South Gloucestershire ICT Information Update » Internet safety

Cybercafé resource for teachers and pupils

ictteam — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 08:57:14 +0000

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, the Cybercafé can be used safe in the knowledge that these free resources are appropriate for meeting whole-school policies relating to safeguarding, and are fit for use in the classroom as well as within the PSHE/ICT curriculum.

The resources include a teachers’ pack, which contains teaching activities and background information on new technologies, including advice and guidance on staying safe, lesson plans and pupils’ worksheets.

Visit the Cybercafé

Becta – Signposts to Safety Publications

ictteam — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 10:27:00 +0000

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.

Know It All

ictteam — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 09:56:09 +0000

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 is to encourage parents to have a dialogue with their children about the internet and there is special material produced by and for young people, and a special Activity Centre with quizzes and games that parents and children can play together. A summary of the advice on the CD-Rom has been translated into Arabic, Bengali, Gujarati, Polish, Mandarin, Punjabi, Urdu and British Sign Language and is presented in the latest multi-media video.”

http://tinyurl.com/28fdfd or http://publications.teachernet.gov.uk/default.aspx?PageFunction=productdetails&PageMode=spectrum&ProductId=DFES-00308-2007& ;

A related CD ROM – Know IT All for Schools, was published in 2005, and is still available from:

http://tinyurl.com/24dr9b or

http://publications.teachernet.gov.uk/default.aspx?PageFunction=productdetails&PageMode=spectrum&ProductId=KIA-SCHOOLS&