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NEN e-Safeguarding Audit Tool

  01 September 2010

esg_screenshotNew E-Safeguarding Tool Launched

Rapidly developing information and communication technologies (ICT) are exciting and motivating learning tools through which learning and teaching can be greatly enhanced. However, the use of ICT and particularly online technologies do present schools with some serious challenges and risks.

The NEN E-Safeguarding Tool is an online application that can help senior managers to ensure that ICT is used safely and responsibly and that risks related to ICT use are properly managed.

 

 

 

 

The audit considers Roles...

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CEOP Release Facebook App

  26 July 2010

facebook_logoMany of you will have seen the news headlines, but here is some additional info from CEOP about their new app in collaboration with Facebook.......

CEOP and Facebook have developed a new free application that will make young people safer within Facebook.  ClickCEOP is a new app which links the young user and parent directly from their Facebook home page to help, advice and reporting facilities of the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP)...



Youthworks Cybersurvey results now available

  26 July 2010

esafetyThe latest results of Youthworks Cybersurvey are now available online at www.youthworksconsulting.co.uk/cybersurvey.html

This simple online survey has been planned to find out the extent of cyberbullying and cyber abuse experienced by young people aged 10 -16 and 16+ and their use of e-safety advice.

 

To date 7321 children and young people have responded to the Youthworks Cybersurvey. This is the first step towards building a knowledge bank on cyberbullying, and e-safety education. Five local authorities have participated. They now have a picture of local patterns of ...

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Northern Grid Conference 2010 Summary

  15 July 2010

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The Northern Grid for Learning Annual Conference 2010, held on the 25th June 2010 at Newcastle, was a great day for all!

Over 140 great delegates, over 30 exciting exhibitors, over 20 amazing sponsors, 10 enthralling workshops and 2 incredible keynote sessions all packed into 1 day!

Mark Hickson wrote an



Improved Filtering System FAQ & Technical Seminar Presentations

  07 July 2010

PresentationsFor those that weren't at the Easynet, Northern Grid Technical Seminar on the 6th of July 2010, here are the presentations and documents from the event.

 



Using Facebook Safely - A Guide for Professionals Working With Young People

  01 July 2010

Facebook LogoYorkshire & Humber Grid for LearningYorkshire & Humber Grid for Learning have created an excellent guidance document for using Facebook.



Download the Facebook Guide

 

 



Using digital forensics to safeguard children

  28 June 2010

eSafetyStudent Ashleigh Hall was raped and murdered by a man she met on a social networking site. John Steel, lead improvement officer for children's services at Darlington Borough Council, explains the efforts being made to prevent similar incidents. (From PublicService.co.uk).

Read the full article here

 

 



What do young people think about the internet? Research help needed

  14 June 2010
Can you help in research to understand what young people think about the internet?

That may sound a rather strange question. After all, the internet is there, and young people use it every day.

But what we (the National Education Network and Lancaster University) want to know is, “How do young people and schools use the internet?” “Have they had any bad experiences?” “Do they understand about filtering and e Safety?” “And how do their views of digital technology relate to...



E-Safely Video

  18 May 2010

esafely_facePupils from a school in Redcar and Cleveland know all about the opportunities the Internet provides. They also know about the risks.

The pupils, aged from 6-8 years old, worked with their class teacher and Creative Partnerships to produce this powerful message about how to stay safe online.

View the E-Safely video

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E-Safety Week at Redby

  27 April 2010

Case StudyE-SafetyThis Case Study by Redby Primary School, Sunderland, looks at how their school went about holding an E-Safety Week.

 

 

 



NAACE - Annual Strategic Conference 2010 Report

  13 April 2010

 

NaaceThe following is an overview of the Keynote and breakout sessions attended at NAACE 2010.

By far the most hotly debated topics post NAACE were the response to David Anstead’s OFSTED session, Global problems and the use of the ‘Twitterfall’.

Two of these aspects are looked at in more detail towards the end of this report.

If you want to skip the blurb you could go straight to the Useful References / Blogs etc at the end of this document or the links included throughout.

Full conference videos...



Ofcom - A quarter of internet users aged 8-12 say they have under-age social networking profiles

  26 March 2010

OfcomOfcom have just published a press release that analyses internet and TV usage with the key fact being that A quarter of internet users aged 8-12 say they have under-age social networking profiles.


Read the full report

 


 

 

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Give your students more freedom and they are less likely to be in danger

  22 March 2010

esafety_icon_64An interesting article looking at the recent BBC article that stated that giving your students more freedom can help improve E-Safety. The article gives some first hand feedback of what happened in a school when the students were given more freedom within the area of E-Safety.

  Label Also labeled: Guidance, Head Teachers, News, Teachers, Filtering


A Thin Line - Define the Line Between Innocent & Inappropriate

  16 March 2010

a_thin_line_logoA great E-Safety resource from MTV looking at defining where the lines are drawn for inappropriate behaviour online. Take a Quiz to see how close to the line your own views are or Submit your story to see what other people think.

 

The Web and cell phones help us communicate, connect and learn in ways we never could before, but they've also forever changed how we interact with others. Things we used to share in person – and in private – can now be broadcast to thousands,...



OFSTED - The Safe Use of New Technologies

  16 February 2010
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This report is based on evidence from a small-scale survey carried out between April and July 2009 in 35 maintained schools in England. It evaluates the extent to which the schools taught pupils to adopt safe and responsible practices in using new technologies, and how they achieved this. It also assesses the extent and quality of the training the schools provided for their staff. It responds to the report of the Byron Review, Safer children in a digital world.

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Protecting Adults Who Work With Children And Use Web, Mobile And Personal Technologies

  11 February 2010


E-Safety: Five Whole-School Tips - Teachers TV

  08 February 2010

teachers_tvPart of the Teachers TV series E-safety

Staff at Parkwood Primary School in Bradford demonstrate five key messages which underpin its whole school approach to e-safety.

Pupils deliver an e-safety assembly to parents, and local authority ICT consultant Paul Scott is brought in to raise awareness through a presentation to parents.

Paul also runs a staff training session developing teacher's knowledge of new technologies and their e-safety risks.

In the classroom, Year 5 pupils are...



Safer Internet Day - Think U Know

  04 February 2010

safer_internet_day_2010_logoA word from Think U Know:

Thank you to everyone who has told us their plans for Safer Internet Day 2010 so far - please keep sending us your events! If you haven’t seen it already, we have an interactive map highlighting local initiatives and activities planned for SID10. You can publicise your activities and inform members of the public in your local area where they can find out more information and find out about fellow initiatives in your locality. Members of the press may be interested in covering events within your area so make sure to...

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Activities from WMNET and SWGfL - Safer Internet Day 2010

  02 February 2010

nen_logoWMNet and SWGfL, two of our partners in the National Education Network, have compiled some free activities to use for Safer Internet Day 2010.

wmnet_sid2010_activitiesActivities from...



10 Quick Classroom Ideas - Safer Internet Day - Childnet International

  02 February 2010

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It's Safer Internet Day on February 9th and Childnet International have created a list of 10 Quick Classroom Ideas for you to put to use. Download them below.

Found them useful? Post a comment below!


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