South Gloucestershire ICT Information Update

The thinkuknow Cybercafé for Key Stage 2 pupils has been developed by CEOP (Child Exploitation and Online Protection), alongside BECTA (The British Educational Communications and Technology Agency) and the Internet Proficiency Group. It aims to develop safe and discriminating behaviour for pupils to adopt when using the internet and other technologies.
Developed by teachers for teachers, [...]

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The Know IT All for Parents resource which Childnet launched last month (see http://www.childnet-int.org/kia) has had a phenomenal take-up with over 212,000 copies ordered from schools (of which 196,345 have now been dispatched). In addition to this Childnet have agreed with PC WORLD that they will make a further 200,000 copies available free to the [...]

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Becta have recently produced guidance on internet safety for Key Stage 1 and 2 and for Key Stage 3 and 4. Copies of these have been ordered for all South Gloucestershire schools and will be sent out in September 2007. Copies can be downloaded from the following web address.

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Recent concerns expressed in the press about WiFi culminated in a panorama programme  which raised a number of issues about the installation and use of WiFi systems in schools and by children.
The key reference agencies in this matter are Becta and the Health Protection Agency and the following note contains some background information from them [...]

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Schools can order bulk copies of a new resource from Childnet International to help parents promote positive and safe Internet use. ‘Know IT All‘, an interactive CD-Rom commissioned by the DfES, will be available to all maintained schools in England to order in bulk quantity for parents free of charge.

“A key aim of the CD-Rom [...]

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