What is Watchover Wednesday? Have a look HERE, basically it is a new trend by mainly young girls posting YouTube videos and asking, “Am I pretty?”. Am I concerned about it? Yes, definitely! Is it anything new? No, it isn’t! Of course all young girls want to be pretty, and want everyone else to think […]
Watchover Wednesday – a new internet safety risk? Read More »
Updated 24th August 2012 As of this new curriculum year Ofsted have put a much greater emphasis on e-safety which puts greater pressure on schools (as if you needed more pressure!). You can find their full list of new inspections HERE which includes e-safety. Generally speaking, it is “the school’s ability to protect and educate
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With the fantastic Safer Internet Day 2012 over once again there is now another 12 months in which to prepare for the next time. But I think a little time should be devoted to some reflection on the buildup to the day and the day itself. Around the world in over 70 countries schools, agencies
Internet Safety, e-Safety – what it is and what it isn’t Read More »
This post is in response to Tom Barrett’s blog here A very well written piece about filtering, and personally I don’t think it is an issue that will ever settle down due to the wide ranging views. Personally I could not ever agree with an unfiltered school connection, not because I don’t want to, but
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Ofsted have reported that schools should “manage” their own Internet filtering – but what does this mean? There are a number of elements involved in Internet filtering: policies (who can access which categories); blacklisting (illegal sites); whitelisting (overriding block policies); site categories; and reports. Initially it takes quite a bit of work to get this
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