e-Safety and Flapjacks
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...
View Articlee-Safety and your Data – Password or Encryption?
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...
View Articlee-Safety – Using videos for collaborative discussion
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...
View ArticleWhat has e-Safety got to do with My Little Pony?
e-Safety continually challenges me; the Internet continually fascinates me. It is a world where everything and anything goes from the extraordinary to the downright weird, and it is one of the...
View ArticleMaking the Internet a Safer Place – Realistic?
Making the Internet a Safer Place Recent high profile media reports have stirred some interesting debates surrounding the extent and ease to which child abuse images are available on the Internet....
View ArticleChild Internet Safety – thoughts on David Cameron’s Speech
e-Safety, the protection of children online, has been hitting a lot of headlines over the past few months both in the public and education sector. This is, quite simply, about how we protect our...
View ArticlePM David Cameron’s Internet Filtering Announcement
Online safety has been at the media forefront of late. The PM’s announcement on 22nd July created quite a stir; debate, anger, relief and all manner of other emotions. Frustratingly some media...
View ArticleInternet Filtering: Creating a New eSafety Risk
Internet filtering in the context of e-safety always stirs a great, and sometimes emotive debate. Schools are a great source of discussion in this area as they have been subjected to a filtering...
View ArticleFree lesson plans from ICO – protecting personal privacy
Within e-safety, the protection of your personal data and your privacy is a significant concern, this is particularly the case with young people who may share information on social networks without...
View ArticleIs your local authority “blocking” or “managing” your internet? Here’s some tips
We all know the value of internet access at school, there is no need to explain that; but from an e-safety and risk management perspective there is still too much emphasis on the risk rather than the...
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