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How to use Avatars with children

Avatars offer a safer alternative to children uploading photos of themselves on social websites

Ian Addison - March 20, 2013 09:07 - Blog Story

School e-safety practice and the...

Many sections of the Unicef Rights of the Child legislation tie in to internet safety and can form the base of some useful guidelines for schools

Jo Debens - March 20, 2013 09:02 - Blog Story

The Teacher View - using technology...

As an ICT teacher, Ben Gristwood is a big advocate of online tools - but do other teachers in his school feel the same way?

Ben Gristwood - March 14, 2013 09:43 - Blog Story

Cyber-bullying

Information about Cyber-bullying - what is it, what does it look like and what advice can you give to your pupils

Safeguarding Essentials - March 14, 2013 09:24 - Knowledge Base Article

Key features of good or outstanding...

What are Ofsted looking for? Key features of good or outstanding e-safety practice - how many are you doing in your school?

Safeguarding Essentials - March 14, 2013 08:56 - Knowledge Base Article

Indicators of inadequate practice

A list of 7 things that Ofsted view as indicating inadequate e-safety practice, from their e-safety briefing for section 5 inspection

Safeguarding Essentials - March 14, 2013 08:46 - Knowledge Base Article

B is for...BlackBerry, BBM, Browser,...

BlackBerry, BBM, Browser, BinWeevils, Blog, Boomerang and Botnet - find out what they all mean in our online A-Z

Safeguarding Essentials - March 14, 2013 08:37 - Knowledge Base Article

What is ask.fm?

This question and answer website has hit the news recently connected to two tragic teen suicides. Here's some advice if your pupils are using it.

Safeguarding Essentials - March 05, 2013 10:48 - Blog Story

The Student View

When discussing e-safety with the students, I was surprised to see how little they actually cared about this issue

Ben Gristwood - March 01, 2013 16:16 - Blog Story

E-Safety - Education Before Legislation

Schools maintain a zone of internet safety by denying children access to blocked sites, eg. Facebook, adult content and by applying filters that actively find and block content that features certain keywords.

Alan O'Donohoe - February 13, 2013 15:20 - Blog Story