2. E-Safety – Using ICT Safely and Responsibly
Miss Pownall

3. Lesson Objectives To understand what e-safety is
To understand why e-safety is important
How to stay safe and be responsible users of ICT

4. Lesson Outcomes Identify ways of communicating using ICT
Describe what is meant by e-safety
Describe why e-safety is important
Suggest ways to stay safe and responsible

7. What is E-Safety? E-Safety refers to staying safe and being
responsible when using any form of ICT:
e.g.
Mobile Phones
Internet
X-Box
Chat rooms
Social networking websites

8. Risks?

9. Risks Talking to people in chat rooms allows them to be anonymous
Personal information may be accessed
Inappropriate material may be accessed
Easy for “cyber-bullies”
Identity theft
Viruses from opening s from strangers

10. Solutions NEVER give out personal information
CLOSE any website that is inappropriate
DO NOT arrange to meet a stranger
AVOID chat rooms
REPORT abuse
REPORT any bullying
DELETE unknown s

11. MC Lars – Internet Relationships

12. Task
Use ICT to teach others the possible dangers of using technology and how they can avoid them/report them

13. Technology Choose from one of the following: Chat rooms
Social networking sites e.g. myspace, bebo
Instant messenger e.g. MSN, skype
Mobile phones
Games consoles e.g. X-BOX

14. Possible Risks Choose from one of the following:
Anonymity (can pretend to be someone else)
Identity theft (use another persons name/details)
Cyber-bullying
Viruses
Inappropriate information

15. Possible Ideas
A short advert made in windows movie maker/photo story 3
A song/rap using audacity
A power point presentation
You MUST include information for how to avoid the dangers
or how to resolve them if they occur