November 2011

A mum and her son go into a school and confront the Headteacher.  “Aaron is being bullied on Facebook, what are you going to do about it?” This is becoming an all too common occurrence, but one which raises a number of questions – Since when, and why has it become a school problem? What […]

Is Facebook really the problem? Read More »

Esafety, online safety, child protection – internet filtering is normally the first step any establishment takes in order to meet its statutory and safeguarding obligations.  But what is internet filtering, is it esafety or is it blocking? For clarity and ease I’m just going to refer to schools in this blog, but you can substitute

Internet Filtering part 1 – esafety or just blocking? Read More »

Well, I’ve taken the plunge. It is an initiative I have been thinking about for a while. Having worked within this area for a number of years, spoken to countless people, visited and spoken to hundreds of schools, met software developers and companies, the question still remains – what is esafety? Esafety is a big

Hello – what is esafety? Read More »