Internet Safety Projects
The NCTE is engaged in the ongoing development of an internet safety awareness campaign aimed at the general public, school management, policy makers, unions, teachers, students and parents. Webwise is the current NCTE internet safety initiative.
Webwise (www.webwise.ie) is the Irish Internet Safety Awareness Node of Insafe the European network of internet safety awareness nodes. Webiwse provides parents, teachers, and children with educational resources, advice and information about potential dangers on the Internet and empowers users to minimise or avoid these risks. Webwise monitors and addresses emerging trends, and seeks to reinforce the image of the Internet as a place to learn. We also raises awareness on reporting illegal to hotline.ie and share best practice, information and resources with European partners through the European Commission’s Insafe network.
The NCTE has also just completed a collaboration on three major EU initiatives on Internet safety. NCTE project officers worked with these projects on a full-time basis.
SAFT
Since August 2002, the NCTE has become involved with the Safety Awareness for Tweens project (SAFT). While aiming to increase awareness of the Internet and the risks associated with it, the immediate tasks of the project are to gain knowledge on risk behaviour and information needs through a comparative study in Ireland, Denmark, Sweden, Iceland and Norway. The SAFT website is currently in development.
Dotsafe
The Dotsafe project officially ended on June 30 2002. It was a pilot project part-funded by the European Commission and supported by the various education and technology bodies across Europe. The project aimed to equip educators and parents with the information and resources they need to teach children to stay safe online. Dotsafe was the largest of six EU awareness actions, but was the only one focusing on teacher awareness, specifically head teachers, ICT co-ordinators and classroom teachers.
The ONCE Project
The Online Children in Education project was funded by the European Commission and co-ordinated and led by the Cyberspace Research Unit at the University of Central Lancashire. The project focused on parents and children and developed an interactive web-based education programme detailing Internet safety issues. Among the outcomes from the project was a database of websites voted both popular and safe by children and parents.
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