1 / 36

PSA – Advice Evening

PSA – Advice Evening. Teenagers and the Internet. Matt Britland – Head of ICT Nick Forsyth – Senior Tutor. Generational digital divide between parents and children. PSA – Advice Evening. Teenagers and the Internet. What are children doing online? What are the risks?

chet
Télécharger la présentation

PSA – Advice Evening

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. PSA – Advice Evening Teenagers and the Internet Matt Britland – Head of ICT Nick Forsyth – Senior Tutor

  2. Generational digital divide between parents and children

  3. PSA – Advice Evening Teenagers and the Internet What are children doing online? What are the risks? What can we do as parents and teachers?

  4. What are children doing online?

  5. What are children doing online? • Online Gaming • Playing games against friends and strangers. • Chatting to friends and strangers using microphone headsets. • Exchanging contact details. • Playing games unsuitable for their age? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xopr9qOV2aM

  6. What are children doing online? Club Penguin

  7. What are children doing online? • IM (Instant Messaging) and Chat rooms • Talking to their friends online • Talking to strangers online • IM on Facebook, Google+ and mobiles. • MSN (Now Skype) and Yahoo messenger

  8. What are children doing online? • Facebook / Twitter / Google+ • Sharing photos. • Adding and ‘collecting’ friends. • Using instant messaging. • Creating profiles. • Checking themselves in. • Updating their status

  9. What are children doing online? • Mobiles / Tablets • Using GPS • Accessing the internet using 3G technology. • Sending and receiving photos and videos. • Using instant messaging. (BBM, Whatsapp, iMessage) • Sharing phone numbers. • Be aware of in-app purchases

  10. What are children doing online? • Music Streaming and downloading • Downloading music legally • Downloading music illegally • Uploading music • Streaming music (Spotify)

  11. What are children doing online? • Blogging and micro blogging (Twitter, Wordpress) • Tweeting • Writing a blog - A blog (a blend of the term web log)is a type of website or part of a website. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order.

  12. What are children doing online? • Webcam • Talking to people on webcams using IM, Facebook or Google+. • This could be friends or strangers. • Using Chat Roulette type sites. • Skype

  13. What are children doing online? These can be fantastic tools but we must be aware of the dangers.

  14. What are the risks?

  15. What are the risks? • Sharing personal information • Online profiles / Twitter / Facebook • Sharing too much information with friends and strangers. • Address, phone numbers, email addresses and locations. • Photos and status updates.

  16. What are the risks? • Cyber Bullying • Bullying someone using technology. • It is a big problem at the moment. • It can start off as a joke and spiral out of control. • Fraping • It can be very malicious. • Adults and young people think that because its online it gives then anonymity.

  17. What are the risks? • Sexting • Sending rude / explicit photos via email, social networking sites and mobiles. • Sending videos or exposing themselves on webcam • Once they have been sent they can be put online or shared with anybody. • It is against the law if you have a explicit photo of someone under the age of 18 even if they are not 18 themselves. It does not matter if they are a boyfriend or girlfriend.

  18. Sexting Research – 20010/11 • Analysis responses from 30 schools, years 9-11, 1,150 in total. • Asked questions regarding attitudes toward and behaviours around sexting • Complimentary stats with other research at the time

  19. BBC3 commissioned research for Documentary • Survey generated by UK Safer Internet Centre • 950 self selecting – online survey • Older teens and young adults (16-24)

  20. Overall Outcomes • Positive and negative views on the use of technology in relationships • Clearly showed this is mainstream behaviour for the survey population • Suggested some change in attitudes and behaviours as a result of technology

  21. What are the risks?

  22. What are the risks? • Blogging • Exposing too much information online • Expressing opinions that may get them into trouble • Writing a diary or description of an event that maybe online for many years

  23. What are the risks? • Accessing unsuitable websites • Pornographic websites • Chat roulette style websites • Illegal film websites • Anything you deem as a parent to be unsuitable • Many of these can be accessed using smart phones

  24. What are the risks? • Encounters with strangers / offenders • Young people can chat freely to strangers • They could arrange to meet in the real world • The stranger may have lied about their age • The young person may not bring a parent and meet the stranger alone • Non-contact sexual abuse A recent film called Trust covers this in detail.

  25. What are the risks? CEOP Videos Consequences

  26. What are the risks? CEOP Videos Matt thought he knew

  27. What are the risks? CEOP Videos First to a Million

  28. What can we do as parents and teachers?

  29. What can we do and parents and teachers? • In School • AUP (acceptable use policy) • CEOP Ambassadors • Teacher INSETs on online safety • Stay safe online schemes of work in year 7 and 9 • Whole year group presentation on the dangers of the internet • Filtered internet access at school

  30. KGS AUP “I understand that I am responsible for my actions, both in and out of school” “… material relating to KGS or members of the school community”

  31. What can we do and parents and teachers? • At home • Be aware of what young people are doing online • Be friends on with your children on FB etc. Be aware they can restrict what you can see. • Talk to your children, ask what they are doing • Use the parental controls on the operating system • Speak to your ISP about how you can filter internet access • Use your computers operating system to restrict the time the internet can be accessed by your son / daughter

  32. What can we do and parents and teachers? • At home • Be aware that smart phones can access the internet using 3G and WiFi – Network Provider Filtering • Use your judgement (should my son / daughter have a computer in their room?) • Access to the CEOP thinkuknow.co.uk website • Rules to mobile/computer usage.

  33. RISK MANAGEMENT Reduce availability (switch-off times) Restrict access (parental control software) Increase their resilience to harmful and inappropriate material (education and discussion)

  34. “Kids don’t need protection we need guidance. If you protect us you are making us weaker we don’t go through all the trial and error necessary to learn what we need to survive on our own …don’t fight our battles for us just give us assistance when we need it” (Byron review)

More Related