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3 3 Discussion Points The internet today Social networking Mobile Phones Where is the computer in your home? How you can protect your children?

08/08/ Brave new world 1945 – The first general computer 1971 – First – First desktop computer 1975 – The first portable computer 1980 – Pac Man! 1985 – UK – first mobile phone call 1995 – Ebay was launched 1998 – Goolge was founded 2004 – Facebook was launched 2006 – The verb Goolge added to the Oxford English Dictionary 2008 – Mobile access to the internet exceeded desktop computer based access 2009 – 20 hours of video upoaded to You Tube every minute 2010 – Apple launched the iPad ????

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6 6 “If my child has a problem and I don’t know how to help, then I’d rather not know !” “I get so worried about what they might see that I feel happier if they just don’t use it.”

08/08/ How we use the technologies. Adults Digital Immigrants   Shopping  Banking & Saving  Utilities & Insurance  Booking holidays  Research  News  Music  Games  Chat  Instant Messaging (IM)  Blogs  Social Networking Young People Digital Natives

08/08/ Some of the technologies BLOGS Podcasting Instant messaging Gaming sites Social networking Chat Rooms Mobile phones Video broadcasting Music Download sites Wikis What next ??? Text / SMS P2P file-sharing

08/08/ Mobile phones Camera phones Text messages MP3 player Mobile TV Downloads/ Uploads Internet access Anytime  Anywhere Chat; IM and social networking GPS Video options

08/08/ /08/ Mobile Phone Explosion  Close to 1 in 5 children aged between owns a SmartPhone  65% of children acquired their first mobile phone by the time they were 10 yrs old  Girls are more likely than boys to have acquired a mobile phone by the age of 8  50% of 9-16 yr olds go online via a mobile device Ofcom – UK Children’s media literacy 2011

08/08/ /08/ Video broadcasting Video sharing websites are where users can upload, view and share video clips Videos can be rated and the number of times viewed recorded Video recorded with mobile phones can be easily uploaded YouTube is one of the ten most popular websites Tools available to download and save videos from the internet

08/08/ /08/ Social networking  Social networking sites are most popular with teenagers and young adults Ofcom research shows that just over 22% of adult internet users aged 16+ and 49% of children aged 8-17 who use the internet have set up their own profile on a social networking site. 41% of children have profile set so that it is visible to anyone.  Some under-13s are by-passing the age restrictions on social networking sites Despite the fact that the minimum age for most major social networking sites is usually 13, 27% of 8-11 year olds who are aware of social networking sites say that they have a profile on a site.  Two-thirds of parents claim to set rules on their child’s use of social networking sites, although only 53% of children said that their parents set such rules For many children, the rules and restrictions that their parents set on social networking site usage are an important influencing factor in the child’s use of social networking sites. Two-thirds of parents whose children have a social networking page say they set rules on their child’s use of these sites. Most commonly these concerned meeting new people online and giving out personal details. However, significantly fewer children (53% of those with social networking profiles) say that their parents set rules on their use of these sites

08/08/ /08/ Social networking  Staying in touch and make new friends?  Does the word friend have the same meaning to you as is does to young people?  An online friend is different to one in the real world – making online friends is very different, you may give them access to information that you wouldn’t normally do in a face to face situation.  We act differently online that we do in the real world

 23% of children have pre-birth scans uploaded to the internet by their parents  More than 70% of mothers said they posted baby and toddler images online to share them with friends and family  The average a child acquires an online presence courtesy of their parents is 6 months  81% of 2 year olds have a digital footprint  33% of children have images posted online from birth  7% of babies have an address created for them by their parents

08/08/ /08/ Children reach digital adulthood as early as 10 years old Today’s kids are reaching “digital adulthood” as young as 10 years old, according to AVG’s latest research. Really? The Digital Diaries project reveals that 58% of parents with children in the year-old bracket said their kids had access to a ‘mainstream’ social network. By the time most children are 11-years-old they are already active on mainstream, adult social networks like Facebook and Twitter, and participating in behaviour and activity that maybe beyond their social and emotional development. With this so-called “digital adulthood” becoming a more common rite of passage among pre-teens, parents should start talking and educating their kids about how to stay safe online and how to avoid awkward situations that they may not be emotionally equipped to deal with. It also showed that only 60% of parents check up on their kids online behaviour, and 40% don’t. So a lot of kid’s activity on these sites is unsupervised. To compound matters, half of all 10-to-13 year-olds in English speaking countries access social networks on their mobile phones, which are easier to hide from parents and more difficult to monitor.

08/08/ /08/ Can I be Your Friend?

08/08/ /08/ What else might children use? Club Penguin? Star Dolls Habbo Hotel Moshi Monsters Do you know of more? Some of these may have online chat…. What is a friend?

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08/08/ /08/ A test…. Can you work out these rules for safe surfing devised by pupils? Uv d ryt 2 feel safe ll d tym, includN wen UzN ICT or yr mob ph Text Kip yr pRsNL dtails pvt. Don’t shO pix ov yrslf. F? or kin w/o chekin 1 st W an XXX

08/08/ /08/ Some more POS F2t Hak 9 99 ASL(P) = parent over shoulder = free to talk = hugs and kisses = parents are watching = parents no longer watching = age, sex, location, (picture). This is often the first text or question on a social networking site

08/08/ /08/ Outside of school Supervised Monitored Filtered Curriculum Learning Platform ? One third of 9-10 year olds who use the internet go online daily, this rising to 80% of year olds. 49% use it in their bedroom and 33% via a mobile phone or handheld device 9-16 year olds use the internet for school work (85%), playing games (83%), watching video clips (76%) and instant messaging (62%). Half (52%) go online in their bedroom or other private room and more than half (57%) at a friend’s house. Half of UK children go online via a mobile device - 26% report handheld access to the internet (e.g. iPod Touch, iPhone or Blackberry) and an additional 33% access the internet via their mobile phone. School EU Kids on Line survey 2010

08/08/ /08/ Unfortunately, it’s easy to lie online

08/08/ /08/ Biggest danger is the not knowing – –26% of parents don’t know how to check website history –65% of young people can clear internet history –Many browsers now have the function of InPrivate Browsing –50% of 9 – 16 yr olds surveyed go online in their bedroom or other private room –57% go online at a friends house –29% of children have had contact online with someone they have not met face to face –4% have had a face-to-face meeting with an online friend –89% told someone they were doing so UK Kids Online, 2010, 9-16 year olds - 40% boys/ 57% girls asked to undress on webcam; 1 in 3 boys/ 1 in 10 girls did Remco Pijpers Foundation (2006, N=10,900 teens<18 yrs, Holland) Usage and experiences are not reported to parents/teachers as they fear the withdrawal of access What are the dangers for our children?

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08/08/ /08/ Are our children and young people aware of the risks?

08/08/ /08/ Where do children access the internet?

08/08/ /08/ Who do they talk to if something goes wrong?

08/08/ /08/ Think before You Post

08/08/ /08/ It really does start at Primary… Primary pupils as likely as secondary to access inappropriate material Many unknowns and everything changes rapidly What used to be seen as a concern for secondary age pupils is now a concern for primary age pupils The internet is just as fashionable as clothes and bands! Your children’s school will do all it can to teach internet safety, but you can help so much!

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08/08/ /08/ ThinkuKnow Parents

 Talk to your child about what they’re up to online. Be a part of their online life; involve the whole family and show an interest. Find out what sites they visit and what they love about them, if they know you understand they are more likely to come to you if they have any problems.  Watch Thinkuknow films and cartoons with your child. The Thinkuknow site has films, games and advice for child from five all the way to 16. Thinkuknow site  Encourage your child to go online and explore! There is a wealth of age-appropriate sites online for your children. Encourage them to use sites which are fun, educational and that will help them to develop online skills.  Keep up-to-date with your child’s development online. Children grow up fast and they will be growing in confidence and learning new skills daily. It’s important that as your child learns more, so do you.

 Set boundaries in the online world just as you would in the real world. Think about what they might see, what they share, who they talk to and how long they spend online. It is important to discuss boundaries at a young age to develop the tools and skills children need to enjoy their time online.  Keep all equipment that connects to the internet in a family space. For children of this age, it is important to keep internet use in family areas so you can see the sites your child is using and be there for them if they stumble across something they don’t want to see.  Know what connects to the internet and how. Nowadays even the TV connects to the internet. Make sure you’re aware of which devices that your child uses connect to the internet, such as their phone or games console. Also, find out how they are accessing the internet – is it your connection, or a neighbour’s wifi? This will affect whether the safety setting you set are being applied.

 Use parental controls on devices that link to the internet, such as the TV, laptops, computers, games consoles and mobile phones. Parental controls are not just about locking and blocking, they are a tool to help you set appropriate boundaries as your child grows and develops. They are not the answer to your child’s online safety, but they are a good start and they are not as difficult to install as you might think. Service providers are working hard to make them simple, effective and user friendly. Find your service provider and learn how to set your controls – look here…  Tools/Parental-controls/ Tools/Parental-controls/

08/08/ /08/ 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.’