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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. The original blog post can be found from Facebook...

Posted to e-Safety in Schools (Weblog) by averyr01 on 09-14-2011
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. One of the key changes for users to...

Posted to e-Safety in Schools (Weblog) by averyr01 on 08-24-2011
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 believes the internet has the power to ‘rewire'...

Posted to e-Safety in Schools (Weblog) by averyr01 on 07-04-2011
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 in 25 European countries for the report, entitled...

Posted to e-Safety in Schools (Weblog) by averyr01 on 10-29-2010
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 been launched in the UK. Places allows Facebook...

Posted to e-Safety in Schools (Weblog) by averyr01 on 09-17-2010
New e-Safety Resources and Information - September 2010

Below is a selection of new tools and resources to help with your e-Safety practice in this school year! Teach Today - Teacher of the Month Competition Teach Today is a website which aims to help education professionals understand new technologies and to help them be aware how to protect themselves as...

Posted to e-Safety in Schools (Weblog) by averyr01 on 09-16-2010
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/carers - are invited to add the new ClickCEOP ‘app'...

Posted to e-Safety in Schools (Weblog) by averyr01 on 07-13-2010
A Summary of the new Facebook Privacy Controls

As a result of concerns raised by users about Facebook's increasingly complicated Privacy Settings Facebook are beginning to roll out their new and "improved" changes to all users. A Summary of the Key Changes, benefits and any possible implications to consider: Users' privacy settings...

Posted to e-Safety in Schools (Weblog) by averyr01 on 05-28-2010
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 as one of the most important things in their lives...

Posted to e-Safety in Schools (Weblog) by averyr01 on 05-18-2010
Young People and Social Networking: Childnet International Report

Childnet International has updated its report into Young People Social Networking on the Digizen Site The project is designed to investigate how social networking services can and are being used to support personalised formal and informal learning by young people in schools and colleges The report considers...

Posted to e-Safety in Schools (Weblog) by averyr01 on 02-27-2009

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