Showing posts with label internet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label internet. Show all posts

Thursday, 15 September 2011

Internet safety Training

Denbighshire County Council are holding a training session on Internet Safety for Children, it is aimed at anyone working with children and families including childminders and childcare staff.
 
The training day will cover the following issues:
  • How young people use the internet, how they communicate and what are the dangers. Sharing concerns. Overview of the work of CEOP's.
  • File sharing, social networking, cyber bullying, risks and dangers.
  • Overview of legislation that covers this arena.
  • Online "pay to view sites".
  • Female offenders.
  • Emerging Technologies.
There will be opportunity to ask questions and developing understanding of the technologies currently being used.

Date: 29th September 2011.

Time: 9.30am - 4.30pm.

Venue: Oaktree Centre, Fforydd Las, Rhyl, LL18 2DY.

Closing date: 23rd September 2011.
(Maximum of 25 candidates).

Please send names of those who wish to attend to:

c/o Oaktree Centre, Fforydd Las, Rhyl, Denbighshire, LL18 2DY.
Telephone: 01745 360129.

Wednesday, 14 October 2009

75% of young people feel they couldn't live without the internet

A new report looks at Young people's needs in a digital age looks at how digital communications have impacted on the psychological and neurological behaviour of young people - and the challenge this poses for agencies and organisations who aim to support them.
Undertaken by Professor Michael Hulme of the Institute for Advanced Studies, Lancaster University, and commissioned by charity YouthNet, the report draws together literature and new research conducted with 994 young people aged 16 to 24 (funded by Nominet Trust). It found that of the young people surveyed:
75% said that they couldn't live without the internet
45% said that they felt happiest when online
32% agreed with the statement: 'I can access all the information I need online, there is no need to speak to a real person about my problems'
Four in five (82%) said they had used the internet to look for advice and information for themselves and 60% had for other people
37% said that they would use the internet to give advice to others on sensitive issues.