Safeguarding Children

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Safeguarding Children

• Andy Pyper
• andy.pyper_at_servicebirmingham.co.uk
• www.bgfl.org/esafety

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What is E-Safety

• Child Protection Equipping people with the
  knowledge, skills and understanding to stay safe
  in their virtual environment

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What is it not?

• Managing behaviour issues caused by inappropriate
  use of the internet
• e.g. Youtube, Proxy sites

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Who leads on E-Safety

• Head and SLT

It should already be obvious that e-safety is a
child safety (not an ICT) issue, and indeed it
should not be managed primarily by the ICT team.
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What promotes E-Safety

• an infrastructure of whole-site awareness,
  responsibilities, policies and procedures
• an effective range of technological tools
• a comprehensive e-safety education programme for
  everyone in your establishment
• a review process which continually monitors the
  effectiveness of the above.

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More Detail

• monitoring systems to keep track of who
  downloaded what, when they downloaded it, using
  which computer
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How we support E-Safety

• Central monitoring / filtering
• Advice / Guidance / Consultancy
• Liaison with other agencies
• Formal Investigation into misuse

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• How adults use the Internet

E-bay Shopping Research E-mail Blogging News,
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How young people use the Internet
YouTube Games Homework IM Networking Music
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There are 2 Internets
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• IM
• TXT
• CHAT
• Multi-player games
• Always on, always connected

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4 Cs

• Content
• Commerce
• Contact
• Community

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Do you know Ana or Mia?
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Appropriate

• adjective 1 suitable for a particular person or
  place or condition etc

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• The Management reserve the right to refuse
  admission

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Keeping children safe

• Adults need to understand the issues if they
  are going to offer appropriate support

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Educate
not
Legislate
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AUP

• Staff / pupil guidance
• Home / school agreement
• Digital Media
• Use of E-mail
• IPR
• Outside of school

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• Resources
• www.bgfl.org/esafety
• www.thinkuknow.co.uk/
• www.childnet.com
• www.digizen.org