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Welcome to Know IT All for Secondary Schools

The internet is pretty awesome all in all. When it comes to help with homework search engines like Google and Yahoo! are great, and, as you know, you can find out info on pretty much anything you’re looking for. MSN and other instant messaging programs help you keep in touch with friends and family, and sites like MySpace and Bebo give you somewhere to put all your favourite video clips and photos up for everyone to see. And what about being able to download music too, especially when there’s free tracks on band’s profiles and the like.

But keeping yourself safe and your computer secure is vital if you’re gonna get the most out of the net, and now that you can access stuff on your mobile it’s even more important. Throughout this section you’ll find activities you can do to test your knowledge and demonstrate to your parents that you’re using the technology safely and know what to do if something goes wrong; that way they’ll be off your back about it. Hopefully.

On this site there is some great advice to remind you abut keeping safe online. There is also information about installing anti-virus software and firewalls. That way, you can spend less time worrying about what and who you might come across and your computer’s security and more time making the most of all the net has to offer.

Shopping
When you’re shopping or signing up for things online there are some simple ways to make sure you are not putting yourself or your bank account at risk.

Downloading
It’s great being able to download things from the internet, but there are risks that you should know about and simple things you can do to avoid things happening to you or your computer.

Finding things out
There is huge amount of information on the internet, but not all of it is reliable or stuff we want to see. This section will help you filter out the good from the bad.

Mobiles
Many mobile phones let you do all of the things you can do on the internet. This section helps you to think about staying safe when you are out and about.

Staying in touch
Find out about some ways to keep you and your friend’s safe when contacting people or chatting to others online.