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Fulford Primary School

Safer Internet Day 2017 Info for Parent and Carers

#SID2017

Children and Technology

The internet has many benefits…. ➔ Fun ➔ Educational ➔ Can help raise standards ➔ Helps build creativity ➔ Enables communication with friends and family

Children and Technology

But there’s also risks to manage…. ➔ Exposure to inappropriate material ➔ Children make online ‘friends’ and chat to people who are unknown who may pose a risk to them ➔ Bullying, esteem and self image ➔ Digital footprint…. or is it a tattoo? ➔ Commercialism and inadvertent spend (in App purchases etc) ➔ Influence - radicalisation (PREVENT)

Online safety in school

Balance of technical measures and education. ➔ Technical

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Web Filter

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Monitoring software

➔ Education

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Supervision

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Curriculum

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Ethos - British values

Strong belief that EDUCATION is the key

Online safety in school

Safe: keeping personal information safe Meeting: online friends are strangers Accepting: be aware of viruses Reliable: information may be untrue Tell: inform an adult

Online safety at home

➔ First generation of parents that have needed to consider ➔ “70% of parents think their children are more tech savvy than them”OFCOM 2011 ➔ Things we should do

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Maintain an open dialogue with child

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Set some ground rules and be vigilant

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Think about your own behaviour / privacy settings

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Technical, filtering and parental controls

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Educate ourselves

Be aware, keep talking, think about impact of actions, both short and longer term.

Action 1: Maintain an open dialogue

Action 2: Ground rules and vigilance

As part of your discussions it might good to establish some ground rules. Internet Safety at Home Game Plan With a game plan, you can now encourage your family to take advantage of all that the Internet has to offer. Take a genuine interest in what your children are doing and stay engaged with them online.

Action 3: Think about your own behavior

Social Media accounts ➔ Privacy settings - who can see what? ◆ Images ◆ Names including children / D.O.B / Maiden names etc. etc. ◆ Think before you post ➔ Comments that may make your child feel uncomfortable in front of friends or be susceptible to bullying ➔ Maintain social media decorum!

Action 4: Technical solutions and settings

➔ Most Internet Service Provider’s have family safety settings - set up via your online account ➔ Consider other free filtering tools Sophos Free Tools ➔ Consider a shared family e-mail address for signing up to services ➔ Pin or Password protect devices ➔ Review privacy and content rating settings: xbox / smart TV’s including parental controls. ➔ Child friendly search engines: kidrex.org ➔ Respect social media age restrictions ➔ Review privacy settings

Get informed. Keep informed.

Lots of fantastic resources, both from internet safety organisations.

www.thinkuknow.co.uk http://www.bbc.co.uk/webwise/ http://www.iwf.org.uk http://www.childnet.com/parents-and-carers http://www.kidsmart.org.uk/parents/

Look what your ISP has to offer

Thank you.