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Digital Leaders Setting up
It is worth remembering that having
Digital Leaders in school can make
a real difference in helping promote
online safety messages in your
school community. Online safety is
not all about lessons with a single
focus delivered by a safeguarding
lead or teacher with expertise in digi-
tal literacy. An approach where
these messages are delivered within
the existing curriculum including
“Pupil Voice”, are proven and effec-
tive strategies for delivering online
safety education. School E-Safety is
referenced in two national frame-
works (NAACE ICT Mark and the
SWGfL 360 Degree Safe) and both
highlight the importance of having
pupils involved in online safety
education.
Pupil Voice is a proven and
effective strategy for delivering
online safety education.
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A guide for schools
Digital Leaders, Cyber Sentinels, E-Leaders or something similar, it doesn’t matter, but I’d recommend getting the pupils to discuss and choose
their own title.
Most schools find that between 6 and 8 pupils from different year groups is the right number. Your Digital Leaders may have a range of skills
that they can utilise, but should include listening, communicating, graphic/artistic, ICT, creative, management.
Once set up with a good pupil manager, most groups are keen to meet at least once a week either during lunchtime or after school.
A range of year groups from year 4 to year 10 is recommended as it encourages a flow of experience as pupils move from year to year.
The basics W HA T DO W E CA L L T HE M?
HOW MA N Y A N D W HA T S K ILL S ?
HOW OFT E N D O T HE Y ME E T ?
W HICH YE A R G RO UP S ?
Once the initial training has been delivered the
group can plan the range of activities that they feel
would have maximum impact in delivering online
safety messages. Ideas include the creation of post-
ers and guidance, an E-Safety display, assemblies
delivered to the school, presentations to parents, the
creation of an E-Safety page on the school website
and attendance at E-Safety briefings attended by
relevant senior staff and governors.
WHAT CAN THEY DO?
Allow at least half a day to deliver this to the group.
A suggested agenda is outlined below.
Digital Leader Training Agenda 1. Introductions 2. Online Safety – Where are you? 3. Online Safety – Key Messages a. Privacy b. Grooming c. Cyber-bullying d. Social media e. Digital Literacy and security f. Online gaming 4. Getting the message over a. E-Safety scenarios b. Prioritising the messages c. Video reviews d. Appropriateness and audience 5. A safe online campaign a. Planning a local campaign b. Design of effective posters with key messages c. Create a website for the whole school community 6. Design an assembly for all year groups 7. Design a lesson for classes on being safe online
Recommended Resources
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There are lots of support materials targeted at different age ranges at the CEOP ThinkYouKnow site www.thinkuknow.co.uk
J2e5 is a cloud publishing tool that pupils (and teachers) can use to create online content such as web pages.
www.just2easy.com/products/j2e5
Alternatives include Google sites (part of the Google for Education suite) apps.google.com/products/sites and
Wordpress wordpress.org.
If you would like us to deliver your digital leader training, go to www.catshill.com/digital-leaders
Self Review Frameworks:
NAACE ICT Mark www.naace.co.uk/ictmark/srf
SWGfL 360 Degree Safe 360safe.org.uk
Initial Training
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