In 2005 Childnet produced the first Know IT All for Schools CD-ROM with funding from MSN UK. This material on this CD-ROM was targeted at young people (12-18) and was distributed to all secondary schools in the UK through the generous support of Microsoft.

Childnet consulted closely with young people and teachers in producing the resources and designed the content so it could be used either by a teacher in a whole class session or by pupils working on their own. The important safety information was presented in multi-media “modules” covering a wide range of issues from advice about handling cyber-bullying, to reliability of information and stranger danger.  The CD-Rom also had a section highlighting the ways in which children were using the internet to make a positive impact in society. A full Teachers Guide was produced for this CD-ROM.

The Schools programme included a volunteer programme called Getting to Know IT All in which volunteers from Microsoft and the police were recruited and trained to present the interactive elements to pupils in over 200 schools reaching an estimated 50,000 young people. An independent evaluation of this programme is available here.

In 2006 the UK Government Department of Education and Skills (DfES) commissioned Childnet to build on the original Know IT All resource and produce a separate CD-ROM specifically for parents. This was to be distributed through its Computers for Pupils initiative to some 100,000 families who, over the next two years, will be receiving a computer as part of the Government’s Computers for Pupils initiative. Click here to read about the launch of this resource.

Following universal positive feedback from the Know IT All for Parents resource produced for the Computers for Pupils initiative, the DfES commissioned Childnet to further update this resource in 2007 with new content for young people and translation into eight further languages including British Sign Language.

Whilst there are still limited copies of the earlier Schools Pack and the first Parents CD-ROM, Childnet is encouraging anyone who wants Know IT All to now order the new updated Know IT all for Parents CD-ROM which includes separate content for children and young people and teachers. 

See advice on how to order this CD-ROM