The Technology in Learning and Teaching team (TiLT) within the Executive Directorate for Teachers (EDfT) has been actively involved in the issue of e-safety, highlighted by the Byron Review in March 2008. Childnet International, with support from the TDA, Microsoft and Becta, has developed Know IT All for Teachers (KIA), a resource which helps teachers, trainee teachers and adults working with children to understand and address the e-safety issues which affect children.
The resource is aimed at the secondary sector and builds on the success of Know IT All for Parents which, in its first six months, was distributed by schools to some one million parents. Know IT All for Teachers was officially launched on 10 December 2007.
- E-safety DVDs have been made available free of charge to all secondary schools in England. Further information on how to obtain copies is available from Childnet.
- E-safety leaflets can be downloaded from the KIA website.
The possibility of raising e-safety awareness in the primary sector is currently being explored. Along with the above mentioned partners, the TDA will be working closely on this project with the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP).
