E-safety information for practitioners
Anti-bullying
- Hampshire County Council's anti-bullying webpages - This is a website that provides information about bullying and what is being done in Hampshire to address it.
- Cyber Mentoring - This is a website that provides information about kids helping kids online.
- Cyberbullying - DirectGov
- Digizen - advice and resources on how to be a good DIGItal citiZEN
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Cyberbullying
42kb - practical advice for school staff
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* Guidance notes for Hampshire County Council staff regarding cyberbullying
- please note that this links to an internal page within Hantsnet *
Guidance
- Childnet International - Part of the Know It All website that provides materials for promoting safe Internet access.
- Click Clever Click Safe - A Government website that provides Internet Safety guidance for parents.
- The Byron Review - Tanya Byron was commissioned by the Government in 2007 to review the use of technology with children. This report summarises her findings.
- Information for carers of children in care who have received laptops through the Get Online project - This project provided computers to students who were in foster care. The project finished in 2009.
- The safe use of new technologies - Ofsted Inspectors visited 35 schools from April and July 2009 in 35 schools in England. They investigated how schools ensured that their students understood the issues around E-Safety.
- *Internet and e-safety: ICT in schools - please note that this links to an internal page within Hantsnet
- Safer working practice for adults who work with children and young people
- AUPs in context: Establishing safe and responsible online behaviours Becta archives
- E-safety: Developing whole-school policies to support effective practice Becta archives
- Safeguarding children online: How e-safe are your school and your learners? - Becta archives
- Safeguarding children online: Are you managing online risks well? - Becta archives
- Safeguarding children online - a guide for school leaders - Becta archives
- Beyond the e-safety net - Department for Education
- 4LSCB e-safety strategy
Resources
- Key stage 3 esafety resources - TeachICT
- e-safety education programme and resources - London Grid for Learning
- School e-safety resources - Learning Curve
Social media
"Currently social networking sites are blocked by the Hampshire schools Internet filters, therefore the sites below will not be accessible from within school. However, Flexible Filtering will be available in 2011 and this will allow schools, if they wish, to unblock social networking sites"
Social media sites are constantly changing their settings and privacy policies. For the most up to date information see each site's own information pages.
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A guide for parents, carers and teachers about social networking sites
- Childnet International
Facebook (minimum age 13)
Members create a user profile, they can then create and join groups if they wish. Allows users to share photos, interests, music and comment on other profiles.
Twitter (minimum age 13)
Twitter users exchange public content in the form of 140 character messages sent from the webpage or from a user's phone. Users may have a public or private account and choose to view the message of other users. The messages are referred to as 'tweets'.
MySpace (minimum age 13)
Users create profiles, share photos, journals, music and videos. Users can choose if the content can be viewed by friends only, 18 and older, and everyone.
Bebo (minimum age 13)
Users create profiles, share music, videos and photos
Ning (minimum age 13)
Users create their own social network and can control membership and privacy.
Friendfeed (minimum age unknown)
Users share music, videos, photos and discussions through profiles and groups.
Club Penguin
A social networking site for children aged 6 to 14. This is a website that is moderated and allows parents to place their own restrictions.
- http://www.clubpenguin.com/
- Parent information - safety and guidance
Chat, instant messaging (IM), games, email, mobile
There are many sites that encorporate chat, instant messaging, games, email and mobile. As with all social media sites particular care should be given to who we befriend and trust, protecting personal details and accessing age appropriate materials.- Chatdanger - a site all about the potential dangers on interactive services online like chat, IM, online games, email and on mobiles.
Training
Schools can receive Think U Know training and advice on E-Safety strategy by contacting sue.savory@hants.gov.uk.
