Parents have a key role to play in helping children to become safe users of the internet and the other technologies that are available to them. In many cases, children have greater and more flexible access to outside school, under less scrutiny and greater peer pressure.
Developing their understanding (and ours!) provides an opportunity for parents to work alongside their children. The more, as adults, we understand about these technologies the better we can advise them or respond to any situation that occurs.
NCH http://www.nch.org.uk/itok/
Childnet International http://www.childnet-int.org/safety/parents.aspx
Parents On-line http://www.parentscentre.gov.uk/usingcomputersandtheinternet/
Child Exploitation and Online Protection www.ceop.gov.uk
Interenet Watch Foundation www.iwf.org.uk
Schools can order bulk copies of a new resource from Childnet International to help parents promote positive and safe Internet use.
' Know IT All', an interactive CD-Rom commissioned by the DfES, will be available to all maintained schools in England to order in bulk quantity for parents free of charge.
"A key aim of the CD-Rom is to encourage parents to have a dialogue with their children about the internet and there is special material produced by and for young people, and a special Activity Centre with quizzes and games that parents and children can play together. A summary of the advice on the CD-Rom has been translated into Arabic, Bengali, Gujarati, Polish, Mandarin, Punjabi, Urdu and British Sign Language and is presented in the latest multi-media video."
http://tinyurl.com/28fdfd
or
http://publications.teachernet.gov.uk/default.aspx?PageFunction=productdetails&PageMode=spectrum&ProductId=DFES-00308-2007&;
A related CD ROM - Know IT All for Schools, was published in 2005, and is still available from:
http://tinyurl.com/24dr9b
or
http://publications.teachernet.gov.uk/default.aspx?PageFunction=productdetails&PageMode=spectrum&ProductId=KIA-SCHOOLS&;