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Ann Layzell

eSafety Adviser

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Aims of this session

• Look at how children and young people are accessing the Internet in a variety of ways

• Raise awareness of eSafety issues • Consider ways of supporting school staff,

parents, carers and others • Offer guidance on keeping children and young

people safe• Next steps

Promote the positive

Respond to the negative

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Accessed anywhere anytime

Easy to communicat

e with friends and

family

Wide and flexible range of

informationFor

presentation

A key skill for life

Personalised Learning

Why do we and our young people use ICT?

Motivational and fun

ICT in Context

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What do we mean by eSafety?

‘all fixed and mobile technologies that children and young people may encounter, now and in the future, which allow them access to content and communications that could raise issues or pose risks to their wellbeing and safety’.

Safeguarding Children On-Line’ BECTA www.becta.org.uk/corporate/publications/documents/BEC6189Safegd

?

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Children and the Internet

• 99% of children aged 8 – 17 access the internet

• 90% of children 5 – 16 now have a computer at home

(Ofcom, 2008)

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The Internet and Related Technologies

Internet

Their space

Our spaceYour space

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How we use these technologies

Adults

e-mailShoppingBooking holidaysResearch

Young people

MusicGamesChat Instant Messaging (IM)BlogsSocial Networking

28% of parents who use the internet describe themselves as beginners?

7% of children describe themselves as beginners

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Moving on……

Download

Consume

“Corporate”

Separate media

Static

Adults Young people

web2

Upload

Create

Personal

Converged media

Interactive

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Some of the technologies……

BLOGS

E-mail

Podcasting

Instant messaging

Gaming sites

Social networking

Chat Rooms

Mobile phones

Video broadcasting

Music Download

sites

Wikies

What next???

Text

P2Pfile-sharing

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Camera phones Text messages

MP3 player

Mobile TV

Mobile phones

e-mail

Downloads

Internet access

Anytime Anywhere

Chat and IM

Social networks

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Social networking

•Based on the idea of networking with friends and friends of friends

•49% of the 3,000 children surveyed by Ofcom have a social networking profile

•It is estimated that 19% of all UK youngsters have a presence on a social networking site (Source: Ofcom)

•Required age for Bebo registration = 13 years

•Average age of Bebo user = 8 years old (CEOP, 2007)

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Issues for consideration

• Approx 80% of websites aimed at children and young people collect personal data from the users

• Social networks, via mobile phones, and mobile gaming becoming very popular with young people.

• Analysis of reports suggest that Chat Rooms and IM have been identified as the biggest area of concern accounting for 64% of all reports received

Chat Rooms

Social networking

Instant messaging

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Challenges Young People Maturity

• Like to post images and reveal some information about themselves

• Want lots of ‘friends’

• Talk about their peers – can be hostile

• Use inappropriate nicknames, often sexual

• Express insecurities and fantasies

• Trick others to make silly, embarrassing, dangerous acts with video or webcam

• Push boundaries - just as we pushed the boundaries as children

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School Outside of school

• Supervised

• Monitored

• Filtered

• Curriculum?

75% of homes have access to the internet

19% of young people have internet access in their bedroom

More than half of all children (53%) are never or hardly supervised online by their parents / carers

81% of parents think they know what their children are doing all or most of the time when access the internetUK Children Go Online, 2005, 9-19 year olds

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What are the dangers for us all?

Ofcom (Media Literacy Audit of Children, 2006, UK)

• 16% 8-15 yr olds have come across something ‘nasty, worrying or frightening’

• 31% 12-15s make checks on new websites (more if taught at school)

• 67% 12-15s trust most of what they find online

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So what is the risk of an incident?

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What are the dangers for our children? • Biggest danger is the not knowing –

– 26% of parents can’t check website history– 65% of young people can clear internet history

– 1% of parents thought their child blogged– 33% of children used blogs– 67% of parents didn’t know what a blog was

– 33% of children have met a ‘friend’ online– 8% have had a face-to-face meeting with an online friend– 89% told someone they were doing so UK Children Go Online, 2005, 9-19 year olds

- 40% boys/ 57% girls asked to undress on webcam; 1 in 3 boys/ 1 in 10 girls didRemco Pijpers Foundation (2006, N=10,900 teens<18 yrs, Holland)

Usage and experiences are not always reported to adults as they interfere with access

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eSafety – Summing up the risks

• Content - sexual, racist, violent unreliable/ bigoted i.e. safety of children’s minds

• Commerce - scams, phishing and pharming, downloads which steal information from users !

• Contact - via interactive technologies – IM, chat, multiplayer games

• Culture – bullying, camera phones, blogging, social networking …..

One third of young people who go online at least once a week report having received unwanted sexual (31%) or nasty comments (33%) via email, chat, instant message or text message. Only 7% of parents think their child has received such comments.UK Children Go Online, 2005, 9-19 year olds

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Becta Guidelines

☺Principles ☺Infrastructure☺Education☺Systems

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Schools Responsibilities

Becta

“Schools therefore have a major responsibility to educate their pupils; teaching them the appropriate behaviours and critical thinking skills to enable them to remain both safe and legal when using the internet and related technologies”.

Every Child Matters• Be healthy • Stay safe • Enjoy and achieve • Make a positive contribution • Achieve economic well-being

•eSafety co-ordinator•Policy and Management team•AUPs for all •Incident log

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Managing an eSafety Incident FlowchartFor Headteachers, Senior Leaders

and eSafety Coordinators

Incident Flowchart developed by the Hertfordshire Multi-agency Panel

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• CEOP works across the UK and maximises international links to tackle child sex abuse wherever and whenever it happens.

• provides internet safety advice for parents and carers

• provides information on internet safety and safe surfing for young people aged 11 to 16 years

• report facility enabling anyone to report any inappropriate or potentially illegal activity with or towards a child online

http://www.ceop.gov.uk/

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Think U Know

• CEOP resource which tells the story of Matt –a teenage boy who uses social networking websites to communicate with people and meet new friends

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Over to you – discuss• How aware are you of eSafety issues?

• Who is responsible for teaching eSafety?

• Have your worked with a child who has experienced threats to their eSafety?If so how did you respond?

• Would you know what to do if a child or adult reported an incident to you?

• What eSafety messages will YOU be giving to children and young people in the short and long term?

Children will not tell an adult about a problem if they feel their

access to the technologies will be restricted.

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and finally remember‘..the risks do not merit a moral panic, and nor do they warrant seriously restricting children’s internet use because this would deny them the many benefits of the internet. Indeed, there are real costs to lacking internet access or sufficient skills to use it.’

‘However, the risks are nonetheless widespread, they are experienced by many children as worrying or problematic, and they do warrant serious intervention by government, educators, industry and parents.’

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Aims of this session

• Look at how children and young people are accessing the Internet in a variety of ways

• Raise awareness of eSafety issues • Consider ways of supporting school staff,

parents, carers and others • Offer guidance on keeping children and young

people safe• Next steps

Promote the positive

Respond to the negative

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Where to find the eSafety resources on the HGfL

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Further eSafety Advice and Support

Ann Layzell ann.layzell@hertscc.gov.uk

ICT Curriculum Team Leader and eSafety Adviser

HGfL www.thegrid.org.uk

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some eSafety - resources

• www.becta.org.uk

• http://www.iwf.org.uk/

• www.ceop.gov.uk

• www.thinkuknow.com

• http://www.getnetwise.org/

• http://www.childnet-int.org/

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/webwise/