e-safety

Just as cyber-bullying and e-safety are actually subsets of a bigger picture, so is digital literacy.

Literacy News – 86th Edition « News « Literacy News 2009

Just as cyber-bullying and e-safety are actually subsets of a bigger picture, so is digital literacy.

Literacy News – 76th Edition « News « Literacy News 2009

News round-up: Future of Becta services; Teachers TV to close; Safer Internet day's 'No game, it's your life'; new-look Naace site; online energy prize; e-safety training weak in schools; Bett 2011 gears up

Bidders battle over Becta's crown jewels as Teachers TV feels the axe Julie Nightingale 2010

David Wright, e-safety consultant at the trust, said that despite schools themselves pinpointing training as an issue, there was a lot of high quality practice around.

Bidders battle over Becta's crown jewels as Teachers TV feels the axe Julie Nightingale 2010

Resources for schools linked to the day include lesson ideas and plans, drama activities, a Digizen game and Childnet's Know IT All e-safety packages.

Bidders battle over Becta's crown jewels as Teachers TV feels the axe Julie Nightingale 2010

The study, thought to be the largest of its kind, looked at data from 360 degree safe, 360safe. org.uk, a self-assessment tool used by 547 UK schools to examine 28 different aspects of their own e-safety provision.

Bidders battle over Becta's crown jewels as Teachers TV feels the axe Julie Nightingale 2010

E-safety training weak, say schoolsSchools consistently rate staff training as one of their weakest areas when it comes to e-safety, according to research by the South West Grid for Learning Trust and the University of Plymouth.

Bidders battle over Becta's crown jewels as Teachers TV feels the axe Julie Nightingale 2010

Kent County Council has appointed an e-safety officer, Rebecca Avery, who trains teachers and other school professionals to have a more open approach towards kids 'use of technology.

Shag bands, porn on mobile phones … kids need more help to understand sex Miranda Sawyer 2010

But one problem was the lack of national guidance on e-safety training as part of whole school safeguarding training.

Bidders battle over Becta's crown jewels as Teachers TV feels the axe Julie Nightingale 2010

"There are still have many schools where e-safety is seen as responsibility of a minority? for example, the ICT leader, where the focus is on the IT rather than the safeguarding issue" said Wright.

Bidders battle over Becta's crown jewels as Teachers TV feels the axe Julie Nightingale 2010