Aims: Aims: To put ICT and the internet into context To put ICT and the internet into context To remind ourselves of the risks / To remind ourselves of the risks / benefits of using the internet benefits of using the internet To share how children will be taught to To share how children will be taught to use the internet safely in the junior use the internet safely in the junior years years To stress that overall the Internet is a To stress that overall the Internet is a good thing! good thing! To support parents in developing To support parents in developing children’s skills safely children’s skills safely Bathwick St. Mary Church of Bathwick St. Mary Church of England Primary School: Online England Primary School: Online Parenting meeting Parenting meeting
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Aims:Aims:To put ICT and the internet into context To put ICT and the internet into context To remind ourselves of the risks / benefits of using the To remind ourselves of the risks / benefits of using the internetinternetTo share how children will be taught to use the internet To share how children will be taught to use the internet safely in the junior yearssafely in the junior yearsTo stress that overall the Internet is a good thing!To stress that overall the Internet is a good thing!To support parents in developing children’s skills safely To support parents in developing children’s skills safely
Bathwick St. Mary Church of England Bathwick St. Mary Church of England Primary School: Online Parenting meetingPrimary School: Online Parenting meeting
The Context
Broadband technologies - part of Broadband technologies - part of everyday lifeeveryday life
Technologies enable active / Technologies enable active / creative engagement not passive / creative engagement not passive / reactivereactive
Children access their world Children access their world through technology through technology
Digital natives / digital immigrantsDigital natives / digital immigrants
The Balance to StrikeThe Balance to Strike
Benefits Benefits Dangers
•Speed of communication
•Education + ICT = greater attainment
•Access to cheaper goods & services
•Develop friendships
•Global understanding
•Meeting up with people don’t know
•Can’t take off once ‘released on the Web – there forever
•Lose control once ‘published
•Can’t see effects of messages / pictures on others
AIM: Mirror positive, safe school use with positive, safe home use.
OUT OF SCHOOLOften no supervision, filtering or monitoring
To use technology or not? No option –must To use technology or not? No option –must ‘swim’ ‘swim’
Technology is fundamentally great Technology is fundamentally great We appreciate dangers in the real world – We appreciate dangers in the real world –
can spot virtual world onescan spot virtual world ones Children use technology as ‘second Children use technology as ‘second
nature’ – build on knowledge – need it to nature’ – build on knowledge – need it to access ‘their world’ access ‘their world’
We have to marry our appreciation of We have to marry our appreciation of danger and their expertise in operating danger and their expertise in operating technologies technologies
ISSUES?
Do we know enough to help?Do we know enough to help?
Our E-Safety Curriculum:
Developing responsible and safe Developing responsible and safe behaviours & attitudesbehaviours & attitudes
Acceptable Use Policies
Digital literacy
Dangerous email
Safe searching
Know what to do IF
Don’t cyberbully
Personnel info.
There forever
Y4, 5, & 6 Survey 2012Y4, 5, & 6 Survey 2012
(A) Internet use 100% of Y4, Y5 and Y6 have Internet access – of
which, 88% (Y4), 81% (Y5) and 67% (Y6) had ground rules at home to use it.
76% of Y4 use the Internet more than once a week (18% use every day)
43% of Y5 use the internet more than once a week (29% use every day)
78% of Y6 use the Internet more than once a
week (28% use every day)
Of those who use the Internet daily: 76% of Y4 use for 1hr or less (12% - 30 mins.); 19% of Y5 use for 1hr or less 17% of Y6 use for 1hr or less; 39% for 1-2hrs; 17% 2-3hrs
[What ground rules do you have? What ground rules should children have for the Internet?]
(B) Discussion with parents about on-line experience 88% of Y4 discuss on-line activity with parents (same number as those who had ‘Ground Rules’ for Internet use)76% of Y5 discuss on-line activity with parents (couple less than those who had ‘Ground Rules’ for Internet use)39% of Y6 discuss on-line activity with parents (c. 2/3rds of those having ground rules)
[Why so few discuss on-line activities with parents? What would encourage this dialogue / encourage children to discuss with parents?]
Who plays ‘games’ on line? 94% of Y4; 100% of Y5 and 94% of Y6
[More than ½ Y4’s, nearly ¾ of Y5s and 2/3 of Y6 play more than once a week
… and nearly 1/3 of Y6s, ¼ of Y5s and nearly 1/5 of Y4s play daily.]
(D) Social networking71% of Y4 use social network sites:41% Moshi Monsters + ‘Other’; 12% Club Penguin + My Space; 6% Bin Weevils
90% of Y5 use social network sites:48% Moshi Monsters; 43% ‘Other’; 19% Club Penguin
94% of Y6 use social network sites:61% ‘Other’; 22% Club Penguin + Bin Weevil; 6% Facebook + Beebo
(E) Mobile phones50% of Y6, 19% of Y5 and 6% of Y4 have a mobile phone of which 56% of Y6s and 25% of Y5s use daily.
Y5 & Y6 tend to use phones without parental permission and very few use access to social networks through their phone. But all use their phone to text.
If something went wrong?Said - all would tell someone and some would not delete the message.
If something goes wrong at school while you are on the Internet what would you do?94% of Y4, 95% of Y5 and 94% of Y6 would tell the teacher – of which 33%of Y5 and 22% of Y6 would turn off the monitor
[Do you know AUP for using Internet at school?100% of Y4; 90% of Y5; and 100% of Y6
Do you know ‘SMART’ rules?100% of Y4; 95% of Y5; and 100% Y6
Parental SupportParental Support Vital to use technologies safely and Vital to use technologies safely and
responsiblyresponsibly Establish dialogue and GOLDen rules from as Establish dialogue and GOLDen rules from as
early as possible early as possible safe behaviours / attitudes safe behaviours / attitudes You’re the parent – ‘pull the router out & take You’re the parent – ‘pull the router out & take
it to bed with you’!it to bed with you’! Let children be your guide – share / explore Let children be your guide – share / explore
together together Use reference docs. + School Web Site (Online Use reference docs. + School Web Site (Online
Parenting) + AUPParenting) + AUP Additional Y5 project – family e-safety kit Additional Y5 project – family e-safety kit
Digital Footprint?Digital Footprint?
‘‘Google’ yourself and / or Google’ yourself and / or your child your child
what do you find?what do you find?
Parenting in the Digital AgeParenting in the Digital Age- keeping children safe - keeping children safe
