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Internet Safety ‘An Awareness-Raising Session’. Social Media Today. Have you heard of any of these...?. Rewards vs Risks?. Rewards communication computer creativity research confidence Risks unwanted contact/grooming cyberbullying harmful content/illegal material
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Internet Safety ‘An Awareness-Raising Session’
Rewards vs Risks? • Rewards • communication • computer • creativity • research • confidence • Risks • unwanted contact/grooming • cyberbullying • harmful content/illegal material • privacy/digital footprints
Top Tips • Help set up their profile • Add your e-mail as the main contact (if possible) • Set the privacy settings to ‘friends only’ • Be one of your children’s friends • Make sure they are ‘friends’ with children that they know in the real world • Show them a CEOP safety resource which outlines the risks (You Tube) • You Tube - CEOP Films • Tell them to post content and photos that they wouldn’t mind showing you • Show them how to report an issue to CEOP and Facebook • CEOP Film on How to Report • Have a look at Facebook’s Family Safety Center • http://www.facebook.com/safety
Gaming Top Tips • Put all gaming devices in a family space • As they have online facilities, treat the console just like you would a laptop or PC • Talk to your child about the sites they are using and why they like them • Explain that some people are mean or lie online and are not always who they say they are • Ask them never to give out personal information • Set parental controls – visit the service provider’s website or CEOP parent’s page for help • Set time limits – an hour screen time before bed
Instant Messaging (Windows/Hotmail)and Private Chat (Facebook/Blackberry Messenger) Top Tips Don’t speak to anyone online that you don’t know in real life • When using webcam, make sure there is nothing visible in room e.g. personal information that could identify user or put them at risk of cyberbullying) • Turn webcam away when not in use • Ensure that there is adequate downtime • Treat their password like their toothbrush – never share it! • Teach them how to report a problem
Mobile Phones Risks: • Facebook Places – ‘checking in’ • Instant uploading of images – lost time to process what we are doing (cyberbullying) e.g. Facebook, Instagram, BBM • Personal messaging (cyberbullying) • Over-usage • Fraping
Digital Dirt http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDeRKFi0u2g
What e-safety things do we do in Bracknell Forest??? • E-safety Exemplar Policy and Guidance Document 2012 • Quarterly Training • E-safety sub-group of CSP • Raising Awareness Network • Casework • Resource Showcase • E-safety website
What are the current e-safety challenges for BF? • Education Act 2012 • New Ofsted Inspection Framework
Further Advice? http://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/ http://www.childline.org.uk/
http://www.saferinternet.org.uk/advice-and-resources/a-parents-guidehttp://www.saferinternet.org.uk/advice-and-resources/a-parents-guide
BFC Public Website Pages http://www.bracknell-forest.gov.uk/internetsafety
Questions? Alison Koen Community Safety Officer and e-safety Lead Alison.koen@bracknell-forest.gov.uk