e-safety advocates - working with young people to raise awareness by emma hadfield, thomas rotherham...
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E-Safety Advocates: working with young people to raise awareness EMMA HADFIELD
LEARNING RESOURCES MANAGER
THOMAS ROTHERHAM COLLEGE
emma.hadf ie [email protected]
Overview E-Safety & the risks
E-Safety & various institutions
Methods for raising awareness Inductions
E-Safety Advocates
Guess the Logos
The Risks Grooming
Cyberbullying
Sexting
Digital Footprint
Indecent images or videos that are self-generated and shared
Individual user’s online data trail created through the various uploads and posts to social media, websites and blogs
A process by which a person prepares a minor for abuse by gaining access to their lives, gaining compliance and maintaining secrecy to avoid disclosure
The use of digital technology (text messaging, email, social networking sites) to harass or abuse someone
Grooming
Cyberbullying
Sexting
Digital Footprint
The Risks
Social Networking Instant Messaging WebCam Chat
The Consequences
E-Safety and Young People
Ofcom (2014) Adults’ Media Use and Attitudes Report http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/research/media-literacy/adults-2014/2014_Adults_report.pdf
One in five adults agreed they behave
differently online – with those aged 16-24
more likely to agree
E-Safety & Education OFSTED
◦ “[institutions should] provide an age-related, comprehensive curriculum for e-safety that enables pupils to becomes safe and responsible users of new technologies”
◦ “[institutions should] develop…e-safety procedures, including training, to ensure…a positive impact on pupil’s knowledge and understanding” (Ofsted 2014 Inspecting E-Safety in Schools)
CILIP ◦ “librarians and information professionals, especially school librarians and children’s
specialists in public libraries, have a vital role in teaching children effective and safe use of the internet” (CILIP 2014 Librarians’ Unique Role in Teaching Skills to Stay Safe Online)
E-Safety & The Police
E-Safety & the Library
Information Literacy
Identifying information
need
Controlling information
tools
Locating information
Evaluating information
Using information
legally (copyright)
Sharing information
Identifying safe sites
Locating blocking / reporting
tools
Sharing concerns
Evaluating own posts /
images
Using creative
commons
Controlling personal
information
E-Safety & Thomas Rotherham College 2011: E-Safety Focus
◦ E-Safety Policy ◦ E-Safety Officer ◦ Risk Assessments ◦ Inductions
2012: E-Safety Advocates Pilot
2013: CEOP Ambassador
2014: Whole Staff E-Safety Training
Raising Awareness: Inductions
First to a Million
Raising Awareness: The E-Safety Advocates Project
Outline: ◦ trains students to deliver lessons about online risks to pupils in primary
schools
Goal: ◦ young people gain new skills, work experience and e-safety knowledge
◦ primary pupils gain e-safety knowledge
Setting it Up Collaboration:-
◦ Local Primary Schools
◦ The Police
◦ Local Government Agency Yorkshire Humber Grid for Learning (YHGfL)
“YHGfL was originally set up to meet the Government target of connecting all schools in the region to broadband. Now adds value to the region by becoming a strategic partner to the Government and to other relevant
agencies to provide a range of eLearning and eSafeguarding services and resources for local authorities” (www.yhgfl.net)
Key People:- ◦ In-House Project Co-ordinator
◦ Primary School Contacts
The Students Application process/enrolment
Work in groups of 3: mix of boys/girls
CRB checked
Expectations: work independently, professional approach, commitment, willing to travel
Reasons for involvement: teaching career, work experience, build skills
Training External Speakers
◦ Police: online risks, legal aspects
◦ Primary Headteacher: working in a primary school
Internal Project Co-ordinator ◦ E-safety
◦ Copyright
◦ Classroom management / lesson planning
◦ Presentations
School Visits 3 schools – key contact at each
Minimum of 2 visits prior to teaching
Build confidence and rapport with pupils / gain understanding of classroom structure
Discuss ideas with Primary Teacher
Preparation of Teaching Material Independent work
Liaison with Project Co-ordinator
Guidance from schools on topics social networking, gaming, cyberbullying, stranger danger presumptions challenged
Team working skills put to the test
Work Produced by TRC Students (2014)
Time for Reflection Practice run
Opportunity to make mistakes in friendly environment
Peer feedback
Reflect and improve
Delivery of Lesson Team teach – one hour lesson
Teachers in the making Q&A, group work, individual study
good classroom management
inventive activities: bingo, word searches, posters, quizzes
Clear evidence of learning
Work Produced by Primary School Pupils (2014)
The School’s Response……… Enjoyable and relevant sessions
Provided a different voice to engage children
Added value – children respond well to teenagers
Stronger message - young people able to communicate risks
in a new way
Raised awareness / improved understanding
Evaluation/Celebration Event
The Student’s Response…….
Dramatic increase in skill sets – confidence, communication (speaking skills, ability to communicate information to others), team working, organisational, decision making, leadership, presentation, research skills (ability to search for information)
“with the skills I have learnt doing the project it will help me going forward”
Asserted career choices
“I have had a more realistic look into teaching”
“it has made me want to be a teacher even more”
Effectively educated younger generation
“primary pupils learn about e-safety from people who are the main age using social networking”
Improved Digital Literacy Gained e-safety knowledge and increased confidence about safe online behaviour
Changed privacy settings
Deleted ‘friends’ they don’t know
Identified reliable online information
Awareness of copyright
Impact For the Students
E-Safety Advocates for life Increased ability and willingness to continue to educate others in the future More likely to engage in e-safety conversations with peers/family members
For the College
Identified in whole College Self-Assessment Review
“The college is a pioneer in ‘e-safety for learners’,
leading on an E-Safety Advocates programme with local primary schools”.
Identified in Ofsted Report – February 2014 - College graded ‘Good’ overall
“The college is very proactive in relation to ‘on line’ safeguarding,
which is included in every student’s induction programme”.
What next……… E-Safety Advocates Project sustainable
positive effect on children and young people
prospect of similar initiatives in other schools/colleges
Further E-Safety Work Whole staff body trained in July
Continue work on inductions