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eSafety - News Bites
EUROPEAN SAFER INTERNET DAY – 11th - 22nd February 2008
Key stages 1,2,3 and 4
This is the perfect opportunity to introduce internet safety to students or to consolidate
on teaching you have already implemented.
Between the 11th and 22nd February run a school assembly using one or more of the
FREELY DOWNLOADABLE CEOP school assemblies.
Creative and innovative assemblies addressing internet and mobile safety that only
take a maximum of 15 minutes. You will be able to download the assembly presentation
and instructions from the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre's young
people website: www.thinkuknow.co.uk
The assemblies will be available for download from Mid January 2008.
CHILDNET - Safe to Learn: Embedding Anti-bullying Work in Schools
Childnet International has launched new guidance for schools to help them tackle
the problems of cyberbullying. Part of the DCSF overall anti-bullying guidance called
"Safe to Learn: Embedding Anti-bullying Work in Schools,” the advice has been drawn
up by Childnet and is the culmination of over 5 months work, including
consultation with members of a special Cyberbullying Task Force and others.
The guidance helps schools recognise what cyberbullying is, how it is different
from other forms of bullying and outlines the steps schools need to take to help
prevent cyberbullying and to respond to incidents appropriately. It represents a
positive 'Whole-School Community' approach to addressing social problems online
- encouraging children, young people and schools to model the constructive use of
technology, and to create and engage in safe communities.
Childnet is also launching a unique website www.digizen.org
which will support and showcase young people's positive social engagement and participation
online. The site includes a useful overview of the full Cyberbullying guidance,
and hosts a new competition for young people encouraging them to create their own
responses to cyberbullying.
THE BYRON REVIEW – Making video games and the internet safe
http://www.dfes.gov.uk/byronreview/yoursay.html
Keep up to date with the progress of the review being carried out by Dr Tanya Byron
on 'making video games and the internet safe'. Young people and adults have been
given an opportunity to feedback. There are links to blogs on Bebo and MySpace.
CYBERCAFE
Teach primary ICT? ThinkUKnow online safety….?
Get onto CyberCafe – www.thinkuknow.co.uk/cybercafe
- Lesson plans and online resources especially for you
- Developed – in association with Becta - by teachers, for teachers, for Key Stage
2 classes
- Most importantly – it’s FREE
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