PSA – Advice Evening

Teenagers and the Internet

Matt Britland – Head of ICTNick Forsyth – Senior Tutor

Generational digital divide between

parents and children

PSA – Advice EveningTeenagers and the Internet

1. What are children doing online?2. What are the risks?3. What can we do as parents and teachers?

What are children doing online?

What are children doing online?Online Gaming

i. Playing games against friends and strangers.ii. Chatting to friends and strangers using

microphone headsets.iii. Exchanging contact details.iv. Playing games unsuitable for their age?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xopr9qOV2aM

What are children doing online?Club Penguin

What are children doing online?IM (Instant Messaging) and Chat rooms

i. Talking to their friends onlineii. Talking to strangers onlineiii. IM on Facebook, Google+ and mobiles.iv. MSN (Now Skype) and Yahoo messenger

What are children doing online?Facebook / Twitter / Google+

i. Sharing photos.ii. Adding and ‘collecting’ friends.iii. Using instant messaging.iv. Creating profiles.v. Checking themselves in.vi. Updating their status

What are children doing online?Mobiles / Tablets

i. Using GPSii. Accessing the internet using 3G technology.iii. Sending and receiving photos and videos.iv. Using instant messaging. (BBM, Whatsapp,

iMessage)v. Sharing phone numbers.vi. Be aware of in-app purchases

What are children doing online?Music Streaming and downloading

i. Downloading music legallyii. Downloading music illegally iii. Uploading musiciv. Streaming music (Spotify)

What are children doing online?Blogging and micro blogging (Twitter, Wordpress)

i. Tweetingii. Writing a blog - A blog (a blend of the term web

log)is a type of website or part of a website. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order.

What are children doing online?Webcam

i. Talking to people on webcams using IM, Facebook or Google+.

ii. This could be friends or strangers.iii. Using Chat Roulette type sites.iv. Skype

What are children doing online?

These can be fantastic tools but we must be aware of the dangers.

What are the risks?

What are the risks?

Sharing personal information

i. Online profiles / Twitter / Facebookii. Sharing too much information with friends

and strangers.iii. Address, phone numbers, email addresses

and locations.iv. Photos and status updates.

What are the risks?

Cyber Bullying

i. Bullying someone using technology.ii. It is a big problem at the moment.iii. It can start off as a joke and spiral out of

control.iv. Frapingv. It can be very malicious.vi. Adults and young people think that because

its online it gives then anonymity.

What are the risks?

Sexting

i. Sending rude / explicit photos via email, social networking sites and mobiles.

ii. Sending videos or exposing themselves on webcamiii. Once they have been sent they can be put online or

shared with anybody.iv. It is against the law if you have a explicit photo of

someone under the age of 18 even if they are not 18 themselves. It does not matter if they are a boyfriend or girlfriend.

Sexting Research – 20010/11

I. Analysis responses from 30 schools, years 9-11, 1,150 in total.

I. Asked questions regarding attitudes toward and behaviours around sexting

I. Complimentary stats with other research at the time

I. BBC3 commissioned research for

DocumentaryII. III. Survey generated by UK Safer Internet

Centre

I. 950 self selecting – online survey

I. Older teens and young adults (16-24)

Overall Outcomes

I. Positive and negative views on the use of technology in relationships

I. Clearly showed this is mainstream behaviour for the survey population

I. Suggested some change in attitudes and behaviours as a result of technology

What are the risks?

What are the risks?

Blogging

i. Exposing too much information onlineii. Expressing opinions that may get them into

troubleiii. Writing a diary or description of an event that

maybe online for many years

What are the risks?

Accessing unsuitable websites

i. Pornographic websitesii. Chat roulette style websitesiii. Illegal film websites iv. Anything you deem as a parent to be

unsuitablev. Many of these can be accessed using smart

phones

What are the risks?

Encounters with strangers / offenders

i. Young people can chat freely to strangersii. They could arrange to meet in the real worldiii. The stranger may have lied about their ageiv. The young person may not bring a parent

and meet the stranger alonev. Non-contact sexual abuse

A recent film called Trust covers this in detail.

What are the risks?

CEOP Videos

Consequences

What are the risks?

CEOP Videos

Matt thought he knew

What are the risks?

CEOP Videos

First to a Million

What can we do as parents and teachers?

What can we do and parents and teachers?In School

i. AUP (acceptable use policy)ii. CEOP Ambassadors iii. Teacher INSETs on online safetyiv. Stay safe online schemes of work in year 7

and 9v. Whole year group presentation on the

dangers of the internetvi. Filtered internet access at school

“I understand that I am responsible for my actions, both in and out of school”

“… material relating to KGS or members of the school community”

KGS AUP

What can we do and parents and teachers?At home

i. Be aware of what young people are doing online

ii. Be friends on with your children on FB etc. Be aware they can restrict what you can see.

iii. Talk to your children, ask what they are doingiv. Use the parental controls on the operating

systemv. Speak to your ISP about how you can filter

internet accessvi. Use your computers operating system to

restrict the time the internet can be accessed by your son / daughter

What can we do and parents and teachers?At home

i. Be aware that smart phones can access the internet using 3G and WiFi – Network Provider Filtering

ii. Use your judgement (should my son / daughter have a computer in their room?)

iii. Access to the CEOP thinkuknow.co.uk websiteiv. Rules to mobile/computer usage.

Reduce availability (switch-off times)

Restrict access (parental control software)

Increase their resilience to harmful and inappropriate material (education and discussion)

RISK MANAGEMENT

“Kids don’t need protection we need guidance. If you protect us you are

making us weaker we don’t go through all the trial and error

necessary to learn what we need to survive on our own …don’t fight our battles for us just give us assistance

when we need it”

(Byron review)