Our youngsters are rising up in an more and more digital world they usually have to be taught the abilities that can assist them to take part absolutely, being conscious of find out how to make sensible selections to minimise the risks they will face on-line. These expertise have to be labored into the college curriculum little and infrequently via particular on-line security classes but additionally embedded into different topics too.
If you’re desirous about discovering out how school-age kids are utilizing the web, then an important supply of knowledge is the annual Media Use and Perspective studies by OFCOM. The 2022 report has simply been launched. It provides a superb image of what our kids are doing on the web – the content material they’re accessing and the units they’re utilizing to do it. It may be fairly an eye-opener.
For official steering on what colleges ought to be doing to maintain their kids secure on-line, and educate them in regards to the risks, then the DFE have launched two steering paperwork. Retaining Youngsters Protected in Training and Educating On-line Security in Faculties. Each of those paperwork ought to be utilized by colleges to information their on-line security coverage. Ofsted might be on the lookout for proof this as a part of their safeguarding observations.
When it comes to the content material of any on-line security classes – the computing nationwide curriculum is a bit skinny on this. However a superb place to begin is the Training for a Linked World doc from the UK Council for Web Security (UKCIS). This can be a framework of over 300 “I Can” statements divided up into 8 totally different strands; Self Picture and Id, On-line relationships, On-line Fame, On-line Bullying, Managing On-line Data, Well being, Effectively-being and Life-style, Privateness and Safety and Copyright and Possession.
There aren’t any precise educating assets right here to assist train these statements, however it ought to be seen as a device to assist academics get an understanding of the data, understanding and expertise that kids ought to be creating at every stage.
To really train these totally different strands, among the finest locations to begin is the Undertaking Evolve web site. Undertaking Evolve takes every of the I Can statements from the Training for a Linked World framework, and has produced a lesson primarily based round every one. Every lesson consists of questions the trainer can ask in addition to presentation slides and worksheets which could be downloaded.
One factor to concentrate on with Undertaking Evolve is the signing up process. You might want to register to entry the assets. It’s free to take action, however it does tie your login to your college. The primary particular person out of your college to register turns into the admin for that college account and they’re going to have the ability to approve any additional registrations. For those who’re not the college Computing coordinator you would possibly need to verify with them to see in the event that they’ve already registered, and if not, as them to enroll first earlier than you do. (There’s a protracted story right here about how I turned the admin for the college down the street which I don’t work at.. however I’ll go away that for an additional day!)
Undertaking Evolve is a superb useful resource and I actually assume that each college wants to check out the fabric on provide right here. There’s most likely far an excessive amount of content material right here – you’ll want to pick a couple of classes for every year group to slot in with the period of time you’ve bought to show On-line Security via every year.
Along with Undertaking Evolve, you also needs to check out the Digital Citizenship assets produced by Widespread Sense Media. Beforehand their assets had been solely aligned with the US requirements for Ok-12, however now they’ve mapped them to the UK’s Training for a Linked World strands.
To assist assess your kids towards these 8 strands, check out Protected Expertise by LGFL.
Additionally, you will discover some very helpful assets produced by CEOP, the Baby Exploitation and On-line Safety company. Their ThinkUKnow assets embody some wonderful movies they usually have assets for very younger kids in addition to 11-18 yr olds. There are additionally guides for fogeys too. You possibly can entry them at ThinkUknow.co.uk.
In case your college makes use of Purple Mash then do keep in mind to have a look there for many on-line security educating materials and actions. London Grid for Studying additionally has a wonderful portal with plenty of educating assets.
Additionally take a look at the assets from the NSPCC and Google’s Be Web Legends.
If you would like extra hyperlinks, I’ve put collectively a Wakelet with loads of hyperlinks to different on-line security guides, which you will discover right here. I’ll replace this as I discover extra.
And if you would like me to speak to your workers about on-line security then I’m able to run CPD periods which take a look at find out how to train on-line security, the risks our kids face and in addition how academics can keep secure on-line. I may also ship periods to oldsters. Extra data on my On-line Security CPD periods could be discovered right here.
