LODDON MALLEE - Cyber Safe Kids

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ATTITUDES TO INFORMATION AND CONNECTED TECHNOLOGY (ICT) IN LEARNING Teachers were asked to what extent they felt that technology had impacted on the achievements of their students. Overall, teachers reported that technology plays an important part in learning by communicating knowledge (89%), increasing student motivation (80%) and constructing new knowledge (78%). ICT USE IN TEACHING A number of different ways of including ICT in teaching were presented to teachers and they were asked to rate the extent to which they used each of them. The four most commonly used ICT activities in teaching were email (98%), online resources (98%), word processors/ spreadsheets (94%) and PowerPoint and presentation hardware (88%). The two least common methods of using ICT in teaching were to monitor student performance and maintain student records. SCHOOL RULES ABOUT INTERNET USE Teachers were asked what rules the school they taught in had about using the internet. 52 LMCP Bendigo Region Report
Figure 23. Percentage of Teachers who indicated that their schools had the following rules in place regarding internet use % of Teachers 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 It is concerning that only just over half the teachers reported their school had rules or policies in place regarding students‟ internet use at school and indeed 2 teachers reported that their school had no rules regarding internet use. Almost all the teachers (90.8%) reported that they thought their students were able to get around some or all of the blocks. Further, 10.6% of teachers reported that they thought their students did this either every time or most times they are on the internet. TEACHERS‟ CONCERNS AND OPINIONS ABOUT WHAT CHILDREN DO ON THE INTERNET Of the following threats that can occur to children when online: computer viruses, cyber bullying, sexual predators, theft of financial information, theft of money, and identity theft, 92.4% of teachers reported that they were concerned about cyber bullying or online harassment (92.4%), 81.4% reported sexual predators, and 82.9% reported theft of personal information. In terms of exposure to inappropriate content on the internet, 92.9% of teachers reported that they were concerned about their students being exposed to pornography, 90% reported violence 53 LMCP Bendigo Region Report
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Page 4 and 5: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Cybersafe Su
Page 6 and 7: Many young people reported being ex
Page 8 and 9: Messages from students regarding th
Page 10 and 11: INTRODUCTION The internet and other
Page 12 and 13: For both parents and teachers, a co
Page 14 and 15: RESULTS RESPONSE RATES STUDENT RESP
Page 16 and 17: STUDENT SURVEY DEMOGRAPHICS The gen
Page 18 and 19: Figure 3. Activities on the interne
Page 20 and 21: Figure 6. Percentage of year 9-10 s
Page 22 and 23: Figure 8. Percentage of grade 4-6 s
Page 24 and 25: When asked if they knew how to get
Page 26 and 27: Table 4. What best describes your o
Page 28 and 29: INDICATORS OF COMPULSIVE USE Possib
Page 30 and 31: ONLINE HARASSMENT Students were ask
Page 32 and 33: To understand the online harassment
Page 34 and 35: Table 12. Frequency of types of onl
Page 36 and 37: UNDERSTANDING LAWS REGARDING THE IN
Page 38 and 39: On a positive note some students re
Page 40 and 41: Parents were asked to answer the fo
Page 42 and 43: Figure 17. Proportion of parents wh
Page 44 and 45: PARENTS‟ CONCERNS AND OPINIONS AB
Page 46 and 47: INTERVENTIONS TO KEEP YOUNG PEOPLE
Page 48 and 49: PARENTS‟ UNDERSTANDING OF LEGAL A
Page 50 and 51: WHAT DO YOU THINK ADULTS NEED TO KN
Page 54 and 55: (90%) and 85.7% reported hate advoc
Page 56 and 57: Figure 26. Percentage of teachers w
Page 58 and 59: SOCIAL NETWORKING The majority of h
Page 60 and 61: need for internet use rules to enco
Page 62 and 63: is brought to bear on and taught ex
Page 64 and 65: managing the impact of their comput
Page 66 and 67: surveyed from grade 4 to year 9. Th
Page 68 and 69: ONLINE SAFETY INTERVENTIONS AND MET
Page 70 and 71: SUMMARY In summary, the Cybersafe S
Page 72 and 73: APPENDICES APPENDIX 1 Table 17. Con
Page 74 and 75: APPENDIX 2 Table 18. All websites l
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