Mr Arthur
73% of children have a presenceonline by the time they are 2.
74% of 8 to 11 year olds have access toa tablet and 63% of children get theirown smartphone before they startsecondary school.
3500000 of the UK’s under 8s nowhave a tablet.
83% of 4 to 11 year olds follow ruleswhen using a smartphone, tablet orcomputer.
19% delete theirinternet history
12% have amended browsersettings to use their browserprivacy mode
6% uninstall filtersdesigned to stopcertain websitesbeing visited.
We try to avoid the scary man will come and getyou approach and encourage the children to stopand think before they act.
If you wouldn’t wear it don’t share it!
•While children and young people are pretty clued up on staying safe in the real world theyfind it difficult to link what they do to stay safe in the real world with what they do in theonline world.
•A large percentage would think nothing about giving it to someone they don’t know in anonline chat.
•Simple stuff like saying that you are going somewhere or wearing a school uniform inyour profile pictures can give lots of information away that may allow someone to locateyou.
•People who have said they are on holiday on Facebook have been known to have theirhouses broken into.
•A friend is someone who you know because you have met them in person and got toknow properly.
•Giving a lot of information about yourself away in your profile can make it easy forpeople to make friends with you as they can pretend to like the same things you do.
If you wouldn’t wear it don’t share it!
•Facebook and YouTube allow us to share where we are, what we’re thinking and picturesand videos of what we are up to.
•It is easy to forget that anyone can see, download and change any image or videothat we post online.
•By the time you change your mind and delete something from a site many thousands ofpeople could have downloaded it and any one of them could do what they like with it andpost it back without your permission.
•Ask yourself “Will I ever regret people seeing this?” If there is any chance that youwill - then don’t put it up there.
•Find and use the privacy settings on the site to make sure that only they can see anddownload them.
•We have to be very careful what we say online too. It’s very easy to forget how public theweb is and that putting something online that criticises someone or shares privateinformation about them could be against the law.
•Sites like Facebook have now become an important part of lives.
•While most young people know how to keep safe in the real world they don’t always applythe same ideas when they are online.
•Some see collecting online friends as a competition and try to get as many as they can.
•This can lead to young people losing track of who they are sharing information with
•Check any device your child could uses to connect to the Internet has the privacy settingsset to ‘friends only’
•Make sure their online friends are people who they know in real life and that theyare not sharing telephone numbers, email and other contact details in their
•profiles.
•Chat to your child regularly about who they have on their friends list.
If you wouldn’t wear it don’t share it!
If you create it you own it until you sayotherwise.
When you sign up for sites such asTwitter or Facebook, you grant thecompany a “non-exclusivetransferable, sub-license” to:
use, copy, reproduce, process,adapt, modify, transmit,display and distribute yourcontent in any way without havingto tell you or pay you.
Facebook – Limit your posts to be seen by‘friends’ not ‘public’.
On Twitter – Click “Protect My Tweets” so onlyapproved users can see them.
On YouTube – Make you videos private byselecting ‘Edit Video’ then adjust the ‘Broadcastand Sharing Options. If your child has an accountyou can make it unlisted so people with directweb access can’t find the videos.
On Instagram – In the “Edit Your Profile” section,scroll down and change the “Posts Are Private”feature to “on” to make it less likely that yourphotos will be posted elsewhere.
Don’t forget that you need to be at least 13 yearsof age to have a social media account.
New rules mean that 13-17 year olds havethe option on Facebook to post publicly –although they will get a reminder.
“The most common threat online is cyber-bullying” (CAS)
If you wouldn’t wear it don’t share it!
•We wouldn’t accept bad communication face to face and we shouldn’taccept it on our gadgets.
•It is so easy for children to misunderstand and be hurt by a message whenthe person who sent it really didn’t mean for that to happen.
•Top tip: Keep the message as evidence.
•It may be the first of many messages they get and if someone singles themout to receive this type of message this is described as Cyber Bullying.
•If you feel that they are being Cyber Bullied it is important to keepevidence and contact someone who is able to help.
•Websites like http://www.bullying.co.uk/ can offer advice.
If you wouldn’t wear it don’t share it!
•If we want to, we can share every aspect of our lives online.
•When we send messages or post stuff online it is important to rememberthat putting stuff here is putting it in a public place.
•Its a bit like writing it on a piece of paper and sticking it on a notice boardin The Bridges.
•Something as simple as passing on an embarrassing photo of afriend can turn us into Cyber Bullies.
•Only say things on your gadgets that you would say to the personface to face.
•Only share our contact details with people we know and trust.
Ultimately, ourtarget is not to tellthe children whatthey can and cannot do, its to makethem responsiblewhen they usetechnology.
If you wouldn’t wear it don’t share it!
•Under no circumstances should they ever agree to meet up with someone
•If you decide it is OK for them to meet up it is vital that you go along with them.
•The places we often go online with our gadgets are where we feel most relaxed. This givesus a feeling of safety and security and when we feel safe and secure we often share moreinformation about ourselves than they would if we met someone in the street.
•This feeling of safety can also lead to similar behaviour when cyber-bullying.
•It is important to encourage your child to tell a trusted adult or specialistorganisation
•Many websites include a report abuse button.
•If you can’t find one you can access it here thinkyouknow.co.uk
If you wouldn’t wear it don’t share it!
•It is really easy for young people to view videos, play games or access websites that aremeant for adults. Help your child to understand that not every website is meant forthem and that not all information they may see on the web is true.
•If you search for and show them some hoax websites this may help. Facebook forexample has a minimum age of thirteen and for some other sites its higher.
•It is really important to help them understand that there are reasons why games haveage ratings and never take “All my friends have it!” as an excuse
•If you aren’t sure you could play the game yourself
•At school there are filters in place for making sure that children and young people can’taccess inappropriate websites.
•It is a good guide that if it is blocked at school they shouldn’t use it at home.
•Visit www.commonsensemedia.org as it gives excellent advice on this
In Year 5 and Year 6 we branch out from thesegeneric threats and look more closely at how weuse technology and the internet.
This is approached primarily in 2 different ways:
•Validity of sources
•The Expert’s Challenge
