1. Digital Citizenship evening
1 October 2019

2. Aims of the evening
- To raise awareness with the latest issues raising from the use of mobile technologies with teenagers and young adults.
-To provide guidance and support to our parents/carers with those issues
Organisational skills
Note taking
Motivational coaching
UCAS/Personal statement
Careers & Opportunities to meet potential employers

3. Programme: What teens do on their phones and tablets
Why “Digital Citizenship”?
Trends
Dangers
What the law says
A bit of science
What we can do to protect our children
Organisational skills
Note taking
Motivational coaching
UCAS/Personal statement
Careers & Opportunities to meet potential employers

4. New ‘Use of Mobile Phone’
procedure
Organisational skills
Note taking
Motivational coaching
UCAS/Personal statement
Careers & Opportunities to meet potential employers

6. Snapshot of media age:

7. Are teens are aware…

8. The Golden Rules Organisational skills Note taking
Motivational coaching
UCAS/Personal statement
Careers & Opportunities to meet potential employers

9. Internal PiXL Intranet
Use all the resources …
Internal PiXL Intranet
CorbettMaths
Language Apps
Organisational skills
Note taking
Motivational coaching
UCAS/Personal statement
Careers & Opportunities to meet potential employers

10. Trends ….
Private accounts

11. What are the main concerns ?
Dependence
Increase narcissism - obsession with self
Cut from the real world – lack of social life
Cyberbullying / trolling
Grooming
Access to inappropriate content and language
Mental health issues
Lack of sleep – poor concentration – poor performance in school/exams
Increase eye conditions

12. Online issues at Gumley House
Friendship issues
What’s App Group
Snapchat
Well- Being

13. Parents…….
The Primary Educators
12%
Proper
(impact)
routines

14. Mental Health/ well-being

15. Time spent online

16. Cases. Fabrice Muamba: Racist Twitter user jailed for 56 days
Facebook user jailed for inciting Manchester riots
Boy, 16, arrested after hacking into Instagram account and demanding ransom
Social media is harming the mental health of teenagers.
Instagram Live video 'led to murder suspect's arrest'
SNAPCHAT PARTY CARNAGE Teen becomes London’s 11th stab victim in a fortnight after Snapchat party turns into a deadly brawl between ’80 youths’

17. 'Groomed aged 13 by hundreds of men on Kik'
"One teen chat app has featured in more than 1,100 child sexual abuse cases in the last five years" the BBC has found.
'Groomed aged 13 by hundreds of men on Kik'
Within seconds of setting up a profile, Taylor (not their real name) was approached. At first the men wanted to chat, then selfies. Then they demanded naked pictures and sexually explicit videos.
The Kik app was founded in 2009 and claims to have more than 300 million users.
Kik app 'used in 1,100 child abuse cases'
Source: BBC News – Sep 21st 2018.

21. What the law says Grooming
is when someone builds an emotional connection with a child to gain their trust for the purposes of sexual abuse, sexual exploitation or trafficking.
This can accumulate numerous offences however the two most relevant are; Arranging and facilitating a child sex offence (section 14) Penalty
The offence is either way and carries a maximum sentence of 14 years on indictment Meeting a child following sexual grooming (section 15)
Penalty
The offence is either way and carries a maximum of 10 years imprisonment on indictment.
PC Beale / PC Justice

22. Indecent Photographs.
Protection of Children Act 1978 (as amended), the UK has a strict prohibition on the taking, making, circulation, and possession with a view to distribution of any indecent photograph or pseudo photograph of a child and such offences carry a maximum sentence of 10 years’ imprisonment.
Section 160 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 also makes the simple possession of indecent photographs or pseudo photographs of children an offence and carries a maximum sentence of 5 years’ imprisonment.
The term ‘making’ could include:
opening an attachment to an containing an image
downloading an image from a website onto a computer screen
storing an image in a directory on a computer
accessing a website in which images appeared by way of an automatic “pop up” mechanism
Types of examples covered by these laws could include the following:
a person under the age of 18 who creates, possesses and/or shares sexual imagery of themselves with a peer under the age of 18 or adult over 18
a person under the age of 18 who possesses and/or shares sexual imagery created by another person under the age of 18 with a peer under the age of 18 or an adult over 18
a person over the age of 18 who creates, possesses and/or shares sexual imagery of a person under the age of 18

23. What the law says Malicious Communications Act 1988
Legislation which makes provisions in relation to the sending or delivering of letters, electronic communications or other articles for the purpose of causing distress or anxiety. Communications Act 2003
Sending nuisance messages, improper use of public electronic communications network.
Computer misuse Act 1990.
Covers 'Hacking' of Computers, Unauthorised use etc.
Protection from Harassment Act Section 2 Offence - Harassment
The elements of section 2 offence are:
a course of conduct; 
which amounts to harassment of another; and 
which the defendant knows, or ought to know amounts to harassment of another.
Section 4 Offence – Fear of Violence
a course of conduct;
which causes another to fear that violence will be used against him; and
which the defendant knows or ought to know will cause another to fear that violence will be used against him; and
the defendant ought to know that his course of conduct will cause another to fear that violence will be used against them if a reasonable person in possession of the same information would think that the course of conduct would cause the other so to fear on that occasion.

24. Health care and technology
Teenagers who routinely snuggle up in bed at night with their computer or mobile phone are more than twice as likely to be sleep deprived than other adolescents, research shows.
Sleep deprivation
Poor concentration in school / behaviour issues
Poor performance
Depression and other mental
health issues

25. What can we do as parents/carers?
Stay informed! Share concerns Dialogue – explain rules Follow the rules yourself Show interest No nagging! Build trust

26. Healthy habits to share with our children
No phones around the table / for dinner
No phones in bedrooms ( charge in another room – use a clock!)
Cut off electronics 1 hour before bed time
Discuss the legal side of things ( minimum age of 13 for social media, reporting, talking…)
Emphasise on dialogue with young adults about the content
Invest in firewall/antivirus and filters
Look for signs, talk and report

29. Lord Jesus,
We ask you to walk with us as you walked with your disciples.
We ask you to speak to us, as you did to them, and allow
our ‘hearts to burn’ in the knowledge of your presence.
Hold us firmly near you as we journey throughout this year together.
May we recognise you in our celebrations and our achievements
May we sense your encouragement in times of trial
And may our journey with you be always blessed.
Amen.