e-Safety in Schools

Staff ICT Acceptable Use Policy Template 2012: Update from Kent

averyr01 — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:36:00 GMT

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...(read more)

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

averyr01 — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:59:00 GMT

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...(read more)

SID 2012 - What can Schools and Settings do to get involved?

averyr01 — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:45:00 GMT

The theme for Safer Internet Day 2012 will be 'Connecting generations' and will take place on the 7 th February 2012 to encourage all internet users, whatever their age, to discover the digital world together safely. The UK Safer Internet Centre...(read more)

New e-Safety Materials for Early Years Settings from Childnet

averyr01 — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:42:00 GMT

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...(read more)

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

averyr01 — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 13:57:00 GMT

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...(read more)

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

averyr01 — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 09:50:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Safer Internet Day 2012 - get involved!

averyr01 — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:46:00 GMT

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...(read more)

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

averyr01 — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:24:00 GMT

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...(read more)

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

averyr01 — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:38:00 GMT

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...(read more)

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

averyr01 — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:17:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Internet Watch Foundation marks 15 years of tackling abuse on Annual IWF Awareness Day

averyr01 — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:07:00 GMT

Today (26 October) the IWF not only marks its annual Awareness Day, but reflects on its 15 years of tackling online child sexual abuse content. The IWF is the UK reporting Hotline for images of child sexual abuse hosted anywhere in the world and UK-hosted...(read more)

New Ofcom Report published: Children and Parents - Media Use and Attitude

averyr01 — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 10:43:00 GMT

Ofcom have published a new report which focuses on the importance of technology with children and teenagers and their parents. There are some interesting statistics uncovered including 12-15s say they would miss their mobile (28 per cent) and the internet...(read more)

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

averyr01 — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 15:41:00 GMT

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...(read more)

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

averyr01 — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 11:05:00 GMT

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...(read more)

A back to School 2011 gift from Insafe

averyr01 — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 09:54:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Facebook announce new and improved friends lists functions

averyr01 — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 09:42:00 GMT

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....(read more)

New resources to support new and trainee teachers

averyr01 — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 07:53:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Facebook New Privacy Setting Changes: an e-Safety perspective

averyr01 — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 10:11:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Are we a nation of Smartphone addicts? New report from Ofcom published

averyr01 — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 12:12:00 GMT

New Ofcom research published today (4 th August 2011) reveals the extent to which the UK has become "addicted" to smartphones. The Ofcom Communications Market report looks at the huge growth in smartphone take-up in the past 12 months - over...(read more)

New research on Cyberbullying published

averyr01 — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 15:12:00 GMT

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...(read more)

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

averyr01 — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 15:32:00 GMT

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...(read more)

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

averyr01 — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 10:14:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Formspring Information from YHGfL

averyr01 — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 09:23:00 GMT

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...(read more)

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

averyr01 — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 08:53:00 GMT

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...(read more)

NAHT publish Guidance on Social Media for School Leaders

averyr01 — Thu, 12 May 2011 08:26:00 GMT

The National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) has recently launched some guidance for school leaders following increasing number of concerns raised by members about the problems experienced with social networking sites (with Facebook being the one...(read more)

Childnet International Film Competition 2011

averyr01 — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 15:07:00 GMT

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/ )...(read more)

What's your story? - Film Competition for Young People

averyr01 — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 15:03:00 GMT

Trend Micro are running a film competition for young people aged 13 or older to create a video for their competition "What's Your Story 2011". The competition is open to individuals or schools in the USA, UK and Canada. Videos can be submitted...(read more)

Professional Abuse Survey

averyr01 — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 16:23:00 GMT

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...(read more)

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

averyr01 — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 10:50:00 GMT

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...(read more)

New e-Safety resources from CEOP

averyr01 — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 15:18:00 GMT

‘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'...(read more)