harnessing technology to support vulnerable children
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HARNESSING TECHNOLOGY TO SUPPORT VULNERABLE CHILDREN. Richard Stiff Chair of Information Systems and Technology Policy Committee – ADCS Deputy Chief Executive and DCS North Lincolnshire. The ADCS ICT Defining E-Safety The On-Line Environment Access and Safeguarding Opportunities - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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HARNESSING TECHNOLOGY TO SUPPORT VULNERABLE CHILDREN
Richard StiffChair of Information Systems and Technology Policy Committee
– ADCS
Deputy Chief Executive and DCS North Lincolnshire
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OVERVIEW• The ADCS• ICT Defining E-Safety• The On-Line Environment• Access and Safeguarding• Opportunities• Final Thoughts
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Access to technology at home benefits learners in a range of different ways:
Improving learning and achievementMotivating and engaging childrenEncouraging independence and creativity Connecting learning at school and at home Helping parents and carers get more involved.
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The government's vision is to ensure that all pupils aged 5-19, in state maintained education in England, have the opportunity to have access to computers and internet connectivity for education at home
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Next Generation Learning @ Home packages will be available for purchase by all
The package will include a user device, internet connectivity and service wrapper
Let’s think about home…..
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Foster care
Adoption
Informal arrangements
Residential care
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ACCESS
SAFEGUARDING
TWO KEY ISSUES….
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E-safety
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DEFINING E-SAFETY
E-Safety refers to:
‘all fixed and mobile technologies that children and young people may encounter, now and in the future, which allow them access to content and communications that could raise issues or pose risks to their wellbeing and safety’.
‘Safeguarding Children On-Line’ BECTA
www.becta.org.uk/corporate/publications/documents/BEC6189Safegd
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Content - sexual, racist, violent unreliable/ bigoted i.e. safety of children’s minds
Commerce - scams, phishing and pharming, downloads which steal information from users !
Contact - via interactive technologies – IM, chat, multiplayer games
Culture – bullying, camera phones, blogging, social networking …..
Accessed anywhere anytime
Easy to communicat
e with friends and
family
Wide and flexible range of
information
Presentation
A key skill for life
Personalised Learning
Why do we and our young people use ICT?
Motivational and fun
ICT IN CONTEXT
Threat of physical
danger or abuse
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THE INTERNET AND RELATED TECHNOLOGIES
InternetOur spaceYour space
Their space
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BLOGS
Podcasting
Instant messaging
Gaming sites
Social networking
Chat Rooms
Mobile phones
Video broadcasting
Music Download
sites
Wikies
What next???
Text
P2Pfile-sharing
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Camera phonesText messages
MP3 player
Mobile TV
Mobile phones
Downloads
Internet access
Anytime Anywhere
Chat and IM
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Video broadcasting
• Video sharing websites are where users can upload, view and share video clips
• Videos can be rated and the number of times viewed recorded
• Video recorded with mobile phones can easily upload
• YouTube is one of the ten most popular websites
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Social networking
Based on the idea of networking with friends and friends of friends
In March 2006 MySpace (Rupert Murdoch owned) overtook the BBC website in visitor numbers and now has 5.2 million UK users
In its first year Bebo attracted 21.4 million registered users worldwide
US banned social networking sites within all public institutions
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E-SAFETY: KEY RISKS
• Content - sexual, racist, violent unreliable/ bigoted i.e. safety of children’s minds
• Commerce - scams, phishing and pharming, downloads which steal information from users !
• Contact - via interactive technologies – IM, chat, multiplayer games
• Culture – bullying, camera phones, blogging, social networking …..
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E-mentoring in North Lincolnshire
• Transition issues• The Brightside Trust• User experience
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http://www.thebrightsidetrust.org/
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http://www.northlincs.tv/index.php
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The opportunities are limitless……the only limit is our imagination
FINAL THOUGHTS
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But……
FINAL THOUGHTS
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‘..the risks do not merit a moral panic, and nor do they warrant seriously restricting children’s internet use because this would deny them the many benefits of the internet. Indeed, there are real costs to lacking internet access or sufficient skills to use it.’
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‘However, the risks are nonetheless widespread, they are experienced by many children as worrying or problematic, and they do warrant serious intervention by government, educators, industry and parents.’