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Using external websites in lessons

Please may we remind all schools of the following: Children should always be supervised by a responsible adult when using the Internet. Teachers should evaluate any websites fully before they use them with their students. This includes websites going to be shown on the interactive whiteboard as well...

Posted to Kent ICT Blog (Weblog) by kent-teachers on 12-03-2008
Course places still available for January

There are still a few places available for the following ICT courses in January: 08/01/2009 – E-Safety in the Primary School (Stour Valley) 14/01/2009 - Using ICT to Enhance Learning and Teaching in Science at Key Stage 2 (Oxford Rd) 28/01/2009 – Enhancing Learning and Teaching by using ICT in the Foundation...

Posted to Kent ICT Blog (Weblog) by kent-teachers on 12-03-2008
Is time spent online wasted?

A 3 year long project by American researchers exploring how kids use digital media in their everyday lives has been published as the " Digital Youth Project ". The "Kids' Informal Learning with Digital Media: An Ethnographic Investigation of Innovative Knowledge Cultures" is a...

Posted to e-Safety in Schools (Weblog) by averyr01 on 11-25-2008
Safer Internet Day - 10th February 2009

To mark European Safer Internet Day, schools can download a pack of resources including brand new stand alone KS2 and 3 assemblies (which will be launched on the day). CEOP will be also be signposting to all the resources schools will need for SID 2009 including those focussed on cyberbullying and other...

Posted to Kent ICT Blog (Weblog) by kent-teachers on 11-13-2008
'KNOW IT ALL FOR PARENTS' CD Roms

With the support from BECTA and the DCSF a further half a million copies of 'KNOW IT ALL FOR PARENTS' CD Roms have been duplicated and are ready for schools to order free of charge from today. See news announcement at http://www.childnet.com/news/articles/091008.html The new version includes...

Posted to Kent ICT Blog (Weblog) by kent-teachers on 10-13-2008
e-Safety and Web 2.0 report published

Becta recently commissioned the University of Nottingham in conjunction with London Knowledge Lab and Manchester Metropolitan University to research Web 2.0 technologies for learning at Key Stages 3 and 4. The aims of this research was to help shape Becta's thinking and inform policymakers, schools...

Posted to e-Safety in Schools (Weblog) by averyr01 on 10-03-2008
UK Council for Child Internet Safety launched

The UK Council for Child Internet Safety (UKCCIS) has been launched today wth the aim to help protect children from "harmful" web content, such as cyber-bullying and violent video games. The UK Council for Child Internet Safety wants to work with industry (such as Social Networking sites) to...

Posted to e-Safety in Schools (Weblog) by averyr01 on 09-29-2008
Children avoiding age restrictions on Social Networking Sites

Nearly a quarter of children between the ages of 8 and 12 are dodging the age restrictions imposed by social networking sites such as Facebook, Bebo and MySpace. A recent poll suggests that from these results, more than 750,000 children could be illicitly using the sites potentially exposing them to...

Posted to e-Safety in Schools (Weblog) by averyr01 on 08-13-2008
Internet Service Providers sign up to tackle Online Music Piracy

Six of the UK's largest Internet Service Providers (ISPs), BT, Virgin, Orange, Tiscali, BSkyB and Carphone Warehouse, have agreed to join with the Music industry to try and tackle the growing issue of online piracy. The proposal from the government will begin with letters being sent to users suspected...

Posted to e-Safety in Schools (Weblog) by averyr01 on 07-24-2008
Junior Safety Zones for the World Wide Web

Merlin John has recently written a article, published on the FutureLabs website considering how Primary Schools can use the internet as teaching tool whilst taking into account e-Safety considerations. Merlin states how Primary Schools across the UK are "starting to try out secure, media-rich services...

Posted to e-Safety in Schools (Weblog) by averyr01 on 07-16-2008

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