eSafety presentation for Governors, headteachers and SLT

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eSafety for Governors, Headteachers and SLT
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Aims of this session

• eSafety background and context
• eSafety issues and challenges
• Guidance and support
• Next steps

Promote the positive
Respond to the negative
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The Internet and Related Technologies
Their space
Internet
Our space
Your space
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How we use these technologies

• Adults
• e-mail
• Shopping
• Booking holidays
• Research

• Young people
• Music
• Games
• Chat
• Instant Messaging (IM)
• Blogs
• Social Networking

28 of parents who use the internet describe
themselves as beginners? 7 of children describe
themselves as beginners
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Moving on
Adults
Young people web2
Download
Consume
Corporate
Separate media
Static
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Some of the technologies
Mobile phones
Instant messaging
What next ???
BLOGS
Social networking
E-mail
Music Download sites
Podcasting
Gaming sites
Chat Rooms
Wikies
P2P file-sharing
Video broadcasting
Text
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Opportunities?
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Issues for consideration

• Approx 80 of websites aimed at children and
  young people collect personal data from the users
• Social networks such as Bebo and MySpace are not
  accessible in school and have been banned in the
  US within all public institutions.
• Social networks, via mobile phones, and mobile
  gaming becoming very popular with young people.
• Analysis of reports suggest that Chat Rooms and
  IM have been identified as the biggest area of
  concern accounting for 64 of all reports
  received

Chat Rooms
Instant messaging
Social networking
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Challenges ? Young People ? Maturity

• Like to post images and reveal some information
  about themselves
• Want lots of friends
• Talk about their peers can be hostile
• Use inappropriate nicknames, often sexual
• Express insecurities and fantasies
• Trick others to make silly, embarrassing,
  dangerous acts with video or webcam
• Push boundaries - just as we pushed the
  boundaries as children

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School Outside
of school

• Supervised
• Monitored
• Filtered
• Curriculum

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75 of homes have access to the internet 19 of
young people have internet access in their
bedroom More than half of all children (53) are
never or hardly supervised online by their
parents / carers 81 of parents think they know
what their children are doing all or most of the
time when access the internetUK Children Go
Online, 2005, 9-19 year olds
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What are the dangers for us all?

• Ofcom (Media Literacy Audit of Children, 2006,
  UK)
• 16 8-15 yr olds have come across something
  nasty, worrying or frightening
• 31 12-15s make checks on new websites (more if
  taught at school)
• 67 12-15s trust most of what they find online

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What are the dangers for our children?

• Biggest danger is the not knowing
• 26 of parents cant check website history
• 65 of young people can clear internet history
• 1 of parents thought their child blogged
• 33 of children used blogs
• 67 of parents didnt know what a blog was
• 33 of children have met a friend online
• 8 have had a face-to-face meeting with an online
  friend
• 89 told someone they were doing so
• UK Children Go Online, 2005, 9-19 year olds
• - 40 boys/ 57 girls asked to undress on
  webcam 1 in 3 boys/ 1 in 10 girls did
• Remco Pijpers Foundation (2006, N10,900
  teens
• Usage and experiences are not reported to
  parents/ teachers as they interfere with access

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Are our children and young people aware of the
risks?
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So what is the risk of an incident?
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eSafety Summing up the risks

• Content - sexual, racist, violent unreliable/
  bigoted i.e. safety of childrens minds
• Commerce - scams, phishing and pharming,
  downloads which steal information from users !
• Contact - via interactive technologies IM,
  chat, multiplayer games
• Culture bullying, camera phones, blogging,
  social networking ..

One third of young people who go online at least
once a week report having received unwanted
sexual (31) or nasty comments (33) via email,
chat, instant message or text message. Only 7 of
parents think their child has received such
comments. UK Children Go Online, 2005, 9-19 year
olds
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It starts with Primary

• Primary pupils as likely as secondary to access
  inappropriate material
• Year 9 girls most susceptible to grooming
• Year 6, 10 and 11 most likely to plagiarise (boys
  more commonly than girls)
• Many unknowns and everything changes rapidly

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Limiting eSafety risks Key measures
Becta
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Schools Responsibilities

• Becta
• Schools therefore have a major responsibility
  to educate their pupils teaching them the
  appropriate behaviours and critical thinking
  skills to enable them to remain both safe and
  legal when using the internet and related
  technologies.
• Every Child Matters
• Be healthy
• Stay safe
• Enjoy and achieve
• Make a positive contribution
• Achieve economic well-being

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Headteacher

• Headteachers, with the support of governors,
  should take a lead in embedding safe internet
  practices into the culture of the school, perhaps
  designating a member of the senior management
  team with responsibility for internet safety
• Becta Developing a whole-school approach to
  internet safety

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Governing Body

• Governing bodies have a duty to understand the
  implications of the uses of ICT within schools
  and the need to provide suitable safeguards for
  pupils and the school.
• Becta Developing a whole-school approach to
  internet safety

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Policy and Procedure in Schools

• E-safety publication
• Main recommendations
• eSafety co-ordinator
• Policy and Management team
• AUPs for all
• Incident log
• http//www.becta.org.uk/schools/esafety

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What should schools be doing?

• Be alert to the possibilities
• Provide
• Policies and procedures
• Infrastructure
• Education for staff, parents, pupils
• Standards and inspection
• School Evaluation Framework
• 4b. To what extent do learners feel safe and
  adopt safe practices?
• 5c. How well are learners guided and supported?

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What level is your school?
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What should schools be doing?

• Principles Have Acceptable Use Policies for
  all staff and pupils which are regularly
  reviewed and consistently applied. Have clear
  guidelines with appropriate sanctions. Make
  sure the whole school community is involved
  through regular eSafety discussions.
• Infrastructure Keep virus and firewall software
  up to-date on all machines. HGfL provides
  filtered and monitored access.
• Education Celebrate the positive impact of ICT
  whilst being mindful of eSafety. Use safe
  search options and always check links before
  using in the classroom. Embed eSafety in
  the wider curriculum for all pupils. Work with
  parents and carers to raise awareness.
• Systems Use professional tools i.e. school
  based email. Be aware that all use of the
  schools ICT systems can be monitored, tracked
  and this information can be made available.
• Children and Young people will not tell
  adults about a problem if they feel their access
  to the technologies will be restricted. They
  MUST know how to discuss or report an incident
  or concern.

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• CEOP works across the UK and maximises
  international links to tackle child sex abuse
  wherever and whenever it happens.
• provides internet safety advice for parents and
  carers
• provides information on internet safety and safe
  surfing for young people aged 11 to 16 years
• report facility enabling anyone
  to report any inappropriate or potentially
  illegal activity with or towards a child online

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Questions for your school to consider!

• Who is responsible for eSafety?
• How are Governors involved with eSafety?
• Who is responsible for-
• Teaching eSafety
• Whole school issue of child safety
• Technical issues
• Data security
• Identifiable/ contactable/ pupil information/
  images on web sites
• External issues being brought into school eg
  cyberbullying
• Working with parents
• Does you school have effective AUPs? When were
  they last reviewed?
• Does everyone know how to respond to an incident?
• What support is there in school for staff in the
  event of a disclosure?
• How are parents and carers informed about
  eSafety?

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and finally remember
..the risks do not merit a moral panic, and nor
do they warrant seriously restricting childrens
internet use because this would deny them the
many benefits of the internet. Indeed, there are
real costs to lacking internet access or
sufficient skills to use it.
However, the risks are nonetheless widespread,
they are experienced by many children as worrying
or problematic, and they do warrant serious
intervention by government, educators, industry
and parents.
http//www.children-go-online.net/
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Concerns for the future?

• New technologies often mobile
• Digital literacy developing amongst young people
• Digital divide
• Extended schools and extended access to school
  systems
• Unblocking access? Some schools request
  thisGoogle video, YouTube, MySpace, Blogging

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Aims of this session

• eSafety background and context
• eSafety issues and challenges
• Guidance and support
• Next steps

Promote the positive
Respond to the negative
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Further eSafety Advice and Support

• Ann Layzell ann.layzell_at_hertscc.gov.uk
• ICT Curriculum Team Leader and eSafety
  AdviserChris Seviour chris.seviour_at_hertscc.gov.
  uk
• ICT Technical Adviser
• HGfL http//www.thegrid.org.uk/eservices/

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some eSafety - resources

• www.becta.org.uk
• http//www.iwf.org.uk/
• www.ceop.gov.uk
• www.thinkuknow.com
• http//www.getnetwise.org/
• http//www.childnet-int.org/
• http//www.bbc.co.uk/webwise/