PRESENTATION ON INTERNET PROFICIENCY SCHEME INTERNET SAFETY AT SCHOOL AND IN THE HOME Produced by Childnet International. Copyright 2003.

PRESENTATION ON

INTERNET PROFICIENCY SCHEME

INTERNET SAFETY AT SCHOOL AND IN THE HOME

Produced by Childnet International. Copyright 2003

WELCOME WELCOME

INTRODUCTIONS INTRODUCTIONS

WHY WE ARE HERE ? WHY WE ARE HERE ?

THIS PRESENTATION WILL COVER:THIS PRESENTATION WILL COVER:

Part I

Why is the issue of Internet safety so important ?Part II

Why schools take their role seriously

Part III

The IP scheme + how children will use it

Part V

How parents can play their part

QUESTIONS

A bit about you….

How many of you have Internet access at home ?

What sort of things do your children like doing on the Internet ?

What sort of concerns do you have about your children’s use of the Internet ?

WHY IS THIS

IMPORTANT ?The Internet is a wonderful resource for children which puts the world in their hands, allowing them to discover, connect + create.

PART I

When we look at this issue of Internet safety we need to keep the issue in context and have a balanced view, remembering the overall tremendous benefits that the medium bring to children.

WHY IS THIS

IMPORTANT ??PART I

Whilst there are enormous benefits for children using the Internet at home and at school there are potential dangers for children using the net unsupervised. These can broadly be grouped into 3 C s:

1) WHAT ARE THE DANGERS ?

Content Contact Commerce

• Pornography

• Racist content

• Inaccurate info

• Threatening e-mails

• Strangers in Chat rooms

• Blur between advertising and content

• Invasions of privacy +

SPAM

PARENTS PARENTS Mostly e-mail and web for research

DO YOU KNOW DO YOU KNOW HOW YOUR HOW YOUR CHILD USES CHILD USES THE NET ?THE NET ?

WE NEED TO BE INVOLVED IN OUR CHILDREN’S ONLINE ACTIVITY, VALIDATE THEIR SKILLS

+ LEARN FROM THEM

YOUNG YOUNG PEOPLE PEOPLE

Interactive chat, IM, Music, Games,

WHY IS THIS

IMPORTANT ?PART I

2) ADULTS + CHILDREN USE THE NET IN DIFFERENT WAYS

KNOWLEDGE Many children

pick up technology quicker ! HELP YOUR

CHILDREN TO UNDERSTAND THE CONTEXT

TECHNOLOGY IS THROWING UP NEW IMPORTANT SAFETY ISSUES WHICH CHILDREN

MAY NOT SEE

WISDOMUnderstanding how to behave

in a virtual world

WHY IS THIS

IMPORTANT ?PART I

3) THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN KNOWLEDGE + WISDOM

IN SCHOOL

Generally, supervised,

protected and monitored

WE NEED TO DO MORE

THAN SUPERVISE- WE NEED TO

HELP EDUCATE

CHALLENGE = to ensure that children are safe wherever they use

the Internet

OUT OF SCHOOL

Often no filtering,

supervision or monitoring

WHY IS THIS

IMPORTANT ??PART I

4) SUPERVISED/UNSUPERVISED ACCESS POINTS

Fixed location for access eg

home/school Already some children are

receiving abusive/hoax txt messages

As technologies converge we need to re-view the safety messages

Increasingly mobile

WHY IS THIS

IMPORTANT ??PART I

5) CONVERGENCE + THE NET GOING MOBILE

Part II Why schools take their role seriously ?

Schools aim to provide a supervised and protected Internet environment.

Most schools have filtering and/or monitoring software, an acceptable use policy which parents sign up to, classroom supervision and a firewall or “walled garden” of approved websites that pupils can access.

Schools also help children understand the wider issues involved in communication.

Schools also seek to prepare pupils for the wider world and through the citizenship schemes of work, issues related to Internet safety are now being covered. It is important we help teach pupils how to behave safely online wherever they use the Internet.

Part II Why schools take their role seriously

HOW WE USE COMPUTERS IN OUR SCHOOL

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OUR SCHOOL POLICY

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Part III

The IP scheme + how children will use it

The Internet Proficiency Scheme is designed to help KS2 pupils learn how to use the Internet and other technologies safely and responsibly

A new resource for schools to help teach Internet safety

Provide teachers with easily accessible support materials to help their pupils develop a set of ‘safe and discriminating behaviours’ to adopt when using the Internet and help pupils demonstrate what they know.

The aim of the scheme is to:

The scheme links directly to the National Curriculum and schemes of work for ICT and Citizenship

Part III

The IP scheme + how children will use it ?

Teacher’s guide – giving advice on new applications and the dangers as well as ways to involve parents in this issue.

The IP scheme includes:

Lesson plans to help pupils look at Interactive services such as Chat rooms, e-mail, SMS, Instant Messenger etc. - Adaptable and differentiated for different levels of experience and understanding.

Interactive Cybercafé website which reinforces these lessons see www.gridclub.com

Certificate to show understanding – but reviewed.

Part V How parents can play their part

The IP Scheme will really help schools cover these challenges, but parents play a vital part. You can back support your children in 5 key ways:

1) Support the school – Sign the Acceptable Use Policy and take an active interest in what your children are doing in ICT at school. 2) Get involved in your children’s online activity at home. Check you know what applications they are using, especially chat rooms and games played with others online. Ask who their “e-pals” are. Get them to teach you about how things work.3) Encourage internet use that builds on offline activities. It helps to keep the computer in a family room not tucked away in a child’s bedroom. Help your children to use the Internet for home work and leisure interests.

Part V How parents can play their part

4) Use some of the tools on the computer to help you. Website addresses + favorites folders

Browsers (history)

E-mail accounts – (hotmail)

Filtering tools

Part V How parents can play their part

5) REINFORCE THE SMART THINKING RULES WHICH THE IP SCHEME USES AND GO THROUGH THESE WITH YOUR CHILDREN

SECRET – Staying safe online involves being careful and thinking about whether it is safe to give out personal information MEETING – Meeting up with someone you have contacted in cyberspace can be dangerous. Only do so with your parent’s/carer’s permission and then when they can be present. ATTACHMENTS – Accepting e-mails or opening files from people you don’t know can be dangerous. – they may contain viruses or nasty messages.

RELIABLE – Anyone can put anything on the net and remember people can lie and not be who they say they are in chat rooms. TELL – Tell your parent/carer or teacher if someone or something makes you feel uncomfortable or worried.

QUESTIONS

See http://www.gridclub.com/freearea/internet_safety.html for full details about the Internet Proficiency Scheme and Cybercafé

Other advice on SMART RULES and resources for Parents see: http://www.kidsmart.org.uk produced by Childnet.

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Produced by Childnet International. Copyright 2003