e-Safety quite often concentrates on risks and behaviours, but if you really want to know about e-safety it is a good idea to step out of the box now and again and take a more holistic view of technology and the Internet. Have a search on various social networking sites and see how students are […]
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Cyberbullying is fast becoming the scourge of social networks. e-Safety is many things, with many risks and significant concerns, and there is a lot of scaremongering surrounding e-safety. But when it comes to the death of a child through suicide there is a rage inside of me which is continually fuelled through the apathy of
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The Ofsted e-Safety Inspection Framework makes reference to data on PC’s, laptops etc. being encrypted. This ties in with the Data Protection requirement to keep personal data safe and secure. Not only is the loss of personal data a potential safeguarding issue, the ICO is free to punish (financially) for data breaches. What is personal
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e-Safety and Data Protection (DPA 1998) go hand in hand; the increasing trend of 1 to 1 and bring your own device (BYOD) initiatives means that schools need to have an in-depth understanding of the technologies being used in the school, and to assess any risks with a view to mitigation. BYOD in a school
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What has e-safety got to do with flapjacks? Not a lot really, it’s an analogy. According to news reports today a school is banning triangular flapjacks after one was thrown in the face of a student causing injury; instead the only flapjacks allowed are square ones. But with media reporting you sometimes get only one side
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