The Guardian writer Stuart Dredge writes; 'There's a whole industry of internet safety and security experts, many of whom have children of their own, and have to face the same task of rearing safe, responsible internet citizens.
The advice that these people are giving their own kids should be top-drawer, so what is it? I put a call out, and was overwhelmed by responses. Here are edited versions of 21 of the most useful.'
The ICO has developed a useful and comprehensive series of resources and guidance for young people to help protect their personal information. Access the resources here.
Put a plan in place, get senior managers on board and be ready to listen – how schools can successfully use social media
A thought provoking article by Graham Brown-Martin - keynote speaker at upcoming digitallyconfidentconference.org
When viewed through the prism of "network capitalism" Facebook's recent acquisition of WhatsApp for $19bn looks like good value.
The consensus is that Facebook acquired the company because it was fearful of losing its grip on the youth market, who favoured mobile communications, to a system that apparently their parents didn't use. And, as a theory has it, with the world shifting to mobile internet it only makes sense for Facebook to demonstrate its chops in the mobile world. This might also account for why it acquired Instagram...
A bleak dystopian view of life in the future when we really have The Internet of Things.
'I wake up at four to some old-timey dubstep spewing from my pillows. The lights are flashing. My alarm clock is blasting Skrillex or Deadmau5 or something, I don't know. I never listened to dubstep, and in fact the entire genre is on my banned list. You see, my house has a virus again.'
This departmental advice is for:
school leaders
school staff
governing bodies
local authorities
It applies to:
maintained schools
community schools
foundation schools
voluntary schools
community special schools
foundation special schools
academies and free schools
pupil referral units
non-maintained special schools
The advice covers:
powers to search without consent
prohibited items schools can search for
powers to confiscate items found during searches
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