Campaign for e-safety
This event took place in May 2008 in Gairloch High School. Presented by Louise Jones, Health Promoting Schools Manager and Jim Henderson, Virtual Learning Co-ordinator, for Highland Council the following materials may be of interest to parents.
Internet safety presentation for parents (Powerpoint file)
Esafety guidance from Highland (PDF file)
Music and the Internet (Pdf file)
Safe use of Blogs (Pdf file)
What can parents do? Here is some advice:
- Keep the benefits of the internet in mind above all else
- Install Spybot to search for unwanted programs on the home PC
- Be careful what sites you as an adult visit if your children use the same computer
- Set your web browser to enable popup blockers
- Talk about what to do if a child sees something they don’t like
- Teach them to be critical of content
- Use child-friendly search engines – for example use Search Safe within Google to prevent unsafe images appearing
- Use your browser tools to enable the history of the sites that have been looked at and spot check the sites your child has looked at every now and again
- Don’t overreact when undesirable content is found etc
- Get involved online -tell your child who to talk to if they are embarrassed about what they have found
- Encourage a balanced use of activities such as MSN or social networking sites, switch off after a certain time, but realise web-enabled mobiles can be used if you have a WiFi connection in the home – so extend the turning off to include mobile phones
- Make your child aware of the consequences of giving out personal information
- Keep the PC in a Family room
Some more useful links:
Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre
