Ben McMullen

Asst Head, Computing Coordinator

What is E-safety?

Resources available

E-safety in school

E-safety outside of school

What you can do

This presentation

E-safety websites for carers and kids

How-to guides for adjusting security settings

Fox E-safety policy

Facebook advice

Available to view or download on the Fox website (under ‘Community’):

Safe practice in regard to anything digital

2003 2013

Modern technology has become a total phenomenon for civilization, the defining force of a new social order in which efficiency is no longer an option but a necessity imposed on all human activity.

Jacques Ellul

I would absolutely love to go back to the simplicity of the '80s, where there wasn't texting, social media, iPhones, or smartphones. I love the fact that you would go home and check your messages. I'm not well suited to the world of modern technology.

Matthew Rhys

What parents are concerned about Vs what children are concerned about

How parents use technology Vs how children use it

Parents’ wisdom Vs Children’s know-how

E-safety in school

Keeping our school safe

•Discussing E-safety before any internet browsing. •Having websites pre-checked and ready •Being careful with Google and Youtube

•Locking PCs when not in use •Not leaving USB sticks or memory cards lying around •Using school email for professional use •Procedures in place for dealing with issues in school

Policy

E-safety outside of school

Education is the best defence

‘Apply the same principles as with Stranger Danger, or Road Safety’

What are the risks?

Content Contact Commerce

Inaccurate and

harmful

Adult content

Illegal content

Inappropriate

contact

Cyberbullying

Sex offenders

Privacy

Advertising &

information

Invasive software

Subtle

Misleading

Invasive

Subtle

Misleading

Invasive

Inaccurate content

Extreme material

Pornography

49% of kids say that they have given out personal information

5% of parents think their child has given out such information

Not who you think it is

CEOP

Anonymise your profile

What are the dangers?

• What are the dangers?

• What are the dangers?

Threats

Hacking Manipulation

Stalking Public postings

Exclusion Prejudice

once posted

Keep control

• 24/7 contact

No escape at home

• Impact Massive potential audience reached rapidly. Potentially stay online forever

• Perception of anonymity

More likely to say things online

• Profile of target/bully Physical intimidation changed

• Some cases are unintentional Bystander effect

• Evidence Inherent reporting proof

Understand the tools Be careful about denying access to the technology Discuss cyberbullying with your children

- always respect others - treat your passwords with care - block/delete contacts & save conversations

- don’t reply/retaliate - save evidence - make sure you tell

Report the cyberbullying - school - service provider - police

• Install software to protect your computer’s security

[Go to CNET.com or download.com and search for antivirus programs]

• Use the free technology: pop-up blockers & SPAM filters; and your good judgement: don’t reply to SPAM!

• Be careful which sites the rest of the family visit

• Use shortcuts and favourites that you trust

• Check sites for extra security (padlock/https)

• Use child-friendly search engines or set a search filter

• Encourage them to use browser tools – Bookmarks & History

• Install filtering but don’t rely on it

• Have shared passwords

Talk to your children about what to do if they do

come across something unpleasant and teach

them to be critical

Find appropriate sites to visit and try not to

overreact – lots of inappropriate content viewed

accidentally

Google safe search

Lock safe search

• Get involved with your children online and encourage balanced use – set time limits

• Make sure they know who to talk to if they feel uncomfortable

• Talk about the consequences of giving out personal info or making information public

• Keep the computer in a family room

• Agree rules as a family – meeting up

SAFE – Keep safe by being careful not to give out personal

information – including full name and email address - to people

who you don’t trust online.

MEETING – Meeting up with someone you have only been in touch

with online can be dangerous. Only do so with your parent’s/carer’s

permission and even then only when they can be present.

ACCEPTING – Accepting e-mails, IM messages or opening

files from people you don’t know can be dangerous – they may

contain viruses or nasty messages!

RELIABLE – Someone online may be lying about who they

are, and information you find on the internet may not be true.

Check information and advice on other websites, in books or ask

someone who may know.

TELL – Tell your parent/carer or teacher if someone or

something makes you feel uncomfortable or worried, or you or

someone you know is being cyberbullied.

How to set filters on your home computer in Internet explorer:

How to check the browsing history

How to add to favourites

How to set Google restrictions

http://www.download.com

Trusted website recommender

http://www.topicbox.co.uk

www.childnet.com

www.kidsmart.org.uk

www.digizen.org

UK top sites

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93% of children use a computer and phone 8 out of 10 teenagers have a home computer,

mobile phone and games console

1,400,000 UK pupils have their own web space There are over 200 million registered users of

MySpace There are over 2.7 billion searches on Google

each month

The number of text messages sent every day exceeds the total population of the planet

Sources

CEOP Questionnaire Analysis 2007

• 55% access the internet everyday

• 47% for an hour or more

• 21% liked IM/Chat the most

• 15% used gaming sites

• 11% used Social Networking sites

• 33% had access in their bedrooms

• 25% have met someone offline – one quarter of these

did not take anyone with them.

• of the three quarters who did 83% took a friend not a

trusted adult.

‘Strangers / paedophiles’ is the most mentioned main safety concern among parents of all ages of children (50% )

Other main concerns of parents are: ◦ bullying (36%); ◦ accessing inappropriate / harmful content (10%).

Most children (88%) feel safe most of the time. One third (33%) say they feel safe almost all of the time. Less than 3% of children say they feel safe only occasionally.

Children are most concerned about: gangs and knife crime

(34%); strangers / paedophiles (25%); and bullying (16%). Children have very low concern for: inappropriate content

(7%).