Transcript Slide 1

Who is
involved?
How we use technologies
Most Adults
 e-mail
 Shopping
 Booking holidays
 Research
Many Young People
 Music
 Games
 Texting
 Chat
 Blogs
 Social Networking
Internet enabled devices include:
Computers
Mobile Phones
PDAs
Games machines
• It is no longer possible to control by blocking
• The net can be accessed anywhere
• Internet/data charges are falling
Parents and carers have a key role to play in
creating a safe ICT learning environment.
Promote e-safety at home and reinforce
the messages taught in school.
Only a parent should be the ‘administrator’
– NEVER a child or young person!
Summing up the risks
 Commercial - scams, spyware, adware, phishing
 Aggressive – violence, suicide, health, bullying
 Sexual – porn, chat, contact
 Values – racist, propaganda, unreliable
Good advice for young people
Beware!
 People may not be who they say they are
 Not all people tell the truth
 If you’re told not to tell an adult, tell an adult straight
away!
 If you feel uncomfortable about anything leave the chat
room and tell an adult
PARENTS! Talk to your children about their on-line friends –
ask them who they chat with. Remember that grooming
is slow and subtle. Talk to your child about potentially
dangerous questions such as where the computer is sited
in the house
Good advice for young people
Who am I?
 If you're asked for a screen name to use in a chat room
use a nickname instead of your real name. Avoid
nicknames that sound ‘sexy’
 If you’re asked where you live, only say which town
 If someone keeps asking for more information, don’t give
it and tell an adult
Good advice for young people
Pictures
 Only show pictures that you’d be happy for your parents
to see
 Only send pictures to someone you know
 Pictures you see aren’t always the person you think they
are
 Remember that your friends may post pictures of you and
you may post pictures of them – TALK TO THEM about
which pictures are ok BEFORE you post them
Good advice for young people
Anything posted on the internet will be
there for ever and is no longer in your
control.
PARENTS – this is a good quote to stick
at the top of the computer screen!
Reducing the risks
Good advice for young people
 Only enter non-sensitive information about yourself.
 Check the settings:
 Make sure you’re not sharing your profile with all other
people – family and friends only
 Be wary:
 about the pictures and files you post or allow access to
 of people you have not met in real life
 of contacts of contacts (or friends of friends)
 Having hundreds of ‘friends’ does not mean you are
popular – it means you are being foolish
PARENTS – try to get your child to add YOU as a ‘friend’ – so
you can see what is posted from time to time.
Good advice for young people
Cyberbullying
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Like any other bullying
Don’t keep it to yourself
You are not alone!
Tell an adult you know and trust. They can help you
combat the bullying.
PARENTS – Remember that your child is FAR more likely to
be cyber-bullied than groomed
Good advice for young people
If you wouldn’t do it in real life,
don’t do it online!
So why use ICT?
Range of
information
A key skill
for life
Accessed
anywhere
anytime
Raise
standards
Motivational
and fun
Easy to
communicate
with friends
and family
Remember …
We are all inquisitive beings, children more than most.
They are more likely to try things out of curiosity, or that
they don’t understand.
The following slide includes a link to The Brier School
web-site. Open the Home page link to e-safety to find a
wide range of resources for children and adults about esafety issues – including this presentation.
The Brier School website
www.brier.dudley.sch.uk
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to learn more
about the topic
Video broadcasting
 Video sharing websites are where users can upload, view
and share video clips
 Videos can be rated and the number of times viewed
recorded
 Uploaded videos may have been recorded with simple
mobile phones, webcams, etc.
 YouTube is one of the most popular video sharing sites
Learning Platform
Learning platforms provide safer
access to :
Pupil work area
Interactive activities
Communication tools
Information for home
Anytime access via the
internet
Links to other resources
Chat
 A place where anyone anywhere can talk to others
 Communicating with other people in real time in virtual
meeting places – ‘chat rooms’.
 Users register by choosing a username and password
 To contribute to the chat, the user can type messages into the
message box, and the message is then shown on screen for all
to see and respond to.
 Users can enter a chat room without contributing – ‘lurking’ is
a good way of familiarising a chat room.
Instant Messaging (IM)
 Instant messaging (IM) is a form of real-time online chat
which is private between two people.
 When you send an instant message, it goes straight to the
person you sent it to, and appears on their computer
screen almost immediately.
 IM can also be used to send files or conduct voice
conversations over the internet.
 To use instant messaging, you need to install a piece of
software on your computer.
Social Networks
 These are online social networks of people who
have common interests. Used by millions of people
everyday.
 Examples are: Facebook, Myspace, Bebo, Habbo
Hotel, Club Penguin, Second Life.
 Location tracking: Gypsii and Frengo allow you to
locate “friends” using your mobile
 Habbo Hotel is supposed to be for the 13 to 19 age
range. However, the average age is 8!
How to stay safe on a social networking site
 Only enter non-sensitive information about yourself.
 Check the settings, make sure your profile is not shared
with other members.
 Be wary about the pictures you post, or let others see.
 Be wary of people you have not met in real life, or are
contacts of contacts!
 Remember: any comments posted are visible to other
members at any time.
Virtual Worlds
Another “world” based in the internet
Second Life
 Is an Internet-based virtual world
 In Second Life:
 There are about 15 million members
 On average about 40,000 residents were logged on at any
particular moment.
 Residents can explore, meet other Residents,
socialize, participate in individual and group activities,
have virtual sex, create and trade virtual property and
services with each other.
Virtual Worlds – Advice for parents
 Become familiar with the sites your children are using.
 Set house rules that include whether children can use
virtual worlds and how they can use them.
 The email address used to activate a child‘s account
should belong to a parent, not the child.
 Explain to children never to arrange to meet in person
someone they first met online
 Ensure children follow age limits on the site
 Ensure children do not use full names
Online Gaming
 These can range from simple text based games to those
incorporating complex graphics and virtual worlds
populated by many players simultaneously.
 The best known are World Of Warcraft, Lord of the Rings
and Star Wars Galaxies and Runescape.
Online Gaming
 Many online games have communities, making them a
social activity.
 Games like Runescape, World Of Warcraft, Lord of the
Rings and Star Wars Galaxies are all played by children.
Online Gaming
 Forms of money used in some of the more popular games
can be bought and sold on the internet to allow players to
progress faster.
 This has been used by some people to enable them to
groom other players, or exchange services for game
money.
Blogs
 Blog is short for web log
 Many blogs provide commentary or news on a particular
subject; others function as more personal online diaries.
 A typical blog combines text and pictures.
 Many blogs let readers leave comments.
 Around the world there are over 100 million blogs.
Wiki
 A website or similar online resource which allows users to
join together, adding and editing what’s there.
 Often used for reference material e.g.Wikipedia.
 Also used to create collaborative websites and to power
community websites.
Podcasts
 This lets you broadcast to the world without the need for
specialist equipment or a licence.
 A podcast can be sound or video files which are distributed
over the Internet for playback on portable media players and
personal computers.
 Podcasts can be automatically transferred to a mobile device
after they are downloaded.
 A podcast can be subscribed to, and downloaded
automatically when new content is added, using an RSS feed
reader.
Music downloading
 Music can downloaded from the internet legally and
illegally.
 Most websites allow users to download music (usually
samples) legally.
 File sharing software (P2P) such as Bittorrent and
Limewire connect PCs directly.
 File sharing is often used to distribute illegal files and
virus’s