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SafetyNet4 Training Ian Gover igover@somerset.gov.uk
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Introductions Why have School level filtering? How the filtering software works –an overview Logging In and setting up new accounts Web Access Policies Your School list –allow or deny Times of the day Staff Proxy Logs and recording – school procedures Making sure that everyone is safe – esafety training Agenda
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Ofsted ‘Where the provision for e-safety was outstanding, the schools had managed rather than locked down systems. In the best practice seen, pupils were helped, from a very early age, to assess the risk of accessing sites and therefore gradually to acquire skills which would help them adopt safe practices even when they were not supervised.’ (Page 8, The Safe Use of New Technologies – Ofsted Ref No 090231).
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Ofsted ‘Where the provision for e-safety was outstanding, the schools had managed rather than locked down systems. In the best practice seen, pupils were helped, from a very early age, to assess the risk of accessing sites and therefore gradually to acquire skills which would help them adopt safe practices even when they were not supervised.’ (Page 8, The Safe Use of New Technologies – Ofsted Ref No 090231). This is not a reduction in safeguarding but an opportunity for better esafety education.
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Do the educational benefits outweigh the risks?
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How the filtering Software works ‘ Internet SWGfL SomerNET School Single IP address
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How the Filtering Software works IWF SWGfL LA School Needs of all schools 60 Primary All filters still exist
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Logging in New Accounts Two/Three named people No anonymous accounts https://admin.filtering.swgfl.org.uk
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The Lists Two/Three named people No anonymous accounts
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How the Filtering Software works All users are covered by the filter You can have as many different filter lists as you want Filter lists can be applied for specific periods of time Individual selected users can be set up to avoid the filters
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The Lists Allow or Deny to ALL users All web rules are case insensitive. Bits of website can be filtered What would these deny? Toyshop.com toyshop.com/shop www.toyshop.com/shop *toyshop*
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5 minutes for any changes – but test
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Set Your Time Periods Select list Select time period for list Times of the Day
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Only with written (email) permission from head? Staff Proxy Should not be easy
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You have been given Staff Proxy rights. You can switch to using the Staff Proxy server for the duration of a browser session, as follows: 1.Open Internet Explorer and go to ‘Tools/Internet Options’ 2.Click on the ‘connections’ tab 3.Click on ‘LAN settings’, and tick ‘Use Proxy Server for your LAN’ 4.Enter ‘staffproxy.swgfl.org.uk’ in the address box and specify port 8080 5.Click ‘OK’ 6.Type ‘login.staffproxy’ into the address line and enter your filtering user name and password. Click ‘OK’. When you have finished using the Staff Proxy, close your browser. You will be automatically switched back to using your school's usual proxy server, with filtering enabled. Staff Proxy
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Logs
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http://monitoring.swgfl.org.uk/Home.aspx
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Keeping Safe Make sure that you have a letter from your headteacher to say that they want you to complete this role – AUP does not cover this If in doubt about a web site NEVER investigate If unsure then ask another adult to supervise ‘Inappropriate’ – what you as a reasonable adult don’t think a child should be viewing (taking age into consideration), ‘Illegal’ – child porn and racial hate comments or images – Child Protection issue
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Keeping the School Safe
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www.somersetelim.org
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Phone Number: 0845 307 7870 Email:support@swgfl.org.uk RMid number
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http://bit.ly/elimsecevaluation Evaluation
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