What is e-safety?
e-safety
A term which means not only the internet, but other ways in which young people communicate using electronic media, e.g. mobile phones. It means ensuring that children and young people are protected from harm and supported to achieve the maximum benefit from new and developing technologies without risk to themselves or others.
The aim of promoting e-safety is to protect young people from the adverse consequences of access or use of electronic media, including from bullying, inappropriate sexualised behaviour or exploitation
As a trainee teacher you must know of the issues relating to e-safety in order to achieve the Teachers' Standards.
You can learn more about issues relating to e-safety from these links:
CEOP - Child Exploitation and Online Protection
"The National Crime Agency's CEOP Command (formerly the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre) works with child protection partners across the UK and overseas to identify the main threats to children and coordinates activity against these threats to bring offenders to account. We protect children from harm online and offline, directly through NCA led operations and in partnership with local and international agencies."
NSPCC
"We're here to help you with advice on how you can build strong relationships with your children and keep them safe."
https://www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/keeping-children-safe/online-safety/
Ofcom - Children's Media Literacy
"Media literacy enables people to have the skills, knowledge and understanding they need to make full use of the opportunities presented both by traditional and by new communications services. Media literacy also helps people to manage content and communications, and protect themselves and their families from the potential risks associated with using these services.
Our research includes findings relating to parents’ views about their children’s media use, and the ways that parents seek to – or decide not to – monitor or limit use of different types of media.
The Communications Act 2003 placed a responsibility on Ofcom to promote, and to carry out research in, media literacy. Our research into children’s media literacy contributes to Ofcom's fulfilment of this duty."
Ofcom: http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/market-data-research/media-literacy/childrens/