E - Safety Websites
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Childnet gives information about blogging and social networking and serves as a gateway to the much larger www.blogsafety.com website which they support. Parents, teens, educators, and experts discuss and learn about safe blogging and social networking.
www.childnet-int.org/blogsafety
The London Grid for Learning (LGfL) has section of its website dedicated to security issues from protecting students online to managing and protecting your IT hardware. It is well worth a visit.
http://cms.lgfl.net:80/web/lgfl/safety
This area focusses specifically on E-Safety resources
http://cms.lgfl.net:80/web/lgfl/safety/resources
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This section of the Becta (British Educational Communications and Technology Agency) site aims to highlight the safety issues and provide advice for schools on how to use technology safely.
http://schools.becta.org.uk/index.php?section=is
Governor guidance on Safety and ICT is available from Becta: http://schools.becta.org.uk/index.php?section=lv&catcode=ss_lv_str_02&rid=10247
Childnet have also produced a school awareness program.
http://www.kidsmart.org.uk/default.aspx
Childnet has produced two special leaflets for parents and pupils which illustrate the SMART safety tips and include fuller advice on Internet safety and mobile use. The leaflets can be ordered in English, Punjabi, Urdu and Hindi and each school in England and Wales receives 50 free. There are 3 posters available too.
http://www.kidsmart.org.uk/teachers/leaflets.aspx
The Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre works across the UK and maximises international links that combines police powers with the dedicated expertise of business sectors, government, specialist charities and other interested organisations - all focused on tackling child sex abuse wherever and whenever it happens.
http://www.ceop.gov.uk/
CEOP have developed this significant resource, created for children and young people. It's full of great stuff on how to stay safe online, with a section where children can report abuse directly.
http://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/
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Kent County Council is one local authority that is leading the way with E-Safety policy. Lots of useful links and documents are available on their website.
http://www.clusterweb.org.uk/kcn/e-safety_home.cfm
Rebecca Chapman is the E-Safety co-ordinator for Kent and has a very useful blog full of links to a variety of information.
http://clusterweb.org.uk/cs/community/esafety/