Childnet has worked with Clicker to present a simplified version of the animation featuring Captain Kara in an on-screen talking book format, covering the five chapters of the adventure and offering the opportunity for reinforcement of the key messages. Backing this up, Clicker’s presentation of the SMART Rules focuses specifically on the five rules covered in the animation. Both resources are designed so that teachers can follow-up the story and the important e-safety messages within it.
Childnet has also teamed up with Widgit Software to produce a whole set of Widgit symbol materials presenting the SMART rules for use with those who use these communication tools.
Both of these resources reinforce the e-safety messages contained within Know IT All for Primary schools, and can be accessed at http://www.childnet.com/kia/sen/
A new website to help parents understand more about their child’s Internet use has been set up by Vodafone.http://parents.vodafone.comThis has been developed in conjunction with Mumsnet.
The aim of the website is to help parents play an active and essential role in their children’s digital world and to get to grips with their use of mobiles, Twitter and other online social media.The site explains the kinds of activities children will be undertaking online and offers some useful e-safety advice for parents to consider
Do you know what a web browser is? Do you know the difference between a browser and a search engine? These aren’t trick questions, but it turns out that on a random day back in June in New York’s Times Square, less than 8% of people polled had any idea what a browser was. This one minute video explains very simply what a web browser is
Increasingly more and more favourite games are becoming available through online multi-player platforms, these can be great educational tools as well as just for enjoyment.
It’s one of the questions that comes up a lot on our E-Safety work to Parents / Carers and professionals, ’How do you set controls and ensure safety’? So to have this new resource with practical tips, tricks and Q & A’s is incredibly helpful.
This UK site, www.askaboutgames.com really is a must have resource for professionals, parents/carers and players too. It’s got great advice on playing both on and offline games sensibly and is relevant for all ages and stages. There are downloadable pdfs of information sheets and I you can order hard copies of the credit card sized information booklets if you contact them or CEOP direct.
This film shows how parents can become aware of internet safety issues by using resources like Know IT All for parents. This interactive resource was the winner of the 2009 BETT Award for E-Safety..
Two-thirds of 5-7 year olds now use the internet at home, rising to over three-quarters of 8-11 year olds and over four-fifths of 12-15s.
Of these, one fifth of 5-7 year olds use the internet without an adult present, as do almost half of 8-11 year olds and two-thirds of 12-15s.
12-15 year olds say they spend an average of nearly 14 hours a week online.
Over a third of 12-15 year olds say they mostly access the internet in their bedroom. During this time they could encounter inappropriate or even potentially harmful content.
Find out what you can do to help children enjoy the internet safely this summer by watching or reading Ofcom’s guide to show parents and carers how to use parental controls and filters to manage their children’s access to digital TV and internet content. The guide also encourages parents and carers to talk to their children about what they do on the internet and how to use it safely. You can watch the Oftcom video below and download their guide for parents from this section of the Ofcom web site.
Crick Software are involved in a project in conjunction with Childnet International, the TDA, Becta, the DCSF and the UK Council for Child Internet Safety. The project, Know IT All for primary schools, contains a 3D animation called the adventures of Kara, Winston and the SMART crew. To support and reinforce this e-safety campaign, Crick Software has created related Clicker activities. See the attached leaflet for more information and how to access the grids. You will need to register with Learning Grids in order too download the sets.
At a recent inset one of the teachers asked about advising parents on setting up home PC’s so that young children do not access inappropriate web sites. Internet Explorer has parental controls that you can adjust according to what you do and do not want your children to be exposed to online. These parental controls can be adjusted according to a child’s age and your own values.
Steps
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Go to Internet Explorer on your computer. Click on ‘Tools’ from the toolbar in the upper right-hand corner of the Web browser.
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Select the ‘Content’ tab.
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Find the ‘Content Advisor’ heading and click on the button labeled ‘Enable.’
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Choose a category from the list. This list will present you with a variety of content categories that you may not want your children to see, such as sites depicting drug or alcohol use, violent images, nudity or bad language.
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Click on the category you want to control. Then use your mouse to move the slider below the list to set the degree of restriction you want on that type of site. the degree of restriction can range from no restriction at all to the complete blocking of those sorts of sites.
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Click ‘OK.’
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Set a password. You will be prompted to do so at this point. Setting a password will ensure that no one but you is able to adjust the parental control settings.
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