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**ISTEC Primary Discussion on Internet Safety** **Friday 24th September 2010** Attendees Alex Man, Ian MacDonald, Pla, Colette 11 delegates from various schools around Bangkok Mr Man introduced the team to the delegates. Mr Man showed the delegates some of the children’s work by talking about the displays. He told them the structure of the timetable. Mr Man was asked if he teaches the ICT lesson or was it taught by the teacher? He explained how the teachers are expected to come to lessons and how the second lesson for year 3 & 4 is taught by the class teacher. **Mr Man’s Inset** Today we are going to discuss Internet Safety and Blogging. One of the learning points is sharing information effectively. Patana has a very complex internet safety policy. The Patana policy is constantly being updated. Caroline from St Andrew’s International School told us their school has an internet filtering system. Mr Man talked about how some filtering software from years ago was possibly a bit too strict. Is Internet safety taught outside the ICT classroom? It was discussed how children are taught to cross anything away that is inappropriate and be sensible about rude images because the filtering system is not 100% safe. Wayne from ASB said they use with the classroom teachers they use Destiny through the library. With this program the children don’t realise they are being controlled and their searches are very specific. All the delegates were interested in how the teacher’s who were asked to teach the second lesson felt about doing this. Brian from Bangkok Prep brought in the same idea at Nist told us they brought in this idea but then the specialists were expected to go and teach other lessons ie music, art etc. So no one complained about this. Matt from Trail who this person is or the school The class teachers teach their own ICT lessons and have the support from secondary. Wayne said two years ago the changed the programme ICT isn’t taught as a stand alone subject. It is taught through the classroom. Caroline helps the teachers to construct a framework for the teachers to follow. She helps the teacher plan or help with any problems she is there to assist the teachers with their ICT lessons. Mr Man asked them how they communicate their ideas to parents on ICT. Patricia from The Regent told us they have websites on their blog and also it is sent out in a news letter. Matt from Trail theirs is sent out in a booklet along with a form to sign. Wayne from ASB do a you tube type internet safety for the parents to see. Mr Man talked about how we inform the children here at Patana and asked if there are other ways we can cover this. He also talked about organising an internet safety afternoon for parents. Mr Man asked the delegates to search the internet for any sites that would showcase internet safety that they may be able to share with the rest of the group. Mr Man asked anyone aware of CEOP which is what we use at Patana. Some sites are a bit woolly but this site is very clear and easy to use. __"|http://www.ceop.police.uk/__ Helen from St Stevens told us they use Kidsmart, Dainty from RIS also uses this programme  __"|http://www.kidsmart.org.uk/__ Netsmartz kids is used by Melissa from St Andrews __"|http://www.netsmartzkids.org/indexFL.htm__ Chris from Harrow uses ilearn technology watch Harrow’s space they are going to be holding an inset about the site they use.  __"|http://ilearntechnology.com/__ Mr Man showed the delegates the form we use at Patana that the Parent and the child have to sign. His aim is to make a form that is more child-friendly that can be displayed in the classroom and referred to if the child breaks the rules. Wayne told us about an internet driving licence that the children use which is quite kid friendly. Caroline suggested the children could be given the task of designing one for themselves and that way they would understand it better. It would give the children more ownership of the internet safety rules. Wayne said the senior children could interview the younger ones to decide what to include. Brian asks the children who sets up their face book accounts and admits there is no controlling it and it is better to show them how to use it safely. The question should we discourage the children to stop using face book, the general opinion is we can’t stop it and it would be much better to let them know how to use it safely and effectively. Ian says we shouldn’t endorse it however we should help them to understand how to use it safely. Mr Man raised the question who should we add as friends to our account. It shouldn’t be allowed to accept students as friends. Melissa from St Andrews in their school you’re not allowed to accept any students as your friend. Ian was asked if he had friends who are children. The conclusion was no but make sure your privacy settings are secure.