E-Safety is not only concerned with the Internet but also mobile phones and wireless technology. E-safety is about keeping our young people safe and secure in the Online world. We need to make sure our children and young people know about the benefits but also the risks and responsibilities of using information technology. An e-safety policy provides a framework within which to engage with these technologies.
The Internet is unmanaged, to a large degree and is not closely monitored but it is an excellent way to find things out and learn. The World Wide Web, e-mail, blogs and social networking are all used to pass information through the Internet, this is why it is used by millions of people world wide for all sorts of things. The idea of e-safety is to provide children and young people with the information they need to engage with this technology on a safe secure way.
E-safety Ambassador.
The Child Exploitation and Online Protection service (CEOP) are an organisation set up to educate Children and Young People how to use online technologies safely and securely. They are also part of the world wide Police agency which tracks down and prosecutes people who abuse the system for their own ends.
A CEOP Training Ambassador will have been on an accredited course and will have been given more information about both a law enforcement and education perspective broadening an understanding of this emerging arena.
An e-safety Ambassador is able to deliver training to other professionals in the 11 -16 year old arena using theThinkuknow education resource.
ictGateshead has an accredited e-safety Ambassador available to deliver this course.
Mike Carter is Gateshead's eSafety Ambassador for schools.
You can contact Mike, here at the CLC on 0191 460 2900