ICT Staff Tutors

The National Literacy Trust and Childnet International have joined forces with O2 to provide schools with a new internet safety resource. Who wants 2 no?, written by Steve Barlow and Steve Skidmore, is aimed at 8 -12 year olds so would be useful in both primary and secondary schools. Schools can claim up to 150 [...]

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Safer Internet Day
Thinkuknow is an excellent FREE website that can assist educators in teaching pupils about internet safety and
fulfil the requirements of the CfE Technologies Outcomes which relate to safe and responsible use of the Internet (TCH 110F and TCH 211F/TCH 314F).
The Thinkuknow programme is also giving us the perfect opportunity to introduce internet [...]

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Most of the ICT Staff Tutors have school holidays so I’m in our office at EDS today alone. It’s my first day back after a nice break and it feels good to have the time to read some of the articles that it’s difficult to find time for once everyone is back and our work [...]

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MySpace, Bebo and other social networking tools are widely used by young people – but can they also have a place in the classroom? This Teachers’ TV programme Online social networks – friend or foe looks at some of the issues, including cyberbullying, self-esteem and motivation. There are interviews with young people and experts and there [...]

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Surf safely: protecting your family on the internet is a new blog by Ted Hastings, an E-Learning and Educational IT Consultant and author of the Leckie and Leckie Internet Safety Skills course handbook. It is aimed at parents, teachers, librarians, youth workers and anyone else interested in internet safety. The focus will be on ensuring that [...]

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IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR ALL BLOGGERS AND SOCIAL NETWORKERS!
You can find information about Blog Safety and Social Networking safety from Childnet. On this website you will find useful information on how to get the most out of using blogs and learn about how to use the new social networking websites safely and positively. On this site [...]

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