Digital Leaders Setting up

It is worth remembering that having

Digital Leaders in school can make

a real difference in helping promote

online safety messages in your

school community. Online safety is

not all about lessons with a single

focus delivered by a safeguarding

lead or teacher with expertise in digi-

tal literacy. An approach where

these messages are delivered within

the existing curriculum including

“Pupil Voice”, are proven and effec-

tive strategies for delivering online

safety education. School E-Safety is

referenced in two national frame-

works (NAACE ICT Mark and the

SWGfL 360 Degree Safe) and both

highlight the importance of having

pupils involved in online safety

education.

Pupil Voice is a proven and

effective strategy for delivering

online safety education.

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A guide for schools

Digital Leaders, Cyber Sentinels, E-Leaders or something similar, it doesn’t matter, but I’d recommend getting the pupils to discuss and choose

their own title.

Most schools find that between 6 and 8 pupils from different year groups is the right number. Your Digital Leaders may have a range of skills

that they can utilise, but should include listening, communicating, graphic/artistic, ICT, creative, management.

Once set up with a good pupil manager, most groups are keen to meet at least once a week either during lunchtime or after school.

A range of year groups from year 4 to year 10 is recommended as it encourages a flow of experience as pupils move from year to year.

The basics W HA T DO W E CA L L T HE M?

HOW MA N Y A N D W HA T S K ILL S ?

HOW OFT E N D O T HE Y ME E T ?

W HICH YE A R G RO UP S ?

Once the initial training has been delivered the

group can plan the range of activities that they feel

would have maximum impact in delivering online

safety messages. Ideas include the creation of post-

ers and guidance, an E-Safety display, assemblies

delivered to the school, presentations to parents, the

creation of an E-Safety page on the school website

and attendance at E-Safety briefings attended by

relevant senior staff and governors.

WHAT CAN THEY DO?

Allow at least half a day to deliver this to the group.

A suggested agenda is outlined below.

Digital Leader Training Agenda 1. Introductions 2. Online Safety – Where are you? 3. Online Safety – Key Messages a. Privacy b. Grooming c. Cyber-bullying d. Social media e. Digital Literacy and security f. Online gaming 4. Getting the message over a. E-Safety scenarios b. Prioritising the messages c. Video reviews d. Appropriateness and audience 5. A safe online campaign a. Planning a local campaign b. Design of effective posters with key messages c. Create a website for the whole school community 6. Design an assembly for all year groups 7. Design a lesson for classes on being safe online

Recommended Resources

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There are lots of support materials targeted at different age ranges at the CEOP ThinkYouKnow site www.thinkuknow.co.uk

J2e5 is a cloud publishing tool that pupils (and teachers) can use to create online content such as web pages.

www.just2easy.com/products/j2e5

Alternatives include Google sites (part of the Google for Education suite) apps.google.com/products/sites and

Wordpress wordpress.org.

If you would like us to deliver your digital leader training, go to www.catshill.com/digital-leaders

Self Review Frameworks:

NAACE ICT Mark www.naace.co.uk/ictmark/srf

SWGfL 360 Degree Safe 360safe.org.uk

Initial Training

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