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Thursday, March 28, 2013 9:44 AM

e-Safety FAQ – How can we get families more involved in e-Safety?

A common question from schools I receive is about engaging with parents either following a concern regarding children's online behaviour when at home or after the school have held a parents evening e-Safety workshop to which only 3 parents attended...
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Tuesday, September 18, 2012 2:30 PM

Vodafone launch new and updated “Digital Parenting” Magazine

Vodafone have launched their new and updated Digital Parenting Magazine Following the success of the first issue of the magazine in 2010, 500,000 copies of the new magazine have been printed in 2012. Annie Mullins OBE, Vodafone's Global Head of Content...
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012 11:10 AM

CONFLICT: Mature Eyes Only - Views and supporting information regarding Young People and Adult Rated Games

The third ‘chapter' of the ‘Munch Poke Ping' project by Stephen Carrick-Davies has been been published. This resources has been completed with students from the Bridge Academy in Hammersmith, West London sharing their experiences of adult rated...
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Monday, February 06, 2012 8:59 AM

Beatbullying publish updated report "Virtual Violence II": The Real Impact Of Cyberbullying Revealed

Beatbullying today publishes Virtual Violence II: Progress and Challenges in the Fight against Cyberbullying - an in-depth study of the state of cyberbullying amongst children, young people and teachers in the UK. The report is commissioned by Nominet...
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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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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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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 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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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, 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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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 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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Monday, December 20, 2010 11:47 AM

Safer Internet Day 2011 - What are you doing?

Safer Internet Day (SID) is a European-wide initiative organised by Insafe each year in February to promote safer and more responsible use of online technology and mobile phones, especially amongst children and young people across the world. Make sure...
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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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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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Friday, October 29, 2010 10:23 AM

Intial Findings from the EU Kids Online Report: "Risks and safety on the internet"

More than one in eight children in Europe have been bothered or upset by online content, finds a report published on the 21 st October. The EU Kids Online project based at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) conducted interviews...
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Friday, September 17, 2010 3:11 PM

Facebook Places - Information for Facebook users

Facebook Places is now live to all Facebook users in the UK. If you are a Facebook user, please ensure you understand how the feature works and how to protect yourself. What is Facebook Places? Places is a location based Facebook feature which has just...
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Tuesday, July 13, 2010 10:15 AM

CEOP launch "Click CEOP" app for Facebook Users

Facebook and the CEOP Centre have joined forces to make young people safer online by launching the new Facebook ‘ClickCEOP' application http://apps.facebook.com/clickceop/ Launched on the 12 th July, all young users of Facebook - and their parents...
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Tuesday, May 18, 2010 3:53 PM

New Survey suggests that Social Networking is a bigger influence on girls than their parents

Facebook has become one of the biggest influences on the lives of girls (despite recent concerns about online Privacy and security), according to a survey of eight to 15-year-olds for National Family Week which found that 40% of girls identified Facebook...
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Friday, March 26, 2010 3:24 PM

Ofcom’s annual Children’s Media Literacy Audit published

Ofcom's annual Children's Media Literacy Audit has been published today with updated findings. The 3 rd annual report, is designed to give an overview of media literacy among UK children and young people aged 5-15 and their parents/ carers. Some...
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Friday, December 11, 2009 12:44 PM

New Facebook Privacy Settings

Did you know about the New Facebook Privacy Settings? Facebook have recently ‘revamped' their Privacy Settings which they say will enable users to have more control over the information they share and post online. These changes include: A "simpler"...
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Monday, December 07, 2009 1:18 PM

New educational film for parents - "Not knowing's not enough"

Orange have launched a new e-Safety education video for parents called "Not knowing's not enough". The video considers the fears and concerns that parents and carers (indeed many adults) have about the internet and could be a fantastic starting...
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Thursday, September 03, 2009 1:29 PM

Ofcom: Young people want advice about online privacy and new Parental Guides available

Young People and Privacy Ofcom today published research showing 54 per cent of 11-16 year olds in the UK say young people need advice about how to keep their personal information online private. Many children and young people also believe that information...
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Tuesday, August 25, 2009 9:30 AM

myguide: Building parents’ and carers’ confidence online

Children's Minister Delyth Morgan yesterday launched a new facility on myguide , a free and easy-to-use tool to help parents and carers catch up with their children when it comes to the Internet. "myguide" helps provide the next step in...
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