This website has been produced by Childnet International to help trainee teaches understand the e-safety issues within schools.
On this site you will find a wealth of information including a sample teaching resource which trainees may like to use on a placement and links to important wider resources and advice on this issue.
Begin by selecting play on the screen below to watch a short video explaining why e-safety is so important as you enter the teaching profession
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Find out more about the background to this website
To find out more about the sponsors of this website select their logo below:
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Childnet International is a registered charity (no 1080173), set up in 1995 with the mission “to work in partnership with others around the world to help make the internet a great and safe place for children”. Childnet takes a balanced and positive view of children’s use of the internet and includes children in the design of its education and awareness work – for example see www.childnet.com/sorted. Childnet is also responds to negative aspects of children’s use of new media and has produced award-winning education and awareness programmes such as its www.kidsmart.org.uk for schools.
For full information, see www.childnet.com.
The Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA) was established under the Education Act 2005. Its responsibilities relate to England only.
The TDA’s principal aim is to secure an effective school workforce that raises educational standards, provides every child with the opportunity to develop their potential and thereby improve children’s life chances.
The TDA benefits schools by:
People interested in becoming a teacher should visit www.teach.gov.uk or contact the Teaching Information Line (tel: 0845 6000 991, or 992 for Welsh speakers; Minicom: 01245 454343). General TDA enquiries Tel: 0870 4960 123
Founded in 1975, Microsoft (NASDAQ "MSFT") is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realise their full potential. Its support of Childnet’s e-safety research is part of Microsoft’s Partners in Learning initiative. The programme is designed to improve access and make better use of ICT in education. Microsoft provides a wealth of resources and tools for teachers and schools via the various elements of the Partners in Learning programme, as well as the Microsoft IT Academy and Innovative Teachers programme.
Further information can be found at www.microsoft.com/uk/education/PartnersinLearning
Becta leads the national drive to improve learning through technology. We do this by working with industry to ensure we have the right technology for education in place. We also support the education sector to make the best use of technology so that every learner in the UK is able to benefit from its advantages and achieves the best they can. www.becta.org.uk
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