1. St Jerome Online Safety

2. Cat Lamin
Education Consultant
@CatLamin

3. Agenda What is the Internet What might children encounter online
How to speak to your child about issues
Top Tips for protecting your child

4. The Internet
A network of interconnected computers, networks and servers around the world
Almost impossible to police - nobody ‘owns’ the Internet
Once information has been uploaded to the Internet, it is almost impossible to be sure it has completely been deleted
Constantly evolving
Can be both a positive and a negative

5. Digital Lives We live in a digital age
Data and information is constantly being shared online
Many industries are vastly improved because of access to the Internet e.g. medicine & science
Big Data is constantly being collected and analysed to try & improve our lives
Children need to be prepared for the consequences of living in a digital age
They need to be prepared for jobs that currently don’t exist!

6. Not everything we encounter online will be positive

7. Cyber Bullying Harrassment Exclusion Outing Cyberstalking Fraping
Fake Profiles
Dissing
Trickery
Trolling
Catfishing

8. Unpleasant content
Videos
Photos
How to deal with it

9. Strangers
Messaging
Playing games online
Dealing with ‘online friends’

10. Fake News Not everything posted on the Internet is true
Even adults struggle to differentiate fact from fiction sometimes
Children need to develop a critical eye for web sources

11. Freebies If something seems too good to be true, it usually is
Often used to download spyware or adware (malware)
Similar to phishing
Often in the form of pop ups or adverts

12. Try not to ban sites and apps - it only makes them more attractive!

13. Young children should never be unsupervised on YouTube or the Internet in general

14. Make sure your child knows what to do if something makes them feel uncomfortable

15. Understand that age limits are in place for a reason

16. What is being done in school?

17. CEOP - ThinkUKnow www.thinkuknow.co.uk Jessie & Friends
Collections of videos for advice & support
BBC Own It - digital advice from the BBC

18. Books
Webster
Dot
Charlie McButton

19. What can you do at home?

20. Filtering
Make sure that you have set up filtering via your ISP e.g. Virgin, BT, Sky, TalkTalk
Most ISPs make it easy to filter websites and some even allow you to set limits

21. Disney Circle

22. You’re in charge Set limits on your child’s use of technology
Encourage open discourse about what they’re doing online
As they get older, discuss online accounts and help show them how to set up privacy options properly

23. Further resources
Check out the ThinkUKnow website - it has advice for how to discuss Jessie & Friends with your child
Use the Parent Info website to get free advice
BBC Own It

24. Please be aware that this video may be shocking

25. What would you like to ask me?
@catlamin
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