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About this website

This website is result of a major pilot programme carried out in February 2007 with some 400 secondary teacher trainees reviewing the Know IT All and Microsoft e-safety content as part of their teacher training programmes in Middlesex, Brighton, Canterbury and Southampton Universities.

The research was commissioned by Childnet International to identify how e-safety education could be incorporated into the current initial teacher education at secondary phase. It sought to assess the needs of initial teacher education providers in relation to e-safety education for ICT trainee teachers. The research and has been funded by Microsoft, the Training and Development Agency for Schools and Becta.

The final report recommended that an online portal should be developed with resources, information and advice, specifically to meet the needs of secondary trainee teachers and their tutors. That is what this website seeks to do.

This website also contains two resources which the researchers selected as being suitable for raising awareness of e-safety with trainee teachers. Childnet’s Jenny’s Story was chosen as the best resource for tutors to deliver directly to trainees in face to face sessions because of its high impact and ability to stimulate discussion. The full version of Jenny’s Story has been made available free of charge to tutors at ITT institutions in England along with a tutors guide. It is not recommended for use for trainees on their placements. Microsoft’s Rome Group resource has been included on this website as a possible resource for trainees to use on a placement.

Read a summary of the final report and recommendations.

The full report is available on request, please email info@childnet.com.

To find out more about the sponsors of this website select their logo below:

About Childnet International:

Childnet International is a registered charity (no 1080173), set up in 1995 with the mission “to work in partnership with others around the world to help make the internet a great and safe place for children”. Childnet takes a balanced and positive view of children’s use of the internet and includes children in the design of its education and awareness work – for example see www.childnet.com/sorted. Childnet is also responds to negative aspects of children’s use of new media and has produced award-winning education and awareness programmes such as its www.kidsmart.org.uk for schools.

For full information, see www.childnet.com.

About the TDA:

The Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA) was established under the Education Act 2005. Its responsibilities relate to England only.

The TDA’s principal aim is to secure an effective school workforce that raises educational standards, provides every child with the opportunity to develop their potential and thereby improve children’s life chances.

The TDA benefits schools by:

Securing the supply of the school workforce.
Supporting the development of the school workforce.
Supporting the modernisation of the school workforce.

People interested in becoming a teacher should visit www.teach.gov.uk or contact the Teaching Information Line (tel: 0845 6000 991, or 992 for Welsh speakers; Minicom: 01245 454343). General TDA enquiries Tel: 0870 4960 123

www.tda.gov.uk

About Microsoft:

Childnet's e-safety trainee & teacher programme is supported through Microsoft's global $250 million Partners in Learning (PiL) initiative. In the UK this initiative provides a wealth of resources and tools for teachers and students, supported by the innovative use of new and existing technologies and ongoing training. Microsoft believes technology can be a powerful catalyst for improving teaching and learning for all, helping prepare students for life and work in the 21st century.

Through the programme, Microsoft aims to:

support teachers and inspire learners - providing skills, CPD, curriculum and a rich community for sharing experience and resources
innovate - developing new ways of using technology to enrich and transform the learning experience

For further information visit www.microsoft.com/uk/PartnersinLearning

About Becta:

Becta leads the national drive to improve learning through technology. We do this by working with industry to ensure we have the right technology for education in place. We also support the education sector to make the best use of technology so that every learner in the UK is able to benefit from its advantages and achieves the best they can. www.becta.org.uk