Embedding e-Safety measures within local arrangements Ruth Hammond

Key messages for today Young people and ICT Relevant policies and legislation Issues and risks Role of the school/organisation Support available What do you need to do?

For young people ICT is not a novelty but the way they engage with their world - 21 st century culture Communication via , chat rooms and message boards, IM, SMS, weblogs, social networks, Skype, podcasting…….. Entertainment – watching films on DVD, downloading music, playing games, taking, storage and retrieval of digital images. Education – research, word processing, data manipulation, modelling, design, creativity, recording thoughts Personal management – diary, appointment calendars and address books, alarm clock and personal reminders, finding the best party locations! For shopping ……………….. all at the same time!

Why should I be concerned about e-safety? Every Child Matters: Change for children –Be healthy –Stay safeStay safe –Enjoy and achieve –Make a positive contribution –Achieve economic well-being Safeguarding Children in Education – Sept 2004 Working Together to Safeguard Children ( ) Practitioners need to know that ICT is safe if they are to take advantage of its benefits Schools have a duty of care - both inside and outside DfES – ‘Harnessing Technology’ – the e-strategyHarnessing Technology

What are the risks? Content -sexual, racist, violent unreliable/bigoted ie safety of children’s minds Commerce - scams, phishing and pharming, bluejacking, downloads which steal information– children’s and parents! Contact - via interactive technologies – IM, chat, multiplayer games Culture – bullying, camera phones, blogging, moblogging, social networking …..social networking The ‘C’ of ICT is the most dangerous ie Communication which can lead to Contact Approx cases in the last 4 -5 years compared to 500 serious road casualties per year! The biggest Internet danger is that we concentrate on the dangers and forget the benefits! Balance and perspective

‘..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.’

Schools should be raising awareness of: Internet safety –keeping personal information secret across all technologies – , chat, IM, mobile –bullying across all technologies including camera phones & blogs –people online may not be who they say they are Internet security –spotting copycats websites and scams –viruses and spam via –if it looks too good to be true it generally is Media literacy –evaluating reliability/validity of informationevaluating reliability/validity of information –copyright and plagiarism –P2P networks - allow anyone to publish videos and large files to anyone who needs them eg Napster and Gnutella, music and porn!

Issues for schools to consider Who is responsible for teaching e-safety? –In primary phase? –In secondary phase? –Whole school issue of child safety not ICT! –Technological issues At what age should internet safety lessons start?age How can parents be involved?parents What support is there in schools for teachers in the event of a ‘disclosure’? Advent of 3G and ‘mobile internet’ Protection for staff – AUP Damage to network through downloading of files/viruses Data security Identifiable/contactable/pupil addresses/images on web sites Accessing inappropriate web content at school External issues being brought into school – eg cyberbullying

Key measures

Policy and procedure - what help is available? E-safety publication: Main recommendations: E-safety co-ordinator Policy and management team Checklists of AUPs Incident log Safetynet discussion forum Becta’s Schools website

Infrastructure - what help is available? ISP Safety site Becta Accreditation of Internet Services to Education: enables schools to purchase services from accredited suppliers that meet and maintain specific standards in content filtering and service performance. Delivering the National Digital Infrastructure –Robust and reliable networks –Secure and safe access to data and content via the National Education Network –Best value purchasing –Technical support and services –Finding choosing and using resources –Personalised learning spaces

Educational resources - what help is available? Educational resources - what help is available? Primary: The Internet Proficiency scheme for KS2Internet Proficiency Smartsurfers for KS2Smartsurfers Others….Others Secondary: Signposts to Safety for KS3/4 Childnet International - ‘Know IT All’ for KS3Know IT All’ Think U Know Others…. Parents: Parentscentre KnowITAll for Parents

What should schools/organisations be doing? Be alert to the possibilities! Provide: - Policies and procedures - Infrastructure - Education for staff, parents, students - Standards and inspection (School Evaluation Framework 4b. To what extent do learners feel safe and adopt safe practices? 5c. How well are learners guided and supported?)

E-safety: the experience in English Educational Establishments Autumn term 2005, random anonymous sample 444 schools and colleges (303 primary, 123 secondary, Special schools, PRU’s, colleges) In depth interviews with 61 teachers 25 Local Education Authorities 5 Regional Broadband Consortia Key findings LEAs are often the first port of call for e-safety advice – particularly in primary education Having a designated e-safety co-ordinated and AUP makes a difference Most common breech of e-safety is the viewing of unsuitable content Teaching about e-safety makes a difference

Ruth Hammond British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (Becta) Millburn Hill Road Science Park Coventry CV4 7JJ Tel: Fax:

Stay Safe: From maltreatment, neglect, violence and sexual exploitation From accidental injury and death From bullying and discrimination From crime and anti-social behaviour in and out of school Have security, stability and are cared for These aims were written with the ‘real’ world in mind, however many equally apply to the ‘virtual’ world of 21 st century

DfES – ‘Harnessing Technology’ – the e-strategy ‘One of our key aims is to personalise learning for children and adults, and their interaction with professionals.’ home-school links Anytime anywhere learning Authentication Lifelong! Learner centric addressing children and learning services as a whole, rather than sector-by-sector Safeguarding children across all services in line with Every Child Matters agenda

Concerns are shifting from what children are ‘downloading’ in terms of content to what they are ‘uploading’ to the net...no-one is safe!

What help is available for the Primary phase? Education and training The Internet Proficiency scheme for KS2 (UK)Internet Proficiency Netsmartz (US)Netsmartz Disney (US)Disney Faux Paw (US)Faux Paw Internet Superheroes (US)Internet Superheroes Smart Surfers (UK)Smart Surfers CBBC – Stay Safe (UK)CBBC – Stay Safe Hector Protector (NZ)Hector Protector

What help is available for the Secondary phase? Education and training Signposts to Safety for KS3/4 Know It All Chalk Face resource Websafe Crackerz Thinkuknow.co.ukThinkuknow.co.uk Netsmartz (US)Netsmartz Phonebrain GetSafeOnline

Know It All

Parentscentre

Cybercafe Interactive web site Web site - standalone and a teaching resource. Hosted on Gridclub

Gridclub Cybercafe teachers page Presentation for parents and governorsPresentation Screensaver Teacher’s pack

Reliability and bias?

Hector Protector Hector floats on the screen and covers it if children see something which makes them feel uncomfortable