Source document: https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1698834227293.pdf (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)
Children and Young People Online Dr. Kay Xuereb PhD Outline and Objectives • What Children and Young People are doing Online: recent international research • Concerns for Educators • Resources for Educators • The Role for Educators What children and young people are doing online References: • London Grid for Learning e-Safety (2015) • EU Kids Online (2010) • Net Children Go Mobile (2014) • AU Kids Online (2014) • Brazil Kids Online (2015) London Grid for Learning e-Safety (2015) Areas where schools can support young people:  Bullying  Social networking  Access to technology  Privacy  Gaming  High risk behaviours  Upsetting experiences online and digital literacy Wespieser, K. (2015) Young People and e-Safety: The results of the 2015 London Grid for Learning e-safety survey.
Slough: NFER.
Retrieved from http://www.nfer.ac.uk/publications/LLGR01/LLGR01_home.cfm EU Kids Online (2010) and Net Children Go Mobile (2014) Internet use is increasingly privatised and mobile • • Children do more online • Social Networking Site (SNS) use has increased for boys and teens • 22% 9-10 year olds and 53% 11-12 year olds use Facebook • Children now report being better able to protect themselves online • Negative forms of user-generated content are more common Mascheroni, G. & Ólafsson, K. (2014).
Net Children Go Mobile: risks and opportunities.

Second Edition.

Milano: Educatt.

Retrieved from http://netchildrengomobile.eu/reports/ AU Kids Online  Three in five Australian children go online via a mobile device.

 Australian children’s experience of spending ‘too much time’ on the internet is more common than the EU research  Only 29% of Australian 9-10 year olds and 59% of 11-12 year olds, have a SNS profile - is the start of secondary school the trigger for social networking activity?
Green, L., Brady, D., Ólafsson, K., Hartley, J.

& Lumby, C. (2014).

Risks and Safety for Australian Children on the Internet.
Retrieved from http://cultural-science.org/journal/index.php/culturalscience/article/view/49/129 Brazil Kids Online  Access to mobile devices is greater than the European countries in the study  One out of three Brazilian users accessed the Internet on the move  Access to Social Networking Sites is widespread  78% of Brazilian users had their own profile and 42% set their SNS profiles to public Children and Internet use: A comparative analysis of Brazil and seven European countries Sozio, M.E., Ponte, C., Sampaio, I.V., Senne, F., Ólafsson, K., Jaize Alves, S., and Garroux, C. (2015).
CETIC Brasil.

Retrieved from http://netchildrengomobile.eu/ Concerns for Educators  Social networking: instant messaging and online spaces e.g.

Whats App, Instagram, Skype, Snapchat, Twitter.

 Sexting: posting sexually provocative self- images online or sending images using mobile technologies and SNS e.g.

Snapchat.

Concerns for Educators  Cyberbullying: experienced by children, young people, teachers and professionals working with young people.
“Cyberbullying is willful and repeated harm inflicted through the use of computers, cell phones, and other electronic devices.”  Cyberbullying is also known as: ‘Electronic Bullying’ and ‘Online Social Cruelty’.

Hinduja, S. & Patchin, J.W.

(2009); Hinduja, S. & Patchin, J.W.

(2006).
Concerns for Educators  Online solicitation or grooming  Accessing problematic materials online  Problematic opportunities through the Internet and mobile phone technology  Radicalization and extremism The Role for Educators in Cyber Security Cyber Security Awareness Key Area for Consideration Safety Strategies  Whole school approach  An age appropriate Use Policy (UP) Policies and Guidelines Be Inclusive  Link UP with other school policies  Single point of contact  Need for leadership from Principal  Cyber Security Awareness for school management teams and boards of governors  Maintain awareness among students  Support resiliency  Encourage disclosure and responsibility The Role for Educators in Cyber Security Cyber Security Awareness Technology Solutions Key Area for Consideration  A safe and secure school network  A filtering/ monitoring product  Audit measures and solutions updating as necessary  On-going Continuing Professional Development (CPD) for teachers and staff  Delivering Cyber Security education to all Cyber Security students  Teach students to not give out personal information  Require students to search for specific information with direction from staff  Preview or test web sites and apps before sending links to students