A look at how UK schools are handling discussion and guidance around esafety and digital literacy issues.

1. Mobile Devices, e-Safety,
and Digital Literacy:
21st Century Issues for Schools
Terese Bird
Kazakhstan Scholars at University of Leicester
11th August, 2014
Photo by RiverVschoolLang on Flickr

2. 21st Century Problems
• New sites, tablets and phones present new
freedoms and new responsibilities
• Prepare for adulthood by thinking and
discussing appropriate use, and using for
learning (not just for goofing around)
• This presentation shows how UK schools
discuss and provide eSafety guidance and
address digital literacy issues in the current
age of mobile device use

3. Cyberbullying
• Schools treat cases of cyberbullying in the
same way they treat bullying. Most schools
have policies about these on their websites.
• Gatwick School Anti-Bullying Policy
http://www.gatwickschool.org.uk/wp-
content/uploads/2014/07/14-0606-The-
Gatwick-School-Anti-Bullying-Policy.pdf

5. Example Anti-Cyberbullying campaign by
St. Paul’s High School, County Armagh
http://www.stpaulsbessbrook.org/students/stamp-out-cyber-bullying/

6. eSafety videos
• Online safety services
http://www.swgfl.org.uk/OnlineSafety
• ThinkuKnow Internet Safety Resources:
https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/
• Sign up for TES Resources
http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resources/

7. First2amillion – Online Peer Pressure
• http://www.youtube.c
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• Discussion about
online pressure

8. Josie Fraser’s Digital Literacy in Leicester
• http://www.digilitleic.com/

9. • Example of
teacher
studying this
topic with
students
creating the
resources
http://bhsdigitallit.com/