E SAFETY

1. What is E-Safety?
E-safety is defined as the safe and
responsible use of technology. This
includes the use of the internet.

2. Why do children use internet?
• Homework
• Games
• Music
• Chat
• Google
• Blogs
• Social Networking
• YouTube
• Movies
• Facebook

3. Risks of using the internet & new technologies
• People lying to others online
• Sending/receiving inappropriate messages (Digital Footprint)
• Bullying using the internet (Cyberbullying)
• Seeing inappropriate images and material
• Viruses and pop ups
• Sexting
• People use the internet to meet young people

4. What is Parental control?
Parental controls are features which may be included in digital
television services, computer and video games, mobile devices
and software that allow parents to restrict the access of content
to their children.
Do you know how to turn parental controls on?
If you don’t follow this arrow to help you understand how to use
these features.

5. Privacy settings
Social media and games pose the biggest threat to children’s
privacy, because they request a significant amount of
information upon registration. Privacy settings are controls
available on many social networking and other websites that
allow users to limit who can access your profile and what
information visitors can see.
To guide you to change your child’s privacy setting, click on the
arrow and it will take you to an online site which helps you
change your child’s privacy settings.

6. What are apps?
'App' is short for 'application' - which is another name for a computer
program. Normally, when people talk about apps they are almost always
referring to programs that run on mobile devices and tablets.
Some of the most popular apps include:
• Facebook.
• Messenger.
• Instagram.
• Snapchat.
• Twitter.
• Skype.
• WhatsApp

7. Protecting our children online
These are some of the things we as parents can do:
• Set Time Limits
• Talking to your children about online dangers
• YouTube Filtering
• Monitoring your child’s activity
• Privacy Settings to private
• Turn parental control features on
• Ensuring the apps and sites they use are age appropriate
• Start using safe search engines like Kidrex.org and Searchypants