Technology

In this webinar, Senior Online Safety Consultant, Chris Skinner, discusses what schools need to know in relation to their statutory safeguarding requirements.

With the current COVID-19 outbreak meaning the onus is on parents to facilitate home learning, we've once again teamed up with Sam and Mark from Musicalternative to produce a handy song full of ideas to help you create those special moments that will last a lifetime.

Part of our Annual Online Safety Course for Parents and Carers 2019-20

Part of our Annual Online Safety Course for Parents and Carers 2019-20

This webinar will focus on the VPN technology that children typically use to get around filtering controls. We’ll explain how VPNs tunnel through your protection and the practical steps that you can take to detect and block usage.

A free online safety guide giving parents and carers advice and support around the use of webcams, focusing on how to spot the risks associated with them, at a time where they have become crucial in staying connected with others.

A free online safety guide giving parents and carers ideas for ways to start the conversation with children about what they may be accessing and viewing online.

A free online safety guide to help increase children's awareness around screen addiction, especially with increased device usage during lockdown.

A free online safety guide to Microsoft Teams, the video conferencing software and live streaming app used by many schools to help with remote learning, providing the ability to chat, video call and host online meetings with as many as 10,000 people.

A guide to Netflix, arguably the most widely used and best known video-on-demand (VoD) streaming service in the world, with an extensive library of both child friendly and adult-themed programming.

A guide to Disney+, the recently launched streaming competitor to Netflix, Amazon Prime and Apple TV. The service boasts a huge library of titles from Disney, Marvel, Star Wars and more.

A guide to Zoom, one of the world's leading video conferencing software providers.

A guide to help both teachers and parents consider some of the issues that may arise when engaging in an online lesson.

A guide to help parents and carers support their child in getting the most out of their remote learning experience.

A guide to help school staff ensure they deliver the most secure and safest remote learning experience they can, both for themselves and their students.

A guide to guide to help pupils understand different aspects of remote learning and to support them in ensuring their experience is as safe and secure as it can be.

We’ve created this guide to help parents and carers understand exactly what Steam is about and to raise their awareness around any potential safety concerns.

Tips to make sure that your personal information stays private, your postings are positive and that your social media use overall is responsible.

Providing useful tips for children to use new devices safely and responsibly.

Three handy guides for parents and carers with suggested safer apps and games that children might enjoy using to learn and play.

Oscar’s Adventures in the Online World has been created to help you understand what it takes to stay safe in the online world.

An e-safety guide to VR (Virtual Reality), the practice of creating computer generated images or sometimes even entire worlds for a user to experience as if they were there.

An e-safety guide for Trusted Adults to FaceApp, an app by Wireless Lab which uses uploaded images of someone’s face, and allows them to add a variety of filters making themselves look older, younger, appear with different hair colour and so on.

An e-safety guide for parents and carers on managing what your children watch on Television.

Oscar’s Adventures in the Online World has been created to help you understand what it takes to stay safe in the online world.

An online safety guide to everything parents and carers need to know about internet controls, covering router filtering controls, parental software controls, ISP filtering controls and useful recommendations.

An e-safety guide for parents & carers on how children can use smart devices safely.

An e-safety guide for parents & carers to identify some of the ways to stay alert and protect themselves and their children when using smart home devices.

An e-safety guide for parents & carers on Virtual Private Networks (also known as VPNs) a great privacy tool, which can be dangerous for children and can allow them to bypass restrictions you have on web browsing.

E-safety guide for parents, schools & children to live streaming, the term used to describe the broadcast of a real-time video from a mobile device, tablet or games console.