St Michael’s C of E Infant School Introducing the Fronter Learning Platform.

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1 St Michael’s C of E Infant School Introducing the Fronter Learning Platform

2 Session agenda Introduce the idea of a learning platform Explore some of the key benefits to learning and teaching Ensure that children are safe and confident users Raising awareness of online risks & offer practical ideas to help you to stay in control

3 What is a Learning Platform? Entirely web-based set of tools that can support teaching, learning and communication.

4 https://fronter.com/surreymle

5 Who is the Learning Platform for? Pupils Teachers / staff Parents Governors

6 Rooms in Fronter

7 What are the tools?

8 Linking with another country

9 Maths videos

10 The Library

11 Snow Days!

12 What are the potential benefits? Supporting children’s learning Supporting communication A safe and secure environment for children to learn in

13 What it’s not…. An end to written work. Something that the children will be expected to use all the time. The answer!

14 How will we ensure children are safe and confident users? The space is only available to members of the school community – protected by username and password Use of the learning platform is constantly monitored E-safety at the forefront of ensuring children are safe and happy

15 Awareness of risks Online behaviour Communication Enjoying technology Balancing time online It’s not about… Being too scared to use technology Being overly restrictive

16 WISDOM Understanding how to behave in a virtual world KNOWLEDGE Many children pick up technology quicker!

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20 Rise of the tablets…. 34% of children aged 8- 11 have their own tablet device 65% of 3-4s live in a household with a tablet computer Children and Parents: Media Use and Attitudes Report Oct 2014

21 The games children play…

22 GTA V Grand Theft Auto 5 Notch Inventor of Minecraft ROFL Roll on floor laughing G2G Got to go POMS Parent over my shoulder noslang.com PIR Parent in room ASL Age/sex/location GNOC Get naked on camera LMIRL Let’s meet in real life CD9 Code 9

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24 What are the risks online?

25 Conduct Digital footprint Respect and manners Who can view their content? Keep their personal information safe Reporting

26 Content Adult content Hurtful and harmful content Reliable information Illegal downloading

27 Contact Online friends Privacy settings Grooming Cyberbullying Tell someone they trust!

28 Commercialism Advertising In-app purchases Pop ups Spam

29 Are they friends??? Online “Friends” Real-life friends Family

30 Your online activity leaves a digital footprint It’s easy to share more information than you are comfortable with Sharing pictures & videos can reveal a lot more about you than intended Information about individuals is not just shared on their profiles

31 Their real name Their date of birth Their home address Their school Their email address or equivalent Their phone number

32 Text messaging Chat rooms Image sharing Social networking sites Interactive gaming Instant Messaging

33 www.thinkuknow.co.uk

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36 Google SafeSearch YouTube Safety Mode Parental controls on games consoles Parental controls on computers Dealing with apps Parental controls from Internet service Providers

37 Click on the ‘options’ cog & choose ‘Search Settings’

38 Blocks potentially inappropriate content. Relies on community flagging Create a playlist of videos for your child

39 Games consoles can have password protected parental controls applied Works in line with age-rating system to games (PEGI), DVDs and Blu-rays Guides on how to setup controls at Vodafone Parenting site

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41 Creating profiles on an Android Tablet

42 www.ofcom.org.uk Take advantage of user profiles function; this allows multiple users to have their own apps & personalisation.

43 Web filtering – allow or block sites Set time use Activity Reporting – sites visited, programs used & computer usage times Works with different user accounts / profiles

44 What parental controls does your ISP provide? - Big four ISPs; BT, Talk Talk, Virgin & Sky Look out for this

45 TALK to your child about how they use technology – what do they enjoy? FIND out more about the digital world - understand the tools. Have a go! START setting some boundaries now – create a family internet charter MAKE the most of tools like Parental Controls on computers, mobiles and games consoles, privacy features on social networking sites, and safety options on Google and other search engines

46 Vodafone Digital Parenting: vodafone.com/parents Internet Matters: www.internetmatters.org ParentPort: www.parentport.org.uk Swiggle safe search: www.swiggle.org.uk Childnet International: www.childnet.com CEOP: www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/parentsguide UK Safer Internet Centre: www.saferinternet.org.uk BBC Webwise: www.bbc.co.uk/webwise