A recent E-Safety Ofsted report

This has been taken directly from a school's recent E-Safety Ofsted report:

A school deemed to be "outstanding" in this respect. The following is copied direct from an Ofsted report.

Secondary School – Outstanding

The overall effectiveness of e-safety was judged to be outstanding.

Outcomes for students are outstanding.

• The small number of incidents that have been experienced have been exceptionally well managed by senior leaders and external agencies in line with the acceptable user policy and established safeguarding and protection practice

• Students of all ages and backgrounds are effectively taught to safely handle and mange risk in a rich technology environment. The school nurtures responsible behaviour and attitudes and builds resilience by teaching students what constitutes an unsafe situation and the consequences of ignoring good advice. Students are also given the confidence and skills to resist peer pressure.

The quality of provision is outstanding

• The school provides an exemplary e-safety curriculum on the school website which enables staff to deliver high quality personal guidance lessons and assemblies.

• In addition, all students from Year 7 to Year 11 have timetabled information and communication technology lessons which are permeated by e-safety. As students move through the school essential skills and understanding are strengthened. This prepares them really well for the next stage of education, training or employment.

• The provision for all students is effectively adapted to meet the needs of age and ability and progressively develops their knowledge and understanding of e-safety as they mature into adults.

• The school makes certain that programmes are flexible so that they can be personalised to take account of individual circumstances, for example students arriving at short notice or those at an early stage of learning English.

• Opportunities are provided before, during and after the school day for those with limited access to new technologies or little experience of more advanced technology.

• Opportunities are also provided to inspire and interest the very able, gifted or talented to use their skills in positive and productive ways.

The leadership and management of e-safety are outstanding.

• The school has clear vision for the safe use of new technology and this is reflected in the unambiguous acceptable user policies for both students and staff.

• Senior leaders have established a talented e-safety team comprising eSafety manager, pastoral manager and systems manager. They are reflective, self-critical and pro-active.

• You have created a climate in which all staff have a strong sense of ownership of e-safety practice. This approach is bolstered by explicit and effectively disseminated e-safety action plans.

• Students are very aware of what is expected of them when following user policy good practice. As a result, they are responsible safe users.

• The governing body have ratified all policies and have an identified governor for Child Protection which also includes e-safety responsibilities.

• Parents are active partners in enabling students to stay safe.

The quality of training is outstanding.

• The e-safety team has established a pattern of high quality training, tailored to needs, for all staff. Robust evaluation of all training and practice ensures that a strong impact is made on the outcomes for students.

• The e-safety team are determined to ensure that training remains relevant and keeps pace with technological advances to ensure that students are effectively protected.

• The expertise and experience of external agencies are successfully used to enhance the quality of staff training.

Quick & Dirty Facebook guide by Rob Ellis...my resources follow

Quick 'n' dirty guide to staying safe on Facebook
First of all I, or for that matter anyone else, can't guarantee safety but I hope this page will make some difference for readers.

Background
For sometime now changes to Facebook's privacy settings have given rise to safety concerns. In any case some users were not being at all careful enough with what they posted and with whom they communicated. Facebook are now rolling out new and simplified arrangements for managing your privacy settings http://blog.facebook.com/blog.php?post=394231632130 but I wait to see whether these allow you the degree of privacy that was once available of whether the changes are merely about a user's ability to manage their current settings more easily.
The links below illustrate the changes made to settings themselves. Please note that I can't guarantee the content/accuracy of external sites or documents.
http://mattmckeon.com/facebook-privacy/
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/04/facebook-timeline
The idea that your details can be used to steal your identity, your pictures used for a whole variety of unpleasant purposes, your posts used against you in interviews, hate pages set up, location posting prompting robbery from empty houses and other outcomes have been well rehearsed. The question is what to do to minimise the likelihood of this happening?

Before something goes wrong

1. Don't share your password with anyone no matter how much you love them. This old cynic knows that times change. Passwords are like toothbrushes; you wouldn't share that with your best friend!
2. What you say is in front of far more people than would normally hear you in the 3D world. Don't say anything you wouldn't want the world to hear.
3. Keep it (and by it I mean everything) private. And no, it isn't private to let just friends see those dodgy pics. That's just one step away via copy and paste from the whole online world seeing them. Have a look at http://mashable.com/2010/02/19/facebook-update-privacy/ for advice or http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/13/facebook-privacy-settings_n_575732.html?ref=fb&src=sp for video help. This site gives more video 'howtos' especially about friends lists. http://www.allfacebook.com/2009/12/facebook-privacy-video/
4. Teachers, don't add students as friends. It's a shame but not a good idea unless your pages are exclusively for learning.
5. Advice for parents. http://www.commonsensemedia.org/facebook-privacy-settings-what-parents-need-know
6. Check your settings. http://www.reclaimprivacy.org/ or alternatively http://www.profilewatch.org/
7. Some specifics to correct now. http://finance.yahoo.com/family-home/article/109538/7-things-to-stop-doing-now-on-facebook
8. I can't emphasise care with images enough. Once they're out there they're out there and for good. Think hard before you post even if your privacy settings are as good as possible. More people, even unexpected ones, can see and copy them than you might think.
9. When you add a friend of a friend remember that they might never have met either.
10. Read the privacy guide. http://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation.php
11. Don't include your email. If that's compromised it takes ages to change to a new one. Don't include your year of birth either because it makes identity theft one step easier.
12. If you see something about someone else report it. If you just look you're part of the problem.
13. If you only go to one of these sites make it http://www.thinkuknow.co.uk

NB. See below for two documents specifically for teachers by other writers.

When things go wrong
So let's suppose the worst has happened. What do you do? Most of the advice focusses on cyberbullying and unwanted contact.

1. Well for a start tell someone. I can't begin to imagine the range of scenarios but this seems to be key.
2. Keep copies of all the nasty stuff. Learn how to save hyperlinks and to take screenshots of pages. Many online offences are their own evidence.
3. At the bottom of the first column is a link to block that person. Use it.
4. Similarly there is the facility to report pages that can be found in the same place. Check Facebook's terms and conditions so you can be specific when you complain. http://www.facebook.com/Spiller7#!/terms.php?ref=pf
5. Don't engage with the offender(s)
6. Learn how to report. If you're a young person click the CEOP REPORT button in my nav bar.
7. Where to go if your account has been hacked. http://www.facebook.com/help/?page=1025
8. Specific advice from bullying.co.uk http://www.bullying.co.uk/index.php/young-people/cyberbullying/facebook-bullying.html

View Robs EXCELLENT ICT talk web site:http://www.icttalk.co.uk/

You can find Liverpool's Facebook resources at:
https://ict-liverpool.wikispaces.com/Facebook-ED

Quick and dirty guide to Txtin..Texting!

I founf this lovely little resource on Rob Ellis's blog (Isle of Wight adviser I think):
Text codes

121 One-to-one (private chat initiation)
143 I love you
420 Let’s get high
9 Parent is watching
AITR Adult in the room
ASLA Age/sex/location/availability
CD9 Code 9, Meaning "parents are around"
KPC Keeping parents clueless
LMIRL LMIRL
Lets meet in real life
MOS Mother over shoulder
NIFOC Naked in front of computer
P911 Parents coming into room alert
PAW Parents are watching
POS Parent over shoulder
PRON Pornography
PRW People/parents are watching
S2R Send to receive (meaning send me your picture to get mine)
WTGP Want to go private (talk out of public chat area)

From:
http://www.webopedia.com/quick_ref/textmessageabbreviations.asp

See also:
http://www.transl8it.com
A site which will translate from text speak to English
Try:
• Kip yr pRsNL dtails pvt. Don’t shO pix ov yrslf. F? or kin w/o chekin 1st W an XXX