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Monday, February 06, 2012 11:36 AM

Staff ICT Acceptable Use Policy Template 2012: Update from Kent

The Kent e-Safety Strategy Group are pleased to announce that the Staff ICT Acceptable Use Policy Template 2012 is being published to celebrate Safer Internet Day 2012 as part of "Connecting Generations" and exploring the digital world together...
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Thursday, January 05, 2012 3:42 PM

New e-Safety Materials for Early Years Settings from Childnet

There has been an increasing number of requests for internet safety presentations and resources for Nursery, Reception and KS1 aged children, and therefore Childnet International have developed a set of resources to support settings in talking about being...
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Wednesday, December 07, 2011 1:57 PM

A Parents Guide to Technology: New e-Safety Material from UK Safer Internet Centre Published

The UK Safer Internet Centre has released some information for parents in the run up to Christmas. A Parents’ Guide to Technology is an online resource providing advice for parents about the benefits, capabilities and potential risks of smartphones, gaming...
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Monday, November 28, 2011 9:50 AM

Safer Internet Day 2012 - New resources from Childnet and the UK Safer Internet Day Centre

The theme for SID 2012 will be 'Connecting generations' and it will encourage all users, whatever their age, to discover the digital world together safely. The UK Safer Internet Centre will be encouraging parents, carers and grandparents to connect...
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Wednesday, November 16, 2011 9:46 AM

Safer Internet Day 2012 - get involved!

Next year, Safer Internet Day (SID) will take place on Tuesday 7 February 2012 and will be centred around the theme " Connecting generations and educating each other" . The UK Safer Internet Centre, together with the University of Plymouth is...
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Wednesday, November 16, 2011 9:24 AM

e-Safety Christmas Message for parents from SWGfL and UK Safer Internet Centre

There is often a 'must have' gadget each Christmas and it’s usually technological! Parents can sometimes be swept along and not necessarily consider all aspects when making some of these present purchases, for example online access, age rating...
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Monday, October 31, 2011 5:38 PM

Kent e-Safety Policy Template 2012 Update for Schools and Settings

The Kent e-Safety Policy Template has been updated for 2012 by the Kent e-Safety Strategy Group to reflect the rapid changes in technology and to promote good practice within schools and settings. The e-Safety agenda relates to children and young people...
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Monday, October 31, 2011 5:17 PM

TDA publish research into e-Safety and Safeguarding in Primary Schools

The TDA recently commissioned Sheffield Hallam University to work with two primary schools researching positive steps to achieving the outstanding grade from Ofsted in regards to safeguarding and e-Safety. The development and use of digital technology...
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Thursday, September 15, 2011 4:41 PM

New "Back to School" resources to use with parents/carers from CEOP

The start of a new academic year is a great time to get parents and carers engaged and this year the team at CEOP have made it easier for schools and organisations to start the discussion. The specially produced ‘Back to School' resources, sponsored...
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Wednesday, September 14, 2011 12:05 PM

Using Social Media and Technology in Educational Settings - New document published

The Kent e-Safety Strategy Group are pleased to announce a new document: "Using Social Media and Technology in Education Settings". Online social media tools such as blogs, Wikis, social networking and video sharing sites can be excellent tools...
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Wednesday, September 14, 2011 10:54 AM

A back to School 2011 gift from Insafe

As the beginning of a new school year is here, Insafe continues its popular Back to School campaign offering teachers and schools a useful box of tools and tips to help start the year off on a positive note. This year the gift package for teachers includes...
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Wednesday, September 14, 2011 10:42 AM

Facebook announce new and improved friends lists functions

Facebook has announced on its official blog that it will be making changes to have Friends list operate. Friend lists have been a feature of Facebook for some time, however very few users (approximately only 5%) are aware and make use of the feature....
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Friday, September 09, 2011 8:53 AM

New resources to support new and trainee teachers

Childnet international have launched a new set of resources ith the support of the TDA , which have been developed to inform and assist Trainee teachers and NQTs. . There are three key components to this new resource: a guide designed to support teachers...
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Wednesday, August 24, 2011 11:11 AM

Facebook New Privacy Setting Changes: an e-Safety perspective

In the next few days Facebook will be rolling out changes to its privacy settings options to all users. Facebook state that they believe the new privacy settings will offer more control to users and will make managing personal data more visual and straightforward...
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Monday, August 01, 2011 4:12 PM

New research on Cyberbullying published

Anglia Ruskin University has published a study which identifies how bullying via texts, e-mails, social networks can have detrimental effects on mental health for people aged 11 to 19.This reseacrh would estimate that nearly one in five UK youngsters...
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Monday, July 04, 2011 4:32 PM

The Impact of Digital Technologies on Human Well being - Report from Nominet Trust published

According to a recent study published today undertaken by the Nominet Trust , eighty per cent of parents believe that social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter have the ability to take over their children's lives. And one in three parents...
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Thursday, June 23, 2011 11:14 AM

"Me on the Web" - Google tool to manage online reputation

Google has launched a tool to enable users to understand and manage what people see when they search for you on Google. The tool called "Me on the Web" and is part of the Google Dashboard (users register to access personalised Google apps and...
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Wednesday, June 22, 2011 10:23 AM

Formspring Information from YHGfL

Formspring is a social networking site with over 20 million users. Formspring lets users set up a profile and enables them to post questions to other users as well as answer questions posted to them. It can be integrated with other social networking sites...
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Friday, June 17, 2011 9:53 AM

Safer Internet Day 2012 – save the date in your diary!

Safer Internet Day (SID) 2012 will take place on Tuesday 7th February 2012 and the theme will be around 'Connecting Generations' . This theme lends itself to looking at educating each other and placing the subject of positive internet use and...
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Thursday, April 14, 2011 4:07 PM

Childnet International Film Competition 2011

Following the success of their 2010 film challenge, Childnet International is pleased to announce that they will be running their second summer film challenge for young people aged 7-16 (previous winners can be seen at http://www.childnet.com/film/ )...
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Wednesday, February 16, 2011 4:23 PM

Professional Abuse Survey

A news article from the BBC from last year highlighted the concerns of professionals working with young people becoming victims on online abuse: Teachers bullied by 'hate sites ' In the light of increasing concerns around this issue, The South...
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Monday, February 07, 2011 10:50 AM

New Kent Resources for Safer Internet Day 2011 - "Think B4U..."

Kent County Council's e-Safety Strategy Group are proud to launch new resources for professionals in time for Safer Internet Day 2011 entitled "Think B4U..." which includes a Poster (A3 and A4 versions) and a workbook. The resources have...
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Wednesday, February 02, 2011 3:18 PM

New e-Safety resources from CEOP

‘Exposed' - video for KS3/4 CEOP has developed a suite of resources designed to tackle the issue of young people taking indecent images which are then circulated to a wider audience. These resources consist of a ten minute film called ‘Exposed'...
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Wednesday, February 02, 2011 9:29 AM

e-Safety Incident - Alert for Schools and Settings

Following reports of a serious e-Safety incident to the e-Safety Officer where primary aged children have accidentally accessed inappropriate and potentially illegal abuse material at home via clicking a link and using applications on a Facebook profile...
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Wednesday, December 08, 2010 11:03 AM

Parents taking photos at Christmas time - where do schools stand?

The Information Commissioners Office (ICO) www.ico.gov.uk has released a press release "Parents can snap away this Christmas" regarding parents taking photos of children at Christmas plays and events. The ICO states that the "Data Protection...
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Monday, November 29, 2010 10:46 AM

Sparklebox - Update from KSCB e-Safety subgroup

Following enquiries from schools and settings regarding the use of the resource website Sparklebox.co.uk, the Kent Safeguarding Children Board (KSCB) e-Safety subgroup would like to make the following statement. In January 2010 a former teacher, Mr Samuel...
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Wednesday, November 24, 2010 2:22 PM

Free Teaching Resources on Mobile Phone Safety - "Out of your hands"

One in five children aged 8 to 16 has had their mobile phone stolen, often by another child or group of children [ Office for National Statistics] With Christmas just around the corner, many of your students will have the latest mobile phone handset at...
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Monday, November 22, 2010 9:31 AM

New Digital Parenting magazine from Vodafone

Vodafone has created a new magazine called ‘ Digital Parenting ' to help parents get to grips and get involved with their children's digital world. The magazine brings together experts from around the world to give parents the latest advice on...
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Wednesday, November 10, 2010 3:36 PM

Parents Guide to Facebook Booklet Launched

A new booklet has been launched today to help provide parents across the globe with the tools and the confidence they need to help their teenagers improve their privacy and safety on Facebook The booklet " A Parents Guide to Facebook " has been...
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Wednesday, November 10, 2010 11:21 AM

Announcment regarding Access to Google Images in Primary Schools from EiS

Please read the following message from the Schools Broadband Team at EiS. "Google have made extensive changes to the way they handle image searches. The effect of these changes is to break the filtering of thumbnails from blocked sites. Access to...
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