Digital Safety Resources
Do you need guidance on digital safety topics such as social networking, online bullying, gaming, sexting. Check out the links below…
Activities and Lesson Plans
Band Runner A game from Thinkuknow helping 8-10 year olds learn to stay safe online.
Own It BBC’s e-safety website – good intros for lesson or class discussions.
TES Teaching Resources An extensive resource bank for all subjects, including e-safety, with resources and lesson plans created and shared by teachers (sign up required).
Social Networking
Childnet Hub has top tips, competitions, blogs and advice to help young people aged 11 – 18 years to use the internet safely, responsibly and positively.
Children’s Commissioner’s Simplified Social Media Terms and Conditions – young people’s rights on Social Media. They aren’t a legal document but are designed to be an accessible, child-friendly tool to help young people understand their digital rights and make informed choices.
Facebook Family Safety Centre Useful info and tips (you do not need an account to view).
Google+ Safety Centre Useful info and tips (you do not need an account to view).
So you got naked online A practical guide for young people who are worried about images they have taken of themselves or others which are available on the internet.
Where to go for help
Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Police agency tackling child abuse on the internet – includes a unique facility to report actual or attempted abuse online.
Childnet The ‘Need Help’ area provides advice about how to report concerns such as cyberbullying, inappropriate content or illegal behaviour. In their ‘Teachers and Professionals’ area you will find resources to help you use the internet safely and positively as a professional, and information to help safeguard your workplace and the young people you work with. Their ‘Hot Topics’ section contains detailed information on a range of e-safety topics such as downloading, sexting, social networking, gaming and grooming.
Internet Watch Foundation The UK’s hotline for reporting illegal content found on the internet. It deals specifically with child abuse and criminally obscene images hosted in the UK and internationally.
Other Resources
Digizen Advice on preventing and responding to cyberbulling and info on social networking.
Think U Know Run by CEOP, for children, parents and teachers.
CCLI_Fact_File_Internet A Church Copyright Fact Sheet produced by CCLI,with guidance to the copyright implications for churches that upload/download text/audio/video to and from the internet.
Information and advice on all aspects of digital safety from Parents Protect!
Much of this information was collated by Childnet International.
