CURBAR PRIMARY SCHOOL INTERNET SAFETY AWARENESS FOR PARENTS FEBRUARY 2014
AIMS OF THE SESSION: To raise awareness of the changing risks associated with being online. To discuss and share strategies for keeping our children safe. To consider how parents can ‘keep up’ with their children online.
TODAY’S WORK WITH THE CHILDREN…
21 ST CENTURY MORAL COMPASS
Uploading photos of your friends onto a social network
Taking a revealing photo and sending it to your boyfriend or girlfriend
Using a file sharing site or software to download free music
Posting questions online for others to comment on anonymously
Showing unpleasant comments to others that are being shared on an IM service
RISK V HARM
SCENARIOS FOR DISCUSSION Spend a short time in small groups discussing the following scenarios…
Your child using a tablet / mobile device in their bedroom. When you enter the room, they often appear embarrassed.
You search your child’s names online and realise that they have open profiles or open photo albums on social networking sites. They have lied about their age.
A child comes to you and says that he is being bullied online. He has been using a question and answer site and has received threatening and abusive comments. Some of those who have commented are doing so anonymously but the child believes them to be class mates.
Your child mentions to you that a well known footballer has accepted their friend request on a social networking site.