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HARNESSING TECHNOLOGY TO SUPPORT VULNERABLE CHILDREN

HARNESSING TECHNOLOGY TO SUPPORT VULNERABLE CHILDREN. Richard Stiff Chair of Information Systems and Technology Policy Committee – ADCS Deputy Chief Executive and DCS North Lincolnshire. The ADCS ICT Defining E-Safety The On-Line Environment Access and Safeguarding Opportunities

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HARNESSING TECHNOLOGY TO SUPPORT VULNERABLE CHILDREN

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  1. HARNESSING TECHNOLOGY TO SUPPORT VULNERABLE CHILDREN Richard Stiff Chair of Information Systems and Technology Policy Committee – ADCS Deputy Chief Executive and DCS North Lincolnshire

  2. The ADCS ICT Defining E-Safety The On-Line Environment Access and Safeguarding Opportunities Final Thoughts OVERVIEW

  3. Access to technology at home benefits learners in a range of different ways:Improving learning and achievementMotivating and engaging childrenEncouraging independence and creativity Connecting learning at school and at home Helping parents and carers get more involved.

  4. The government's vision is to ensure that all pupils aged 5-19, in state maintained education in England, have the opportunity to have access to computers and internet connectivity for education at home

  5. Next Generation Learning @ Home packages will be available for purchase by all The package will include a user device, internet connectivity and service wrapper Let’s think about home…..

  6. Foster careAdoptionInformal arrangementsResidential care

  7. ACCESSSAFEGUARDING TWO KEY ISSUES….

  8. E-safety

  9. E-Safety refers to: ‘all fixed and mobile technologies that children and young people may encounter, now and in the future, which allow them access to content and communications that could raise issues or pose risks to their wellbeing and safety’. ‘Safeguarding Children On-Line’ BECTA www.becta.org.uk/corporate/publications/documents/BEC6189Safegd DEFINING E-SAFETY

  10. Content- sexual, racist, violent unreliable/ bigoted i.e. safety of children’s minds Commerce- scams, phishing and pharming, downloads which steal information from users ! Contact- via interactive technologies – IM, chat, multiplayer games Culture – bullying, camera phones, blogging, social networking …..

  11. Accessed anywhere anytime A key skill for life ICT IN CONTEXT Wide and flexible range of information Easy to communicate with friends and family Motivational and fun Threat of physical danger or abuse Personalised Learning Presentation Why do we and our young people use ICT?

  12. THE INTERNET AND RELATED TECHNOLOGIES Their space Internet Your space Our space

  13. Mobile phones Instant messaging What next ??? Social networking BLOGS E-mail Music Download sites Gaming sites Podcasting Wikies Chat Rooms P2P file-sharing Video broadcasting Text

  14. Mobile phones Anytime  Anywhere Text messages Camera phones Internet access e-mail MP3 player Chat and IM Downloads Mobile TV

  15. Video broadcasting • Video sharing websites are where users can upload, view and share video clips • Videos can be rated and the number of times viewed recorded • Video recorded with mobile phones can easily upload • YouTube is one of the ten most popular websites

  16. Social networking Based on the idea of networking with friends and friends of friends In March 2006 MySpace (Rupert Murdoch owned) overtook the BBC website in visitor numbers and now has 5.2 million UK users In its first year Bebo attracted 21.4 million registered users worldwide US banned social networking sites within all public institutions

  17. Content- sexual, racist, violent unreliable/ bigoted i.e. safety of children’s minds Commerce- scams, phishing and pharming, downloads which steal information from users ! Contact- via interactive technologies – IM, chat, multiplayer games Culture – bullying, camera phones, blogging, social networking ….. E-SAFETY: KEY RISKS

  18. Transition issues The Brightside Trust User experience E-mentoring in North Lincolnshire

  19. http://www.thebrightsidetrust.org/

  20. http://www.northlincs.tv/index.php

  21. The opportunities are limitless……the only limit is our imagination FINAL THOUGHTS

  22. But…… FINAL THOUGHTS

  23. ‘..the risks do not merit a moral panic, and nor do they warrant seriously restricting children’s internet use because this would deny them the many benefits of the internet. Indeed, there are real costs to lacking internet access or sufficient skills to use it.’

  24. ‘However, the risks are nonetheless widespread, they are experienced by many children as worrying or problematic, and they do warrant serious intervention by government, educators, industry and parents.’

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