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Parents’ ICT safety workshop

Parents’ ICT safety workshop. November 2016. What will we talk about?. Internet and its dangers Playing games Good ideas for home. Internet. Risks online. Inappropriate content Age restricted content (adverts aren’t necessarily matched to age of game) Friending strangers Grooming

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Parents’ ICT safety workshop

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  1. Parents’ ICT safety workshop November 2016

  2. What will we talk about? • Internet and its dangers • Playing games • Good ideas for home

  3. Internet

  4. Risks online • Inappropriate content • Age restricted content (adverts aren’t necessarily matched to age of game) • Friending strangers • Grooming • Sharing personal information • Gambling and running up debts • Cyber-bullying • Location tracking and metadata • Public wi-fi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKUaIDPAFQY

  5. Social Media

  6. 20% websites we commonly use 80% the ‘dark web’

  7. Take the www approach • Who are they talking to online? • What are they doing online? • Where are they going online?

  8. Child safety search engines • www.google.safesearchkids.com • http://www.kidrex.org • http://www.kiddle.co

  9. Safe: don’t share information Meeting: don’t meet up with anyone Accepting: be careful accepting things Reliable: not everything is true Tell: talk to each other!

  10. Helpful hints • Teach them not to share private information including passwords • Do not meet up with people you befriend online • Encourage openness and provide informal opportunities to talk about online activity • Keep consoles, computers etc in a place where you can see what’s happening • Disable or cover webcams to avoid accidental sharing of images • Link children’s email addresses to yours so you receive a copy of their emails • Set up parental controls/ filters on TV, Apple devices, YouTube and online watching • Get virus protection • Set rules and agree boundaries: agree as a family about time to be spent online(including mobile phone use) • Install parental protection apps (alerts you if they try to access a blocked site, keeps records of messages and set times that they can use it)

  11. Gaming

  12. Good ideas for gaming • Monitor use of games • One hour is recommended by an Oxford University study • Do NOT buy underage games • Give a variety of entertainment, gaming is one form of entertainment • Observe their behaviour for any changes

  13. Advice • https://www.commonsensemedia.org/ • http://www.vodafone.com/content/digital-parenting.html# • https://www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/keeping-children-safe/online-safety/ • http://www.safetynetkids.org.uk/personal-safety/staying-safe-online/ • http://www.safekids.com/kids-rules-for-online-safety/ • http://www.raisesmartkid.com/3-to-6-years-old/4-articles/34-the-good-and-bad-effects-of-video-games

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