Category Archives: Privacy

Being Smart with Your Smartphone – New resource for KS2 from Childnet and PSA

Posted on March 28, 2018 by

Childnet International and the Phone-paid Services Authority (PSA) have worked together to create a lesson called Being Smart with Your Smartphone, this resource is designed for teachers to use with 8-11 year olds. The lesson highlights that it is possible to … Continue reading →

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Online Safety Briefing: Term 1 2017-18 #eSafety

Posted on October 30, 2017 by

The Education Safeguarding Team are looking to provide a series of ‘briefing’ blog posts throughout the year. The aim of these posts is to help DSLs in educational settings keep up-to-date with of some of the emerging online safety issues … Continue reading →

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Children’s Commissioner launches social media terms and conditions ‘jargon-buster’ teaching resources #esafety

Posted on September 29, 2017 by

The Children’s Commissioner has today published a set of new ‘jargon-busting’ documents to help young people understand social media terms and conditions as a follow-up to the ‘Growing up digital‘ study. These short guides are are not legal documents but … Continue reading →

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KSCB Safer Professional Practice with Technology – Updated 2016

Posted on September 6, 2016 by

The Kent e-Safety Strategy group on behalf of Kent Safeguarding Children Board (KSCB) have updated the “Safer Professional Practice with Technology” document which provides guidance on appropriate and safer behaviours with technology for any professional working with children, young people and families. … Continue reading →

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Brand new checklists for Twitter, Snapchat and Instagram

Posted on May 20, 2015 by

The UK Safer Internet Centre have now produced and published three brand new checklists – for Twitter, Snapchat and Instagram, with the same style and format as their hugely popular Facebook checklist. The checklists cover everything professional, parents and young people … Continue reading →

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Magna Carta: My Digital Rights – Resources from the British Library

Posted on February 12, 2015 by

Magna Carta: My Digital Rights is a new national schools’ programme by the British Library inviting young people across the UK and overseas to consider their rights and responsibilities online. This project has been jointly conceived by the World Wide … Continue reading →

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CEOP launch new Think U Know Toolkit

Posted on February 6, 2015 by

CEOP are delighted to announce the launch of the Thinkuknow Toolkit, with fifteen fun, engaging learning activities based on the 11-13 and 14+ areas of the website. If you’re getting ready for Safer Internet Day on 10 February why not … Continue reading →

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New Guidance for Schools on Cloud Software Services and the Data Protection Act

Posted on November 18, 2014 by

The Department for Education has published a new advice and information document regarding Cloud (educational apps) software services and the Data Protection Act. The advice is non-statutory, and has been produced to help schools understand some of the key principles and … Continue reading →

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Conscious Internet Usage resources from Into Film

Posted on July 29, 2014 by

Into Film is a film education charity that works with 5-19 year olds across the UK. It works within and outside school settings to put film at the heart of children and young people’s education and personal development. The charity … Continue reading →

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New e-Safety Resources for University Students

Posted on June 17, 2014 by

Many young adults will be preparing and looking forward to going onto University representing a momentous occasion in their lives, often coupled with leaving home and signifying their first real taste of independence. The internet will play an integral part … Continue reading →

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