1. Ministry of Education & Religious Affairs, Culture & Civilisation Greek School Network http://i nternet-safety.sch.gr

2. Ministry of Education & Religious Affairs, Culture & Civilisation  Basic Principles (concerning pupils): Children have the right to development, schooling, leisure time, play and information (UN Conv., Article 6) Families and schools have the obligation to protect the children from being exposed to malicious content on the Internet.  Internet society: reflection of real society.  We say yes to the Internet since it is a commodity for everybody!  In order to fight the negative aspects of the Internet, the cooperation of the following is needed: State Schools School networks Internet users Parents ISPs Content page creators Justice and Police Internet – Basic points

3. Ministry of Education & Religious Affairs, Culture & Civilisation Special characteristics of the Internet  Anyone can upload content on the Internet  There is no control limit of the uploaded content on the level of primary material  No technical implication has been made to warn instantly about the kind of such content  Children have access to huge amount of information, from all over the world  Children can “communicate” and chat with various and, most of all, unknown audience.  The Internet is world wide. All the above make society and most of all the parents and carers anxious.

4. Ministry of Education & Religious Affairs, Culture & Civilisation Potentially harmful content (for children) Internet sites and apps may include:  Child pornography  Gambling  Propaganda for drugs and alcohol  Discrimination  Violence  Advert material  Information for hacking and downloading illegal content  Chat rooms with groomers  Sexting

5. Ministry of Education & Religious Affairs, Culture & Civilisation Sources of improper content The possible ways of children’s exposure to harmful content vary:  Web access services: Commercial and personal websites  Communication services: Newsgroups, Chat & Bulletin boards E-mail (spam mail, viruses) Instant Messaging (i.e. Skype)  Social network services Facebook, Twitter, Google+, …  E-commerce: Web services Marketing adverts

6. Ministry of Education & Religious Affairs, Culture & Civilisation Policy frame of MoE  Acceptable Use Policies  Filter development preventing access to webpages: with pornographic content, with gambling, that promote alcohol or drug use, of violence and discrimination.  Constant update and alerting of the school community, as well as the parents (newsletters, lectures, etc).  Creation of a positive counterproposal with remarkable content and best practices: internet-safety.sch.gr  Cooperation with task forces for Internet Safety (Safeline, SaferInternet, Adolescent Health Unit).  Cooperation with CyberCrime Unit (if requested).

7. Ministry of Education & Religious Affairs, Culture & Civilisation The role of the School Network  GSN through its revised site http://internet-safety.sch.gr focuses on helping school to wisely administrate the access to new systems and also on allowing pupils to comprehend how to deal with potential risks.http://internet-safety.sch.gr  Although pupils will experiment, with the help of their teachers, highly enthusiastic about the use of the Internet, still their awareness of the risks, is low.  Schools need to focus on an empowerment model of safe navigation, providing children with the skills they need to use Internet safely and responsibly, both at school and at home.

8. Ministry of Education & Religious Affairs, Culture & Civilisation internet-safety.sch.gr The site aims to contribute to the start of a creative process involving pupils, teachers and parents in developing a framework involving:  Direct AUPs  Guidance to minimise cyberbullying.  Safe and responsible online behavior so as not to endanger the safety of students and teaching staff.  Rational use of social networking tools ensuring a regulatory framework eg for personal data, inappropriate comments or content.  Instructions for safe navigation on the Internet for pupils, teachers, parents and carers.  Respect for intellectual property in the digital content & privacy protection.

9. Ministry of Education & Religious Affairs, Culture & Civilisation The educational community of Internet-Safety Provided that teachers have an account on GSN, they can join the online community, object of which is to discuss and exchange views on issues of pupils’ secure access to the Internet, promotion of best practices, guidance, advice and awareness training for a safe internet.

10. Ministry of Education & Religious Affairs, Culture & Civilisation … for your attention! More info, see: http://internet-safety.sch.gr and also http://www.sch.grMore info, see: http://internet-safety.sch.gr and also http://www.sch.gr Contact: internet-safety @ sch.gr Phone No (GR): 801-11-801-81 Thank you...