safeguarding children online allison allen regional consultant – london engagement and support
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Key messages for today
• Web 1.0 Web 2.0• Relevant policies and legislation • Issues and risks• Role of the school/organisation• Support available• What do you need to do?
WEB v 1
Childnet International - Change in Technology and Usage
WEB v 2
Downloading + Uploading
Consuming + Creating
“Corporate” + Personal
Separate media + Converged media
Static + Truly interactive
Web 2.0 refers to second generation of web-based communities and hosted services - such as social-networking sites, wikis etc which aim to facilitate collaboration and sharing between users.
Why should I be concerned about e-safety?
• Every Child Matters: Change for children– Be healthy– Stay safe– Enjoy and achieve– Make a positive contribution– Achieve economic well-being
• Safeguarding Children in Education – Sept 2004 – Practitioners need to know that ICT is safe if they are to take
advantage of its benefits– Schools have a duty of care - both inside and outside
• Schools have a duty of care - both inside and outside• DfES – ‘Harnessing Technology’ – the e-strategy –
‘personalising learning’• Ofsted -Self Evaluation Framework
– 4b To what extent do learners feel safe and adopt safe practices?
The extent to which learners adopt safe and responsible practices in using new technologies, including the Internet.
Myspace, Bebo, Piczo, FacebookHow would you feel if you knew one
of these pupils?
•"IM 13...A
ND BETTER THAN UR OLDERS"
What are the risks?
• Content -sexual, racist, violent unreliable/bigoted ie safety of children’s minds
• Commerce - scams, phishing and pharming, bluejacking, downloads which steal information– children’s and parents!
• Contact - via interactive technologies – IM, chat, multiplayer games• Culture – cyberbullying, camera phones, blogging, moblogging,
social networking …..
• The ‘C’ of ICT is the most dangerous ie Communication which can lead to Contact
• Approx 40 - 50 cases in the last 4 -5 years compared to 500 serious road casualties per year!
• The biggest Internet danger is that we concentrate on the dangers and forget the benefits!
• Balance and perspective
Schools should be raising awareness of:
• Internet safety – ‘People online may not be who they say they are’– keeping personal information secret across all technologies –
email, chat, IM, mobile– bullying across all technologies including camera phones &
blogs
• Internet security – ‘If it looks too good to be true it generally is’– spotting copycats websites and scams– viruses and spam via email
• Media literacy – ‘Who wrote this and why?’– evaluating reliability/validity of information– copyright and plagiarism– P2P networks - allow anyone to publish videos and large files
to anyone who needs them eg Napster and Gnutella, music and porn!
Issues for schools to consider
• Who is responsible for teaching e-safety?• At what age should internet safety lessons start?• How can parents be involved?• What support is there in schools for teachers in the
event of a ‘disclosure’?• Advent of 3G and ‘mobile internet’• Data security – PASSWORDS!• External issues being brought into school
eg cyberbullying• Protection for staff – AUP’s
Are you prepared for the following?• Parental query: staff using own ICT devices to capture pictures or
contact pupils (legitimately!!)
• Staff personal online profiles revealing personal details to all – including pupils and their parents!
• Staff subject to cyberbullying attacks by pupils
• ‘Their partner downloaded porn on the school’s laptop’ - primary head teacher
• ‘The monitoring software recorded tens of thousands of violations in a two week period’ - secondary head teacher
• ‘There’s a website created by my pupils listing children no one likes and their parents are telling me to do something about it’ - primary head teacher
• ‘The children use their mobile phones to send porn via bluetooth’ - primary head teacher
Policy and procedure - what help is available?Policy and procedure - what help is available?
•E-safety: a whole school approach - currently being updated
Main recommendations:•E-safety co-ordinator•Policy and management team•Checklists of AUPs•Incident log
•Safetynet discussion forum
Becta’s Schools website http://www.becta.org.uk/schools/esafety
Support for LAs/LSCBs – (new materials being developed)
Main recommendations:
•A responsible officer
•AUPs for all children’s services
•Clear incident procedures and reporting lines
•Accredited ISP
•Training cascaded to services
•Regular evaluation, assessment and monitoring of provision across the LSCB
Infrastructure - what help is available?Infrastructure - what help is available?
• ISP Safety site http://ispsafety.ngfl.gov.uk
• Becta Accreditation of Internet Services to Education:enables schools to purchase services from accredited suppliers that meet and maintain specific standards in content filtering and service performance.
• Delivering the National Digital Infrastructure– Robust and reliable networks– Secure and safe access to data and content via the
National Education Network– Best value purchasing– Technical support and services– Finding choosing and using resources– Personalised learning spaces
Key resources by audience
•SMT
e-Safety: Developing whole-school policies to support effective practice
•Classroom teachers
Signposts to Safety
•Support staff
TDA Primary induction – ICT – For teaching assistant trainers
•Governors
ICT: essential guides for school governors No. 06 - Safety and security with ICT
•Local Authority and LSCB personnel
Safeguarding children in a digital world; Developing a strategic approach to e-safety’
Safeguarding Children Online: a guide for Local Authorities and Local Safeguarding Children Boards
• Parents
Know ITAll for Parents – Childnet International
•Children & Young People
ThinkUKnow - CEOP
NEW! DCSF Cyberbullying guidancewww.teachernet.gov.uk/wholeschool/behaviour/tacklingbullying
www.digizen.org/
….. features ‘Let’s Fight it Together’ a powerful film produced by Childnet International
Training for education professionals
•UCLAN – Course code FZ1072 - www.internetsafetyzone.co.uk
•NSPCC - [email protected]
•CEOP - [email protected]
• A model for self-review and guiding towards maturity
• Developed and supported by all partner agencies
• 100 professionals contributed to its development
• Connects with the model of self-evaluation led by Ofsted
• Accessed via an online self review tool which offers additional facilities
• Contains the national standard for ICT and enables progress towards and application for the ICT Mark
www.becta.org.uk/schools/selfreviewframework
The Self-Review framework
What should schools/organisations be doing?
•Be alert to the possibilities!
•Provide:
- Policies and procedures- Infrastructure - Education for staff, parents, students- Standards and inspection
(School Evaluation Framework)
•4b the extent to which learners adopt safe and responsible practices in using new technologies, including the Internet.
Conclusions
• Young people and ICT – way of life• Issues and risks – keep it in perspective• Role of the school
– Educating NOT stopping– All responsible not just ICT co-ordinator!
• Support available - from Becta and others• What do you need to do?
– Have the discussion back in school
Allison AllenBecta
Millburn Hill RoadScience Park
CoventryCV4 7JJ
Tel: 0800 040 7196
www.becta.org.uk
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Activities – 20 minutes plus 20 minutes feedback – take turns to be note taker
1. Categorise the risks: Group the cards into 3 categories:
(Green) No or little danger to the young person. The activity is one they can continue.(Amber) Encourage safe behaviour: The young person should be supported; they should stop the activity, or take no further action.(Red) Escalate to the service provider! [phone company, Internet Service Provider]Report abuse! [to CEOP, police]Involve LA support services.
2. Consequences: As a table or in small groups discuss a selection of the cards: both the possible risks and consequences and possible actions. Can you identify where the risk is so high that young people/adults should report to CEOP?
For LSCB or LA Colleagues
Who should be involved? Consider which individuals/agencies need to be involved in some of the problems. Use the name of the young person
Stay Safe:
• From maltreatment, neglect, violence and sexual exploitation
• From accidental injury and death• From bullying and discrimination• From crime and anti-social behaviour in and out of
school• Have security, stability and are cared for
These aims were written with the ‘real’ world in mind, however many equally apply to the ‘virtual’ world of 21st century
Concerns are shifting from what children are ‘downloading’ in
terms of content to what they are ‘uploading’ to the net.
Parental security concerns underlie Fisher-Price's Easy-Link Internet Launchpad, a keyboard-free console for the 3-and-older crowd. When toddlers stick a figurine representing one of their favorite licensed characters (Elmo, Bob the Builder, Thomas the Train) into its appropriate console slot, they are whisked directly to the character's official website, where all the games are age-appropriate and there's nary a pornographic banner ad in sight.Feb 07
• Physical intimidation has changed (teachers can be bullied)• Perception of anonymity• Say things that would not say face to face (lack of empathy)• 24/7 contact – no escape even when at home• Bystander effect (others can get caught up)• Don’t necessarily see the affect of the behaviour on the
victim (“just a bit of fun!”) • Re-victimisation even time the content is viewed• Long lasting consequences • Potentially stay online forever (no closure).• Parents may not know (fear of technology confiscated)
Childnet International 2007
What’s different about CYBERBULLYING ?
Read the small print!
• Section 10(2) of the Children Act defines well being as: "(a) physical and mental health and emotional well-being; (b) protection from harm and neglect;
• Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 puts a personal responsibility for employee and pupil safety on the governing body
• If there is a school e-safety lapse caused by inadequate school spending on demonstrably desirable or evidently necessary protections the head teacher is trebly to blame as having day to day responsibility for both
school safety and the school budget and as a governor.