Advice for parents and guardians – setting up parental controls:

In addition to parental controls offered by your internet service provider (ISP), some devices, such as games consoles, tablets and smartphones have additional settings. Please read the Parents’ Guide to Technology produced by the Safer Internet Centre for more information.

Below are some great websites to help students and parents get the most out of your technology, use the internet responsibly and to keep you and those you care about safe on the internet.

Staying Safe on the Internet

Safer Internet Centre – Advice and resources for parents from setting up parental controls offered by your internet provider to parental guides to new technology.

ThinkUKnow – Find out what’s good and what’s not so good on the internet and what you can do about it.

Know IT All – An interactive internet safety resource.  Contains the latest advice on cyberbullying and reporting.

Digizen – Information and advice to encourage responsible digital citizenship.

KidSMART – Great for children, teachers, parents and carers.  Fun games and activities alongside internet safety advice.

Chat Danger – Advices for teenagers on how to stay safe while chatting online with information about the potential dangers of interactive services like chat, Instant Messenger, online games, email and mobiles.

Mobile Phones

PhoneBrain – Advice for young people on phone-paid services such as ringtones, competitions and television voting.

PhonepayPlus – Premium rate services regulator providing advice for users on phone-paid services. Phone-paid services add the cost of a service or goods to your phone bill or pre-pay account – this could include ringtones and wallpapers for your phone, TV voting or charity donations.

Social Networks and Blogs

Childnet International – Parents – understand the positive and creative ways people are using social networking spaces like Facebook and highlights the potential risks of using these sites and the ways to minimise these risks.

Digizen – Information about social networking sites and how to use them responsibly, plus advice on preventing and responding to cyberbullying.

Computer Protection

Sorted – Produced by young people. Explores the issues of internet security and protection with explanations, important information and advice on how to protect a computer from viruses, phishing, scams, spyware and trojans.

File Sharing and Downloading

Young People, Music and the Internet  – A leaflet developed with the music industry.

Pro Music – A list of legal sites to download music.

The Childnet Jargon Buster – A glossary of key terms you might come across whilst learning about e-safety.

Are you an Accidental Outlaw? – Take the quiz and test your knowledge about the law online.

Have you found a useful website you would like us to share with other students or parents?  Do you still have some questions? Get in touch via the Contact Us page.