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Childnet International Youth IGF Project

Childnet International are currently running the Youth IGF Project to capture the voice of children and young people to take to the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) a UN mandated meeting in the Autumn. The IGF is a four day international gathering that gives governments, the internet industry, organisations...

Posted to e-Safety in Schools (Weblog) by averyr01 on 06-19-2009
The Children's Charities' Coalition for Internet Safety launch their Digital Manifesto

The Children's Charities Coalition on Internet Safety ( CHIS ) has launched its "Digital Manifesto", which it is sending to all the political parties represented in the Westminster Parliament, the Scottish Parliament and the Assemblies in Northern Ireland and Wales. The manifesto asks the...

Posted to e-Safety in Schools (Weblog) by averyr01 on 06-19-2009
New resource from Childnet: Know It All for Primary Schools

A new resource from Childnet International is now available: Know IT All for Primary Schools. This resource has been produced specifically for the primary sector with support from Becta, the TDA and the UK Council for Child Internet Safety; KIA for Primary Schools aims to engage with primary aged children...

Posted to e-Safety in Schools (Weblog) by averyr01 on 04-24-2009
UK Council for Child Internet Safety launches working groups

On March 26th 2009 Children's Minister Delyth Morgan announced the membership for four groups of professionals tasked with taking forward the work of the UK Council for Child Internet Safety (UKCCIS). Formed in September 2008, UKCCIS is a forum of over 100 stakeholders to take forward the recommendations...

Posted to e-Safety in Schools (Weblog) by averyr01 on 03-27-2009
New EU proposals against Child Sex Abuse

The European Commission has set out plans to tighten EU law to protect children from online abuse. Announced by European Commission Vice President Jacques Barrot in charge of Justice, Freedom and Security, the proposals are aimed at replacing two existing legislations which took effect in 2004 and 2002...

Posted to e-Safety in Schools (Weblog) by averyr01 on 03-26-2009
A "youtube for all of us"?

Youtube has recently announced making changes “ the collective YouTube experience even better”. The aims of the new ideas from youtube are to ensure users find content that is relevant and appropriate and that inappropriate material is removed quickly. Here’s some of the key ideas they’ve come up with...

Posted to e-Safety in Schools (Weblog) by averyr01 on 12-15-2008
UK Council for Child Internet Safety launched

The UK Council for Child Internet Safety (UKCCIS) has been launched today wth the aim to help protect children from "harmful" web content, such as cyber-bullying and violent video games. The UK Council for Child Internet Safety wants to work with industry (such as Social Networking sites) to...

Posted to e-Safety in Schools (Weblog) by averyr01 on 09-29-2008
DCSF publishes action plan to implement Byron Recommendations

Yesterday, 24th June 2008, the Government published an action plan detailing how the recommendations from March 2008s Byron Review will be implemented. The report was published by Children’s Minister Kevin Brennan, Home Office Minister Vernon Coaker and Culture Minister Margaret Hodge. The action plan...

Posted to e-Safety in Schools (Weblog) by averyr01 on 06-25-2008
Byron Review - The Next Steps

An announcement by the Government (See here ): "Kevin Brennan and Vernon Coaker today announced the UK Council for Child Internet Safety will launch in September 2008, six months ahead of the recommended timescale set out by Dr Tanya Byron in her report ‘Safer Children in a Digital World’. Stakeholders...

Posted to e-Safety in Schools (Weblog) by averyr01 on 05-15-2008
Your Views required - e-Safety in Kent Schools

Due to the recent press attention and focus on e-Safety (See blog posts on New Home Office Proposals and The Byron Review ) I'm seeking opinions to see if readers feel that enough is being done in Kent and indeed in Kent Schools to consider these important issues? What do readers perceive is in fact...

Posted to e-Safety in Schools (Weblog) by averyr01 on 04-04-2008

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