St Jerome Online Safety

Cat Lamin Education Consultant cat@crossover.solutions @CatLamin

Agenda What is the Internet What might children encounter online How to speak to your child about issues Top Tips for protecting your child

The Internet A network of interconnected computers, networks and servers around the world Almost impossible to police - nobody ‘owns’ the Internet Once information has been uploaded to the Internet, it is almost impossible to be sure it has completely been deleted Constantly evolving Can be both a positive and a negative

Digital Lives We live in a digital age Data and information is constantly being shared online Many industries are vastly improved because of access to the Internet e.g. medicine & science Big Data is constantly being collected and analysed to try & improve our lives Children need to be prepared for the consequences of living in a digital age They need to be prepared for jobs that currently don’t exist!

Not everything we encounter online will be positive

Cyber Bullying Harrassment Exclusion Outing Cyberstalking Fraping Fake Profiles Dissing Trickery Trolling Catfishing

Unpleasant content Videos Photos How to deal with it

Strangers Messaging Playing games online Dealing with ‘online friends’

Fake News Not everything posted on the Internet is true Even adults struggle to differentiate fact from fiction sometimes Children need to develop a critical eye for web sources

Freebies If something seems too good to be true, it usually is Often used to download spyware or adware (malware) Similar to phishing Often in the form of pop ups or adverts

Try not to ban sites and apps - it only makes them more attractive!

Young children should never be unsupervised on YouTube or the Internet in general

Make sure your child knows what to do if something makes them feel uncomfortable

Understand that age limits are in place for a reason

What is being done in school?

CEOP - ThinkUKnow www.thinkuknow.co.uk Jessie & Friends Collections of videos for advice & support BBC Own It - digital advice from the BBC

Books Webster Dot Charlie McButton

What can you do at home?

Filtering Make sure that you have set up filtering via your ISP e.g. Virgin, BT, Sky, TalkTalk Most ISPs make it easy to filter websites and some even allow you to set limits

Disney Circle https://meetcircle.com/

You’re in charge Set limits on your child’s use of technology Encourage open discourse about what they’re doing online As they get older, discuss online accounts and help show them how to set up privacy options properly

Further resources Check out the ThinkUKnow website - it has advice for how to discuss Jessie & Friends with your child Use the Parent Info website to get free advice https://parentinfo.org/ BBC Own It

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