2 ICT Programme of Study/curriculum
As of September 2009, the ICT Programme of Study was revised and now explicitly includes e-safety elements to be taught at Key Stage 3 (and across the other Key Stages). This was very much due to the work of Dr Tanya Byron who was commissioned by the Prime Minister to carry out an independent study on the risks that children face from the internet and video games. Her report and recommendations (all of which were upheld) was published in 2008.
Watch the short (5 minute) video below on how e-safety has come to fruition and how e-safety links in with the revised ICT curriculum:
http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=Khwg_ZKDiL0 [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)]
To follow up from the video, see the links below for further resources to enhance your knowledge on e-safety and the curriculum (and the revised OFSTED framework):
The Byron Review – Executive Summary
The Lord Laming Review – Government response one year on (March 2010)
The KS3 ICT Programme of Study
Signposts to safety: Teaching E-Safety at Key Stages 3 and 4
Reflection
Do you agree with the recommendations in both the Byron and Lord Laming Review?
How closely do you feel your school and you as an ICT practitioner hold true to the recommendations?
How e-safety prepared and conscious do you feel your school is in relation to the Ofsted criteria?
If the new Ofsted criteria were to be scaled down, would this mean that e-safety should become of lesser importance?
Would you say that your school is currently reactive or proactive when it comes to e-safety, both at a whole-school and curriculum level?
What does your school need to improve upon in relation to a short, medium and long term e-safety action plan?
1 E-safety topic areas at Key Stage 3