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The changing world of e-safety
For us as educators, we have a fundamental role to play with how we help young people to embrace this digital world in a safe and secure manner.
Story from: Innovate my School
16 Feb 2017
Calling all teachers: Help to evaluate SID 2017!
The UK Safer Internet Centre have created a short survey to help them learn how schools got involved in Safer Internet Day and how they can improve the support they provide. Click to take the survey.
Story from: UK Safer Internet Centre
14 Feb 2017
A Truly Digital Classroom Needs To Address E-Safety Concerns
According to a recent survey of 1,325 school ICT leaders by the National Education Research Panel (NERP), UK pupils at both primary and secondary school levels now spend more than 50% of their time engaging with ICT in the classroom.
Story from: Huffington Post
14 Feb 2017
‘A girl aged 5 was made to watch beheadings online’
Primary pupils at risk of extremism, but DfE advisers warn of a 'dearth' of resources and some complacency in schools Pupils as young as 5 are being exposed to violent extremism online, teacher trainers have revealed.
Story from: TES
13 Feb 2017
Cyber security lessons offered to schools in England
Schoolchildren in England will be offered lessons in cyber security in a bid to find the experts of the future to defend the UK from attacks. It is hoped 5,700 pupils aged 14 and over will spend up to four hours a week on the subject in a five-year pilot.
Story from: BBC
13 Feb 2017
Revealed: The Secret life of six-year-olds online
To mark Safer Internet Day, Internet Matters carried out research which revealed the online habits of a six-year-olds are as digitally advanced as 10-year-olds were just three years ago.
Story from: Internet Matters
08 Feb 2017
SURVIVE 24 HOURS WITHOUT MODERN TECHNOLOGY!
Between 7th and 17th February 2017 people of all ages will be experiencing a day of ‘Cyber Silence’ in support of The Breck Foundation
Story from: The Breck Foundation
08 Feb 2017
5.4 million parents unsure about kids’ online slang
85% of adults can’t identify some abbreviations or emojis used by children regularly.
Story from: BT.com
08 Feb 2017
Half of British pupils 'scared to use the internet'
Children aged 10 to 15 worry they will be asked to do things that are illegal or that make them uncomfortable, survey finds
Story from: TES
08 Feb 2017
Twitter rolls out new anti-abuse tools
Twitter has announced more changes intended to limit the amount of abuse on the network.
Story from: BBC
07 Feb 2017
Guide to shopping safely online
Shopping online can be fun and convenient but are you doing all you can to keep yourself and your family safe on the internet?
Story from: Sainsbury's Bank
06 Feb 2017
Schools have no funds to train teachers, says study
There are 20,000 teachers in schools in England without any budget to train them, according to research by the Teacher Development Trust.
Story from: BBC
06 Feb 2017
Lena Dunham: ‘I find trolls hard to handle – it must be even worse for teenagers’
As the final series of Girls begins, its creator explains why she has to speak out about online abuse
Story from: The Guardian
06 Feb 2017
Channel 4 Announces Fake News Week
Channel 4 will examine ‘Fake News’ in a week-long season of programming this February that gives an insight into the post-truth world.
Story from: Channel 4 News
02 Feb 2017
Instagram Warning As Primary School Pupil Gets ‘Chilling’ Message From Man
A letter advising parents and guardians of pupils at a Wrexham primary school has been issued amid reports of a man attempting to contact several children via social media.
Story from: Wrexham.com
01 Feb 2017
Lego launches 'safe' social network for under-13s
Lego's launched a "safe" social network for under-13s on a new app, called Lego Life. It'll let children post photos of their creations and comment on other people's but with strict restrictions on what they can say.
Story from: BBC
31 Jan 2017
Do YOU know what your children are up to online? Almost half of British parents don’t
A worrying number of Brits have absolutely no idea what their children do when they’re online, according to new research.
Story from: Yahoo News
30 Jan 2017
MyLOL app warning over concerns it's used by sexual predators
The warning came on Thursday after members of the public voiced their worries over the app
Story from: Coventry Telegraph
30 Jan 2017
Six in ten parents say they would let their children lie about their age online to access social media sites
A survey by Aviva also found a third of parents allow their children to use the internet without parental controls
Story from: Daily Mail
27 Jan 2017
Everything you need to know about free software downloads
If you don’t know the difference between freeware and shareware and think abandonware is a CD you’ve thrown in the bin, read our complete guide to free software before you download.
Story from: BT.com
27 Jan 2017
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