Internet safety or online safety or cyber safety or E-Safety is trying to be safe on the internet and is the act of maximizing a user's awareness of personal safety and security risks to private information and property associated with using the internet, and the self-protection from computer crime. 👇
E-safety is a phrase that many people will have heard of but how many know what it actually means?
E-Safety at a simple level means being safe on the internet. Some people also include the safe use of technology in this as well. The pace at which technology is evolving can make it difficult to know what to include when talking about the safe use of the internet.
In schools, teachers will play an extremely important role in inspiring young people and shaping their futures, but they also have a responsibility to safeguard children’s wellbeing, in both the classroom and online. Online abuse can take shape in a number of forms including:
- Bullying/cyberbullying
- Sexual Exploitation
- Grooming
- Emotional Abuse
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Traditionally, e-safety may have been viewed as the responsibility of a school's IT department, but now with the world being so digitally dependant, teachers need to be taking e-safety for pupils into their own hands.
Teachers can do this by educating themselves thoroughly on the dangers of the internet and how to act responsibly online, before passing on this knowledge to their students
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