What a strange thing to say; but it isn’t me saying it, it is the very people we are trying to help stay safe. A quick scan through some of the more popular social media sites and you won’t have any difficulty finding posts from children and young people about an e-safety lesson they’ve had; […]
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The following is a press release from digitalME’s Safe programme. How can schools respond to the new Ofsted Inspection Framework and deliver an e-safety programme that engages students within a busy curriculum? Safe, The Certificate in Social Networking, develops young people’s skills, self-confidence and safety awareness when using social networking sites Safe is the certificate in
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Online safety incorporates many elements that I have blogged about in the past; technology is one of the elements which make up a toolkit to safeguard the child and to reduce the liability to the school. I have a number of years experience as a Service Manager at a local authority specifically in relation to
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As the use of social media in education increases so does the argument for and against. The purpose of this article is to try and take a balanced view of both sides of the coin and also to look at some of the reasons why schools won’t engage using social media. In order to achieve
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(Updated 6th October 2012) e-Safety is one of those topics which is difficult to promote in a positive light, after all what we are discussing is generally about online dangers and risks to children. Ofsted raised the e-safety bar in September and have put (more) considerable pressure on schools, and have also made it very
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