News Archive

News Archive

//:Be SAFE_Be WEBWISE://- 02/02/2008
This new 13 lesson Internet Safety module for SPHE Junior Certificate teachers and students is available in our Learning Resources area.Read...
Ireland Bebo Workshops_for Teachers- 02/12/2007
This 2-hour workshop for teachers is an opportunity to get practical advice and hands-on experience using social networking websites.Read...
Ireland joins EU Kids Online- 02/12/2007
The NCTE and the Centre for Social & Educational Research, at the DIT are working together in a research intiative investigating how young people use the internet and new media.Read...
How Do I Use Bebo?- 02/12/2007
Webwise has created practical demonstrations on how to use the web applications that our children our using. Recent additions show how to configure Bebo and MSN profiles.Read...
Internet Safety Seminars for Parents- 02/12/2007
NPC Primary working with the NCTE has developed a seminar to take the mystery out of the Internet for parents and to give them the skills to engage with their children’s online lives.Read...
Office for Internet Safety- 02/10/2007
The Government is to establish an Office for Internet Safety and an Internet Safety Advisory Council.Read...
Get With Filtering- 02/10/2007
Minister of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Brian Lenihan launched two new booklets on internet safety: A Parent's Guide to Filtering Technology and an update on A Parent's Guide to New Media Read...
Be Safe On the Web- 02/10/2007
Dublin Home, School Community Liaison Scheme worked with pupils, teachers, parents and community memebers to produce advice about Bebo for parents.Read...
Irish Children are Becoming Increasingly Dependent on Internet- 02/10/2007
Irish children are using the Internet about three times a week for around an hour each time. There seems to be a significant difference between how the younger and older groups use the Internet. Read...
Eurobarometer: Are Europe's children too confidenti n tackling online risks?- 02/10/2007
A Commission survey of children from all over Europe has looked into how they use new media. It shows that the use of internet and mobile phones has become almost self-evident for Europe's young generation. Read...
Social Networking Survey- 02/10/2007
The Anchor WATCH_YOUR_SPACE Survey” is the first survey in Ireland to look at how young people are using social networking websites such as Bebo, My Space and YouTube. Read...
Increase Use of Broadband Internet at Home - 12/05/2007
The latest CSO statistics on Internet usage in Ireland show that there have been significant increases in the number of households with broadband Internet access. However, we are still considerably behind the leading EU countries.  Read...
NCTE Rolls-Out Internet Safety Training for Teachers - 12/05/2007
On Friday 11th May 2007, the first of two groups of 25 experts in the provision of ICT continuous professional development to teachers came together in Athlone Education Centre to create Bebo Profiles, to chat with each other using Instant Messenger, and to watch videos on You Tube.  Read...
Teaching Internet Safety - 07/05/2007
How do we find a way to address internet safety within the curriculum in a way that will work? Read...
Protecting Children against Illegal Content - 12/05/2007
The European Commission is concerned by the protection of children against harmful or illegal content in the new media, whatever the delivery platform for this content.  Read...
Bebo Grabs Attention - 12/05/2007
US web analytics experts, Compete.com, ranked the top 20 social networking websites in the world based on the amount of attention they received.  Read...
Safer Internet Day 2007 - 12/03/2007
Webwise, as the Irish node of the Insafe network, is joining with partners around the world to promote increased awareness of the issue of online privacy through its support of the Safer Internet Day Blogathon. Read...
Minister Launches WATCH YOUR SPACE - 12/03/2007
WATCH YOUR SPACE - a new campaign to raise awareness and promote safe, responsible practice by young people when online. The key messages of the campaign are: * be creative. * be yourself * but be in control. Read...
Insafe Survey - 12/03/2007
The Insafe survey was conducted across Europe in the form of an online multiple-choice questionnaire from 6 December 2007 - 1 February 2007.  Read...
Video Survey - 12/03/2007
Webwise has developed a short video that will give you an insight into what teenagers are doing online, what they think the risks are, and what advice they share with each other about getting the most out of the new online interactive service. Read...
Internet Safety Education Pack - 12/03/2007
As part of NCTE's on-going promotion of safe Internet practice in schools as part of the Webwise Internet Safety initiative, we have sent a number of resources to all schools. Read...
Chatwise Online Lesson - 12/03/2007
Teachers in primary schools are encouraged to introduce their class to Niamh and Fionn as they learn to communicate with other people over the Internet. The lesson demonstrates to children what to do when they encounter cyber-bullying and how to protect personal information. Read...
Social Networking Websites and US Teens - 12/02/2007
The Pew Internet and American Life Project has released another interesting report called "Social Networking Websites and Teens: An Overview" by Amanda Lenhart and Mary Madden (Jan. 7, 2007).  Read...
The Disney Social Networking Website - 12/02/2007
On the 8th January, Disney Chief Executive Robert Iger announced a relaunch of the Disney.com website. The new site will give its 25 million monthly Internet visitors access to a broader array of rich videos, music and games, and a limited means of self expression. Read...
MySpace Mobile - 12/02/2007
The world's largest Social networking site MySpace is in the process of beta testing a specific website for the Irish marketplace.  Read...
The Internet Literacy Handbook - 12/10/2006
The Council of Europe in cooperation with the INSAFE network (webwise is the Irish node) has published an online version of its "Handbook on internet literacy – a guide for parents, teachers and young people" which explains and advises on the trends and terminology of the internet. Read...
UNESCO Educator's Kit for online learning and intercultural dialogue - 12/10/2006
UNESCO has recently launched its "Young Digital Creators Educator's Kit" for educators to incorporate an interdisciplinary teaching model using creative digital technology into classrooms and within non-formal educational settings. Read...
Emerging technologies: mobile phones and internet safety - 12/10/2006
The new generation mobile devices are no longer mobile phones only, and it will shortly be possible to do almost everything on an internet-enabled phone that can be done from an internet-connected computer. Read...
The E-Society - Young People and Social Networking - 12/10/2006
An article by NCTE Director Jerome Morrissey, published in the Irish Independent of 18th April 2006, on the massive online phenomenon of Social Networking Websites. Read...
The Australian Government will create a National Filter Scheme - 12/10/2006
The Australian Government will create a National Filter Scheme to provide every Australian family with a free internet filter as part of a $116.6 million comprehensive package of measures to crack down on the scourge of internet pornography. Read...
Teens Discover Online Sexuality - 07/10/2006
A study among 11,000 teens using personal blogging sites shows that searching for sex or a relationship on the internet has become a new and frequent activity among youths. Read...
How to report offensive content on Bebo? - 07/10/2006
You can report inappropriate content on the Bebo website through the Report Abuse facility on the site. If you have a serious issue/misuse to report, you should report it to Hotline.ie.  Read...
The OECD Anti-Spam Toolkit - 07/10/2006
To combat spam it is necessary to put in place a multi-layered strategy, which addresses the spam problem under both regulatory and technical points of view, involves public and private players, aims to educate end-users, Read...
Most children’s Bebo profiles are public - 07/12/2006
Researchers Andrew Page and Des Traynor from NUI Maynooth are calling on parents to ask their children to set their Bebo profiles to private. They studied more than 2 million publicly viewable bebo pages, and found that more than 39% belongs to children aged between 13 and 17. Read...
Belgian Cyberbullying Policy Recommendations - 12/06/2006
Following its large-scale study of cyberbullying in Flanders, policy recommendations were made on how to tackle the problem. The first step is acknowledge that it is not a marginal problem but rather a probem that was widespread and with serious consequences. Read...
Cyberbullying Amongst Youngsters in Flanders - 12/06/2006
In October 2005 viWTA (Flemish Institute for Science and Technology Assessment), at the request of the Flemish Parliament, carried out a large-scale survey into cyberbullying to get a clear idea of the phenomenon. Read...
Dutch Youngsters are Often Victims of Cyberbullying - 12/06/2006
A Dutch survey among 1,211 students in their final year of primary or first year of secondary school and 850 parents shows that cyberbullying through the internet and mobile phones is a frequent phenomenon. Parents underestimate the extent to which their children bully and are bullied. Read...
How to report offensive content on Bebo? - 22/06/2005
This articles describes how you can report inappropriate content on the Bebo website. Read...
Social Networking Websites – Bebo, Myspace, Friendster etc - 22/06/2005
Social networking websites are a massive online phenomenon. Writing on the 27th March 2006, MySpace is the fifth most popular website in the world. Bebo, another social networking website, claims to have half a million Irish users. Read...
Internet Safety Activities for Schools - 22/06/2005
Webwise has developed an animated-lesson for 7-12 yrs, complete with interactive questions and related classroom activities. Read...
Webwise Safe Use Guide - 22/06/2005
Webwise has distilled much of its internet safety advice into 10 tips for parents and teachers to help keep children safe when they are online. Read...
What is cyberbullying? - 22/06/2005
Cyberbullying is bullying that is carried out through an Internet service such as email, chat room, discussion group or instant messaging. It can include bullying through mobile phone technologies such as short messaging service (SMS). Read...
Innovative game highlights safety issues for young bloggers. - 22/06/2005
SPOTMYBLOG is a simulation game aimed at children aged 9 to 12.The players create a fictitious blog, and make choices that have consequences later in the game. Read...
Students Plagiarising Web Content - 22/02/2005
A report by the State Examinations Commission into the 2005 Agricultural Science leaving certificate exam expressed concern at the plagiarism of web content in the continuous assessment components of the course. Read...
Minister Hanafin Launches Webwise - 10/02/2005
On European Safer Internet Day (Feb 7th 2006) Minister for Education & Science, Mary Hanafin, T.D., launched the Webwise initiative (www.webwise.ie) which provides information and resources to teachers, parents and students to help ensure that children’s on-line experiences are positive and safe.Read...
Children Believe What They Read on the Internet - 10/02/2005
On European Safer Internet Day (Feb 7th 2006) Jerome Morrissey, Director of the National Centre for Technology in Education gave some preliminary findings from a European-wide study of children’s on-line behaviour. The survey indicates that over 40% of children believe what they read online.Read...
Police join forces against exploitation of children - 20/06/2005
The G8, Interpol and Europol have been co-operating at the highest levels to protect children from sexual exploitation on the Internet. Read...
100,000 websites apply descriptive labels - 20/05/2005
The ICRA approach to Internet safety is divided into two core elements, Labelling and Filtering. Read...
Defining and understanding harmful content - 20/05/2005
Defining and addressing harmful content is not straightforward for a number of reasons. Read...
Human Rights in the Information Society - 20/05/2005
The Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers today adopted a declaration that will set standards for human rights and the rule of law in the information society of mobile phones, the internet and computer communication.Read...
IAB report on use of New Media - 20/05/2005
The IAB is to undertake research on the use of new media technologies by children and the awareness of both parents and their children. Read...
Hacking and Malware go mobile - 13/04/2005
Bluetooth technology allows wireless data transfer within a 10 metre radius, but does this put you at risk. Read...
Mobile online: risks assessed - 13/04/2005
While mobile phones are beginning to catch up with PCs in terms of Internet capabilities, there are differences in the associated risks. Read...
Bluetooth Bullies - 13/04/2005
In the UK teaching and learning benefits of mobile phones have been overshadowed by risks such as mobile bullying. Read...
Children and young people’s use of moblogs - 13/02/2005
Social networking products are becoming increasingly popular with young people, and the capabilities afforded by the latest mobile phones in terms of Internet access and picture messaging capability has precipitated an incredible growth in moblogging sites online. Read...
What is File Sharing - 28/04/2005
This article introduces File Sharing an outlines the risks that are associated with using this technology. Read...
SAFT survey of childrens online Behaviour - 17/02/2004
This survey investigates the online behaviour and attitudes of 9-16 year olds in Ireland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark .Read...
Net-illiterate 'failing children' - 28/04/2005
The lack of internet skills and experience among many parents is potentially harming their children's education. Read...