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- Be Safe Online
- Advice and information about Internet safety for parents and teachers,
as part of the SUSI (Safer Use of Services on the Internet) project
(2002), an awareness-raising project supported by the European Union
Safer Internet Action Plan.
- Internet
Safety
- This blog records the development of a new qualification relating
to the safe use of the Internet. It describes how the Scottish Qualifications
Authority develops teaching and learning materials to support learners
and assessment material to judge their knowledge and skills.
- CBBC
Stay Safe
- Resource with a range of useful video clips and advice. This site
is aimed at younger children and uses cartoons to get the safety message
across. It has simple, safe-surfing rules which can be printed out and
kept by the computer. Links to Global Taskforce, Think u know and Kidsmart.
- Chat Danger
- Produced by Childnet International and aimed at children, this site
has plenty of information, true stories and warnings about particular
media, like mobiles and chat rooms.
- Digizen
- Launched by Childnet International in September 2007, this site supports
and showcases young people’s positive social engagement and participation
online. The site includes a useful overview of the full Cyberbullying
guidance, the film, and hosts a new competition for young people encouraging
them to create their own responses to cyberbullying.
- ClickThinking:
Personal Safety on the Internet
- This is a resource pack for schools and families from the Scottish
Government and Learning and Teaching Scotland. The content is aimed
at teaching staff and parents. Specialist materials for under 10s, 10-14years,
post 14 and families.
- Sid's
Online Safety Guide
- Aimed at 8-12 year olds, this site is highly interactive and links
with Scottish and National Curriculum. It was developed in the north-east
of Scotland by the primary children's website and Live Wire Productions,
a theatre in education company, and is supported by B.P.
- Surf Safely
- Internet safety blog by Ted Hastings, educational and IT consultant
and author of Leckie and Leckie's 'Internet Safety Skills'. The blog
aims to provide parents, teachers, librarians, youth workers and anyone
else interested with information and advice relating to Internet Safety.
- thinkuknow
- Child Exploitation and Online Protection centre education initiative
(CEOP) contains loads of information on how to stay safe online. Contains
information on internet safety and safe surfing for young people. Media
covered include blogs and gaming sites.
- Websafe Crackerz
- MSN's interactive games and puzzles for young people were designed
with the help of teenagers and offer strategies for dealing with different
situations online.
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