safer internet

Online Safety – Issues for Professionals and Volunteers working with Children and

Young People and their Families

Peter Bower Esafety Consultant

Ex-Child Protection Officer Designated Teacher for Children in Care

peter.bower@swgfl.org.uk

To review children and young

people’s behaviour online, their and

our understanding of risk and the

impact of online activities on their

lives

To enable dialogue with the children young people and their families about

their online experiences

To understand online identity, use of social media and it’s implications for

social, and professional life

To provide you with self review tools, and resources to

support online safety in your

organisation for the children, young people and the

adults

What is e-safety for children and young people about? • Empowering children and young people to keep themselves safe when online.... • Encouraging them to be responsible users of the technology.... • Engaging children and young people to recognise the risks and benefits of online communication.... • Enabling the adults around children and young people; whether parents, carers , professionals or volunteers, to understand and support them in their online world....

Research Shopping online

Watch TV programmes

Some social networking

Email Banking

Digital Dinosaur

Digital Ants

Sexting

Sharing Music and Film

Social Networking

Gaming

Messaging Online chat (with webcam)

Creating online persona

YouTube

Sharing every day experiences and social life online

How to...?

Survey of 64 7year olds using Activote

Message

Say hello to your Mum and tell her that you will see her later

Hello, Mother, I will see you later.

hi c u l8r

Here’s my message:

Love from Peter

hi m8 u k? -sry i 4gt 2 cal u lst nyt-y dnt we go c film 2moz

Hi mate. Are you okay? I am sorry that I forgot to call you last night. Why don't we go and see a film tomorrow?

GTG

I knO whr 2 dl Pr0n

POS

ASL

PIR

KPC

MOOS

IWSN PAW

2NITE

WYRN LMAO

F2F

ROTFL

GYPO Face to face

Parents are watching

Parents in room Get your pants off

Go to go

Parents over shoulder

Members of the opposite sex

Laugh my bottom off What’s your real name?

I want sex now Keeping parents confused

Age/Sex/Location?

Tonight

Roll on the floor laughing

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leetspeak

Your children could be speaking like this and you would not really know

13375p34k

I know where to download porn

• The net as a permanent searchable archive Persistence and Searchability

• The ability to copy and paste from anywhere on the net to anywhere online Replicability

• High potential visibility well beyond the audience you had in mind Scalability

• Never really knowing who’s seeing, reading or watching what you post Invisible Audiences

• Boundaries aren’t clear between what is private or indeed what is physical and what is online Blurring of public

and private • Inhibitions breakdown because of a lack of

visual cues and inflection Online disinhibition

Taken Out of Context; American Teen Sociality in Networked Publics” danah boyd

Social Implications of Cyberspace • The internet, together with the mobile

phone has changed the pattern of social relationships, their construction, negotiation, scope and timeframe

• Changed concept of friends and friendship

• Created new boundaries of privacy • Disinhibits • Desensitises

What risks should we be guarding against?

Content (child as recipient)

Commercial

• Adverts • Spam • Sponsorship • Personal info

Aggressive

• Violent / hateful content

Sexual

• Pornographic or unwelcome sexual content

Values

• Bias • Racist • Misleading info or advice

Table developed by the EUKids Online project as and referenced in paragraph 1.3 of the Byron Review.

Contact (child as participant)

Commercial

• Tracking • personal info harvested

Aggressive

• Being bullied, harassed or stalked

Sexual

• Meeting strangers • Being groomed

Values

• Self harm • Unwelcome persuasions

Table developed by the EUKids Online project as and referenced in paragraph 1.3 of the Byron Review.

What risks should we be guarding against?

Conduct (child as actor)

Commercial

• Illegal downloading • Hacking • Gambling • Financial scams • Terrorism

Aggressive

• Bullying or harassing another

Sexual

• Creating and uploading inappropriate material

Values

• Providing misleading info or advice

Table developed by the EUKids Online project as and referenced in paragraph 1.3 of the Byron Review.

What risks should we be guarding against?

Family and Environmental factors

CHILD safeguarding

and Promoting

welfare

Research Highlights

© SWGfL Trust 2011 http://www.education.gov.uk/ukccis/researchandstrategy/a0077608/research-highlights-series

A Context of Rapid Change

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What support can we give?

Supporting children and young people

Giving out personal information and communicating with people you don’t

know

Exposed

School Curriculum “E-safety” clearly defined with

separate strands

Progressions through Foundation Stage to Key Stage

5

Lesson Plans and Resources

Firstly: supporting the children and young people and families we work with Secondly: evaluating the E-safety in the organisation

Two strands:

Other issues: How can we manage our own online environment? How can we ensure that the children and young people we interact with cannot access our online private lives?

Worried by Facebook?

Why should we be concerned about Privacy, Personal Information and what we publish online?

4000+ Average 300+

10 Strategies to Reduce Visibility and Vulnerability on Facebook

• Understand Your Friend Lists • Remove Yourself From Facebook Search

Results • Remove Yourself From Google • Limit Photo Tagging • Protect Your Albums • Avoid Embarrassing Status Messages • Control What Information Applications Can

Access • Make Your Contact Information Private • Avoid Embarrassing Wall Posts • Keep Your Friendships Private

Can I use an official computer to book

holidays etc during lunch time or after

work?

How should I respond if I am

subjected to cyber bullying by a child or young person or

by a member of their family?

Can I respond to a comment from a child or

parent on Facebook?

Can I use Twitter to discuss a topic with the people I work

with?

Should I text a child or parent in the evening to remind them of an appointment?

Should I continue to use

my social network site?

Can work limit my private

online publishing?

Can I use my mobile to take

photos or videos of children?

Guidance for Safer Working Practice for Adults who Work

with Children and Young People.

Section 12 Communication with Children and Young People (including the Use of Technology)

Adults should not share any personal

information with a child or young person. They should not request, or

respond to, any personal information from the child/young

person, other than that which might be

appropriate as part of their professional role.

Communication between children and adults, by whatever method, should take

place within clear and explicit professional

boundaries. This includes the wider use of technology such as

mobile phones text messaging, e-mails,

digital cameras, videos, web-cams, websites

and blogs.

Adults should ensure that all communications are transparent and open to scrutiny.

Considering our own digital footprint

http://mashable.com/2011/10/23/how-recruiters-use-social-networks-to-screen-candidates-infographic/

UK Safer Internet Centre

Self Review - For schools

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For any agency, voluntary organisation or faith group

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• Part of your CPD • Practical and applicable skills • Evidence of commitment to e-safety for you and your

organisation

Find out more at:

www.swgfl.org.uk/Epict

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Become an E-Safety Aider

Training and Development

Useful Contacts

• SWGfL www.swgfl.org.uk/safe • Schools/Colleges • Internet Service Provider • Mobile phone provider • Local Authority - LSCB • National organisation • Police • CEOP www.thinkuknow.co.uk

WWW.SWGFL.ORG.UK/DELEGATEEVALUATION

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