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Internet Safety Websites
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BBC ChatGuide
http://www.bbc.co.uk/chatguide |
The BBC ChatGuide
website provides a range of resources aimed at children,
teenagers, parents and teachers. |
BBC WebWise
http://www.bbc.co.uk/webwise
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The BBC WebWise site
has a range of information on using the internet. The
WebWise online course consists of ten lessons to help you become
familiar with using the internet. |
Be Safe Online
http://www.besafeonline.org |
The Be Safe Online
website, produced by Learning and Teaching Scotland, provides
advice and information about internet safety for teachers and
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BlogSafety.com
http://www.besafeonline.org |
BlogSafety.com is a
USE-based forum where parents, teens, educators and experts can
discuss and learn about safe blogging and social networking. |
Bullying Online
http://www.bullying.co.uk |
Bullying Online is an
online help and advice service combating all forms of bullying.
Sections for pupils, parents and schools cover the subject of
cyberbullying, with advice on topics. |
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CBBC - Stay Safe
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/
help/safesurfing |
CBBC's Stay Safe
website invites children to join Dongle the rabbit in learning
how to stay safe on the web. The site features a cartoon
and quiz, along with a screensaver and wallpaper giving tips on
safe surfing. Visitors to the site can also print out
Dongle's factsheet reinforcing the SMART rules, which have been
adapted to give advice on mobile phone use also. |
Chatdanger
http://www.chatdanger.com |
Childnet
International's Chatdanger website informs children and young
people about the potential dangers of interactive services
online, and gives advice to keep them safe. |
CyberNetrix
http://www.cybernetrix.com.au |
CyberNetrix helps
secondary school pupils, aged 13-16, learn about the risks of
using the internet and provides advice on managing and
minimising those risks. It has been developed by NetAlert
- Australia's Internet Safety Advisory Body - but the general
safety messages still hold for a UK audience. |
CyberQuoll
http://www.cyberquoll.com.au |
CyberQuoll helps
primary school pupils, aged 8-12, learn about e-safety through a
range of fun, interactive activities. It has been
developed by NetAlert - Australia's Internet Safety Advisory
Body - but the general safety messages still hold for a UK
audience. |
Cybersmart Kids Online
http://www.cybersmartkids.com.au
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This site has been
created by ACMA - the Australian Communications and Media
Authority - which is responsible for the regulation of
broadcasting, radio combinations, telecommunications and online
content. The general safety messages still hold for a UK
audience. |
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FKBKO - For Kids by
Kids Online
http://www.fkbko.co.uk |
FKBKO provides a range
of e-safety information for children and young people, covering:
the web, email, chat, viruses, peer 2 peer and mobiles. |
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Get Safe Online
http://www.getsafeonline.org |
Get Safe Online aims to
provide expert advice for everyone to protect against internet
threats. Although not specifically aimed at children and
young people, there is a section titled 'Resources for parents,
teachers and young people', which provides a number of helpful
articles on different topics. |
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Hector's World
http://www.hectorsworld.com |
Hector Protector - a
bottlenose dolphin - and his underwater friends aim to help
children aged 3 - 10 stay safe in cyberspace in Hector's World.
This resource comes from NetSafe - the cyber safety education
programme of New Zealand's Internet Safety Group - but the
general safety messages still hold for a UK audience. |
http://www.stopitnow.org.uk |
Help and advice for adults concerned with their own or someone
else's behaviour, including that of young people |
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ICTIS
http://www.icstis.org.uk
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ICTIS, the Independent
Committee for the Supervision of Standards of the Telephone
Information Service, is the industry regulator for premium rate
telephone services. IT has the power to investigate
complaints, fine companies and bar access to services that do
not comply with the published ICSTIS code of practice. |
iKeepSafe.org
http://www.ikeepsafe.org |
iKeepSafe.org - the
online home of the US-based Internet Keep Safe Coalition -
teaches the basic rules of e-safety to children and parents.
Although the site is US-based, the general safety messages still
hold for a UK audience. |
Internet Proficiency
Scheme for Key Stage 2 pupils
http://www.gridclub.com/teachers
/t_internet_safety.html |
The Internet
Proficiency Scheme for Key Stage 2 pupils, developed by Becta,
QCA and the DfES, aims to develop a set of safe and
discriminating behaviours for pupils to adopt when using the
internet and other technologies. |
Internet Safety Zone
http://www.internetsafetyzone.
com/kids |
The Internet Safety Zone provides a range of e-safety
information categorised into two key areas for under 12s and
over 13s. |
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Kidsmart
http://www.kidsmart.org.uk/
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Childnet International's Kidsmart website has a section for
young people under the age of 11, dealing with mobiles, surfing,
chat and file-sharing.
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Know IT ALL - CD-ROM
and resource pack
http://www.childnet-int.org/kia |
Know IT ALL (KIA) is an interactive CD-ROM aimed at Key Stage
3 and 4 pupils, to help them understand a broad range of
issues when using the internet or mobile phones. Every
secondary school in the UK was sent a free Know IT All pack
in late 2005.
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NetSmartzKids
http://www.netsmartzkids.org |
The NetSmartz workshop is an interactive, educational safety
resource from the National Centre for Missing and Exploited
Children (NCMEC) for children aged 5-17, parents, guardians,
educators and law enforcement that use age-appropriate, 3-D
activities to teach children and young people how to stay safer
on the internet. |
NetSmartz - Teens
http://www.netsmartz.org/
netteens.htm |
The NetSmartz workshop
is an interactive, educational safety resource from the National
Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) for children
aged 5 - 17, parents, guardians, educators and law enforcement
that uses age-appropriate, 3-D activities to teach children and
young people how to stay safer on the internet. |
Netty's World
http://www.nettysworld.com.au |
Netty's World helps
young children, aged 2 - 7 learn about internet safety through a
range of fun, interactive activities. It has been
developed by NetAlert - Australia's Internet Safety Advisory
Body - but the general safety messages still hold for a UK
audience. |
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Out of your hands?
http://www.outofyourhands.com
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Out of Your Hands? is a citizenship resource for Key Stage 3
pupils, designed to tackle the problem of mobile phone crime.
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PHONEbrain
http://www.phonebrain.org.uk |
PHONEbrain is a new
website from ICSTIS (the premium rate services regulator), aimed
at children and young people aged 10-13. |
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QUICK: The QUality
Information ChecKlist
http://www.quick.org.uk |
The QUICK website is a
teaching aid for Key Stage 2 and 3, and in particular years 5, 6
and 7. It aims to help children evaluate the information
they find on the internet, by using fictional examples, quizzes
and puzzles to encourage children to explore the concepts
around information quality. Although many examples are
health related, the concepts can be used with any subjects what
require information skills. |
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Safe Surfing with Doug
http://www.disney.co.uk/DisneyOnline
/Safesurfing |
Disney Online's Safe
Surfing with Doug, featuring an animated Disney character, uses
variety of fun, interactive tools to help children and young
people learn e-safety messages. |
Smart Surfers
http://www.smartsurfers.co.uk |
Smart Surfers is a
web-based resource for Key Stage 2, developed to aid the
teaching of critical skills for information searching and
staying safe on the web. |
Sorted: Keep your
information secure online
http://www.childnet-int.org/sorted |
Childnet
International's Sorted website has been designed by young
people, for young people, to provide advice and information on
computer security issues in a practical and simple way. |
Staying SMART Online
http://www.kidsmart.org.uk/
stayingsmart |
Staying SMART Online
from Childnet International is an online interactive guide for
teachers of primary age children (aged 7-11). It can be
used as a presentation tool for teachers or as a stand-alone
tool for children to help reinforce the SMART rules. |
Stop It Now! Uk &
Ireland
http://www.stopitnow.org.uk |
Help and advice for adults concerned with their own or someone
else's behaviour, including that of young people. |
Stoptextbully.com
http://www.stoptextbully.com |
This NCH site gives advice on cyberbullying under a number of
headings. |
Surf Swell Island:
Adventures in internet safety
http://disney.go.com/surfswell |
Disney Online's Surf Swell Island site is a quiz-drive
adventure game. |
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Thinkuknow.co.uk
http://www.thinkuknow.co.uk |
This website, developed
by Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre,
provides information for young people on how to stay safe
online. It covers various topics. |
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Websafe Crackerz
http://www.websafecrackerz.com
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Websafe Crackerz is a spoof world, with a range of microsites
offering teenagers strategies to help them deal with all kinds
of technology-related situations. The site makes use of
interactive stories and games to teach e-safety in a fun,
non-patronising way, offering prizes to those that can navigate
the cyber-hazards and crack the safe. |
Wise Up to IT
http://www.wiseuptoit.com.au |
Wise Up to IT explores the lives of four young people and their
experiences on the internet through round hard-hitting video
case studies. Topics covered include cyberbullying,
spyware, the risks of meeting online friends in the real world,
and cyberstalking. |
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