E-safety Parents Workshop Autumn By: Miss Bomah & Ms Bhudia

Aims of this session Internet • Raise awareness of E-Safety issues • Look at how children are using the Internet • Raise awareness of E-Safety issues • Consider ways of supporting parents/ carers • Offer guidance on keeping your child safe

What are the dangers?

Benefits of technology Many studies have shown that there are benefits to having access to technology and the Internet at home. These can include: Supports homework and revision. Improves students’ achievement. Makes learning more fun and creative. Provides access to a wider range of learning materials. Offers young people choice in what they learn, when they learn and how they learn. Connects learning at school with learning at home. Using technology at home and at school develops skills for life.

Quiz

Facts Social Media 43% of children have a social media account instagram, facebook or twitter The likelihood of having a social media profile increases with age; 0% of 3-4s, 3% of 5-7s, 23% of 8-11s and 72% of 12-15s have a profile. The numbers of 12-15s using SnapChat have continued to grow (51%, up from 43% in 2015)

Tablet ownership among children is increasing Tablets are the only device, other than TV sets, that are used by a majority of children in each age group (55% of 3-4s, 67% of 5-7s, 80% of 8-11s and 74% of 12-15s), and the number of 5-15s with their own tablet has increased since 2015, to 44%. Sixteen per cent of 3-4s also have their own tablet, unchanged since 2015. the mobile phone is now the second most popular device to go online (after tablets), https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0034/93976/Children-Parents-Media-Use-Attitudes-Report-2016.pdf

Blogs Blogs can we seen by everyone in the world Comments can be made on posts without moderation Information can be taken off blogs

Chat Based Services

Legal age for social network - Each of these instant messaging services have a minimum age of 13 - Children are able to send messages instantly as part of an individual or group conversation - Children are able to send messages, pictures and videos - Children can be part of conversations without being friends

Ever-changing craze

My Child knows more than me about the internet?

Parental locks 66% of parents are not aware you can set controls to filter inappropriate content on YouTube, Google and most devices

How to guide https://www.internetmatters.org/parental-controls/interactive-guide/

Dangers online Grooming - is when someone builds an emotional connection with a child to gain their trust for the purposes of sexual abuse, sexual exploitation or trafficking. Children and young people can be groomed online or face-to-face, by a stranger or by someone they know - for example a family member, friend or professional. Cyberbullying - the act of harassing someone online by sending or posting mean messages, usually anonymously.

So… what should you do now? 1. Get involved in your children’s online activity at home and TALK Check you know what applications they are using, especially chat rooms and games played with others online. Ask who their ‘e-pals’ are. Get them to teach you about how things work. Set up accounts with them. 2. Support the school Sign the Acceptable Use Policy and take an active interest in what your children are doing in ICT at school. 3. Encourage Internet use that builds on offline activities It helps to keep the computer in a family room not tucked away in a child’s bedroom. Help your children to use the Internet for homework and leisure interests. Do things together. Reflect on how much ‘gaming’ time they have. 4. Use some of the tools on the computer to help you Parental settings.

So… what should you do now? Look at the following websites for more information and help: https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/  http://www.childnet.com/parents-and-carers  http://internet-safety.yoursphere.com/  http://www.saferinternet.org.uk/advice-and-resources/parents-and-carers/ http://www.parentport.org.uk/ https://www.net-aware.org.uk/networks/?order=title   https://www.ceop.police.uk/safety-centre/