+ Promoting the Positive

- Responding to the Negative

What we’re going to What we’re going to covercover

What is E-safety?

What are the risks?

Why is the Internet so great?

Why is E-Safety important?

Our Message

What is E-Safety?What is E-Safety?

E-Safety is about ensuring that, through appropriate guidance, children learn to use new technologies in a way which will keep them safe without limiting their opportunities for creation and innovation.

Adults and new Media…Adults and new Media…

Everything that’s already in the world when you’re born is just normal;

Anything that gets invented between then and before you turn thirty is incredibly exciting and creative and with any luck you can make a career out of it;

Adults and new Media…Adults and new Media…

Adults and new Media…Adults and new Media…

“Anything that gets invented after you’re thirty is against the natural order of things and the beginning of the end of civilization as we know it …until it’s been around for about ten years when it gradually turns out to be alright really.”

Douglas Adams

The Byron ReportThe Byron Report

"Children and young people need to be empowered to keep themselves safe - this isn't just about a top-down approach. At a public swimming pool we have gates, put up signs, have lifeguards and shallow ends, but we also teach children how to swim.“

Tanya Byron

PupilsPupils

The ever developing technologies that surround our every day routines mean we must equip students with the skills they need to make informed judgements on their use of technology and the appropriateness and suitability of the information they find.

PupilsPupils• 93% of children who use a computer and phone.• 80% of teenagers who have a home computer, mobile phone and games

console.• 1.4M UK students with their own web space.• 200M Registered users of MySpace.• 2.7B searches on Google each month.• 6.7B text messages sent every day.• 38% of students in Northumberland who talk to people online that they don’t

know in real life.• 9.4% of students in Northumberland who show their mobile number for all

to see on MSM Messenger.• 36% of students in Northumberland who accept messages from strangers

on MSN Messenger.• 40% of students in Northumberland who have shared a photo of themselves

with someone they have met online.• 6% of students in Northumberland who have e-mailed someone an

embarrassing/provocative picture of themselves.

PupilsPupils

IN SCHOOL

Supervised, filtered & monitored

OUT OF SCHOOL

Often no supervision, filtering

or monitoring

30% of students report having received no lessons at all on using the internet.79% of young people use the internet privately without their parent’s supervision

ParentsParents• Knowledge Gap• 28% of Parents class themselves as

Internet beginners• 7% of children class themselves as

Internet beginners• Making training/resources available for

parents to develop their knowledge and allow them to assist their children in staying safe

Why is the Internet so Why is the Internet so great?great?

Search engines

Homework

Projects

Personal interest

Amazing facts

The biggest library in the world

Blogs (web log)

Vlogs (video log)

Web sites

Text & pictures

Music/photo/video

Anyone can become a publisher

Connect CreateDiscover

Email/chat

VoIP - Skype

Instant Messenger

Multi-user games

Social networks

Brings people together

What are the risks?What are the risks?

• 73% of online adverts are not clearly labelled making it difficult for children and adults to recognise them

• 57% of 9-19 yr olds have accidently come into contact with inappropriate content

• 4 in 10 students aged 9-19 trust most of the information on the internet.• 1/3 of young people have received unwanted sexual or nasty comments online.

Only 7% of parents think their child has received such comments.

Content ContactCommerce

The 3 Cs of E-SafetyThe 3 Cs of E-Safety

At KEVI, we focus on E-Safety under the following areas:

• Contact- Cyber bullying, Stalking, Social Networking, E-mail/IM, Texting

• Content- Plagiarism, Inappropriate Content

• Commerce- Internet/E-commerce fraud, mobile phone fraud

Our Message to PupilsOur Message to Pupils

Safe -Don’t give out personal information to people you don’t trust

Meeting -Meeting someone you met online can be dangerous

Accepting -Accepting Internet content you don’t trust can be dangerous

Reliable - Information found on the Internet may not always be reliable

Tell - Tell someone if something is bothering you

Our message to ParentsOur message to Parents

King Edward’s aims to provide students with a Safe Digital Environment, providing the necessary skills and guidance to ensure they become discerning users of technology and are competent in the identification and management of the potential risks they encounter in their day to day lives.