas. Blogging and Wikis are just two brilliant creations which are becoming more commonly used. They are great tools which allow amazing creativity and interaction between peers.
There is also the issue of increasing home access for pupils, with many schools and colleges providing learners with computers..
The downside is that such developments open up a whole new set of risks and challenges.
As with most things, awareness and education are central to safe Internet usage and YHGfL have some useful links to help you identify and manage the risks. These are not exhaustive and are just a means to get you started.
Links
Childnet Childnet International is a non-profit organisation working to help make the Internet a great and safe place for young people. It has a range of leaflets for parents and children in a number of languages.
CEOP. The Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre maximises international links. Its approach combines police powers and the dedicated expertise of business sectors, government, specialist charities and other interested organisations to tackle child sex abuse.
Thinkuknow is linked to CEOP and has more useful information. All hot topics are covered - including mobiles, blogging and gaming sites - and users can tell someone via the site if they feel uncomfortable or worried about someone they're chatting to online.
Chatdanger. Childnet's Chatdanger website gives details about the potential dangers of interactive services like chat, IM, online games, e-mail and mobiles.
Every Child Matters. The DfCSF website for Every Child Matters. Lots of advice, information, events and links.
Kidsmart. Kidsmart is an award winning practical internet safety programme website for schools, young people, parents, and agencies, produced by the children's internet charity Childnet International. To access resources including lesson plans, leaflets, posters, activity days and interactive games
The Northern Grid also has lots of useful information and links to resources and you will also find a monthly e-safety newsletter.
South West Grid for Learning E-safety is a hot topic for the South West Grid for Learning and it's worth taking a look at what they have to offer.
NetAlert has a useful Internet safety toolkit.
The E-safety section of the Becta schools website aims to highlight the safety issues relating to new technologies and provide practical information and advice for schools on how to use these technologies safely.
The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) is the only authorised organisation in the UK operating an internet “hotline” for the public to report their exposure to potentially illegal contact online
Useful Documents
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