LESSON 5 Safety Issues On The Use of ICT Including E-Safety Rules

PROF ED 04: Technology fro Taeching and Learning I 1
Lesson 5
Safety Issues on the Use of ICT including
e-Safety Rules
At the end of the lesson, the students should have:
Lesson Objectives 1. Identified and explained safety issues on the use of ICT; and
2. Listed and applied e-safety rules in the use of ICT.
Using technology is not a risk by itself, but how it is used will be vulnerable to risks. When
improperly used, it will pose danger to the users in school and at home. What are the safety issues
that are needed to be addressed by safety policy and guidelines? As future teachers, do you need
to know all of these?
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Some Risks in the Use of ICT and e-Networking
Technology is a phenomenon that seems to be uncontrollable. Despite the so many

benefits for teaching and learning, there are also negative effects or influence on the learners.
Hence as future teachers you have to be aware of how to safeguard learners in the school
communities where they spend most of their waking hours and also in their homes or facilities
that provide opportunities to use digital technologies like Internet Cafes. Safeguard and
protection should be the primordial role of parents, teachers and schools. There are so many risks
that we have to be aware of in the use of digital technologies. These may include the following:
1. Exposure to inappropriate content, including on-line pornography, extremism (exposure

to violence associated with racist language);
2. Lifestyle websites like self-harms and suicide sites, and hate sites;
3. Cyber-bullying in all forms, receiving sexually explicit images or messages;
4. Privacy issues including disclosure of personal information;
5. Health and well-being (amount of time spent on-line, internet gaming and many more;
6. Prolonged exposure to on-line technologies, particularly at an early age;
7. Addiction to gambling and gaming;
8. Theft and fraud from activities such as phishing;
9. Viruses, Trojans, spyware and other malware; and
10. Social pressure to maintain online networks via texting and social networking sites.
Minor Misuse of ICT
In school, some minor misuse made by learners include the following:
 Copying information into assignment and failing to acknowledge the source

(plagiarism and copyright infringement)
 Downloading materials not relevant to their studies
 Misconduct associated with subject logins, such as using someone else's
password
 Leaving a mobile phone turned on during class period
 Unauthorized taking of pictures or images with mobile phone camera, still or
moving
e-Safety
With all of the above concerns and many more, how do we confront all of these so as to
protect our future generation?
e-safety takes care not only of internet technologies but also of electronic communications
via mobile phones, games consoles and wireless technology. It highlights the need to educate
children and young people about the benefits, risks and responsibilities of using information
technology. Here are some issues of e-safety:
 e-safety helps safeguard children and young people in the digital world;
 e-safety emphasizes learning to understand and new technologies in a positive
way;
 e-safety educates children about the risks as well as the benefits so we can feel
confident online; and
 e-safety supports young learners and adults to develop safer onlinebehaviors,
both in and out of school.
Network Management
1. Safety in the Use of Network in Schools

1.1 Make clear that no one should log on as another user.
1.2 Require all users to always log off when they have finished working.
1.3 Maintain equipment to ensure health and safety.
1.4 Provide students with access to content and resources through guided e-learning.
1.5 Set up a clear disaster recovery system in place for critical data that include secure,
remote back up of critical data.
1.6 Secure wireless network to appropriate standards suitable for educational use.
1.7 Install all computer equipment professionally and meet health and safety standards.
1.8 Review the school ICT system regularly with regard to health and safety and security.
2. Password Policy
1.1 Only authorized users will have individual passwords. Users are not permitted to
disclose their passwords unless they got permission from the owner or from the
management. The equipment that keeps the personal information shall be locked
when unattended to prevent unauthorized access.
Computers should be set to a time out if they become unused for a certain period of
time.
3. Personal mobile phones and mobile devices

1.1 All mobile phones shall be kept away in a box away from the children or learners and
access is only allowed at breaktime or at the end of classes or when needed during
the class period.
4. Cameras
1.1 Taking pictures only from parents or caregivers and not from any other family
member or friend while the child attends class.
1.2 Any picture taken of children shall be on cameras solely for the purpose.
Setting Up An Educational Technology Room
Schools that plan to dedicate a room where the students can access technologies for
learning should include the following basic safety rules:
1. Provide tiltable tables. These tables can be tilted and adjusted to the height of the users.
2. Provide anti-glare screen filters.
3. Provide adjustable chairs.
4. Provide foot support.
5. Make sure lighting is suitable.
6. Make sure work stations are not cramped.
7. Plan work at a computer so that there are frequent breaks.
More specifically safety rules that can reduce risk of accidents in the working stations
should include:
1. No trailing wires across or around the room which people can trip on.
2. Electrical sockets should not be overloaded.
3. Electrical equipment should be safety-tested at least once a year.
4. There should be adequate space around desk for people to move.
5. Bags and obstacles should be stored out of the way.
6. Food and drinks should not be placed near machines.
7. Heating and ventilation should be suitable for the working environment.
8. Fire extinguishers should be available.
9. Fire exits should be clearly marked and free from clutter.
There are more issues, policies and rules. What have been presented in the lesson may be
the minimum that you should learn. As you explore some more and engage in the different
aspects of Technology for Teaching and Learning, you willfind more details.

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PROF ED 04: Technology fro Taeching and Learning I 1

Some Risks in the Use of ICT and e-Networking

Technology is a phenomenon that seems to be uncontrollable. Despite the so many

1. Exposure to inappropriate content, including on-line pornography, extremism (exposure

Minor Misuse of ICT

In school, some minor misuse made by learners include the following:

 Copying information into assignment and failing to acknowledge the source

1. Safety in the Use of Network in Schools

3. Personal mobile phones and mobile devices

Setting Up An Educational Technology Room

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