'Filtering and monitoring' is the umbrella term for a school's systems and tools for preventing children from seeing things online that are inappropriate. For this tip, Jess and Gareth hear from SWGfL online safety lead consultant Graham Lowe.

Listen to the full episode with Graham here. 

More support and resources for schools on filtering and monitoring at the following links:

https://saferinternet.org.uk/guide-and-resource/teachers-and-school-staff/appropriate-filtering-and-monitoring

https://testfiltering.com/

swgfl.org.uk/resources/filtering-and-monitoring/

Interface is a podcast for teachers and educators from SWGfL, part of the UK Safer Internet Centre.

Discover more about various aspects of digital wellbeing, through the Digital Wellbeing Hub from SWGfL. Access guidance and resources to support the young people in your care: https://swgfl.org.uk/topics/digital-wellbeing

Our sixth of 12 Digital Tips for Christmas is all about empowering students and young people to take action on things they care about.

Gina Martin embarked on a tireless and successful campaign to criminalise ‘upskirting’ (taking photographs from underneath to see up someone's clothing) after someone did it to her in July 2017. She has since published a book Be the Change: A Toolkit for the Activist in You.

You can find Gina’s full chat with Interface, from back in September, at this link.

Interface is a podcast for teachers and educators from SWGfL, part of the UK Safer Internet Centre.  

Discover more about various aspects of digital wellbeing, through the Digital Wellbeing Hub from SWGfL. Access guidance and resources to support the young people in your care: https://swgfl.org.uk/topics/digital-wellbeing

Is your nightmare before Christmas a school cyber-attack?

Number 5 in Interface’s ‘12 digital tips for Christmas’ looks at surviving hacking, phishing and other online attacks.

We hear from Sir Dan Moynihan of London’s Harris Schools Federation. The full episode with Sir Dan - also featuring NCSC experts - can be heard here.

Interface is a podcast for teachers and educators from SWGfL, part of the UK Safer Internet Centre.  

Discover more about various aspects of digital wellbeing, through the Digital Wellbeing Hub from SWGfL. Access guidance and resources to support the young people in your care: https://swgfl.org.uk/topics/digital-wellbeing

How do teachers and educators talk to children about online pornography?

Welcome to number 4 of Interface’s 12 digital tips for Christmas.

Jess and Gareth talk to Professor Andy Phippen, and share their own tips on handling difficult conversations about inappropriate online content.

Listen to the full episode with Andy here.

Interface is a podcast for teachers and educators from SWGfL, part of the UK Safer Internet Centre.  

Discover more about various aspects of digital wellbeing, through the Digital Wellbeing Hub from SWGfL. Access guidance and resources to support the young people in your care: https://swgfl.org.uk/topics/digital-wellbeing

Interface’s third of 12 Christmas digital tips is here!

This time, author, broadcaster and campaigner Natasha Devon MBE, on supporting girls and women online.

Give Natasha’s full episode here. It was first released in March to mark International Women’s Day.

Interface is a podcast for teachers and educators from SWGfL, part of the UK Safer Internet Centre.  

Discover more about various aspects of digital wellbeing, through the Digital Wellbeing Hub from SWGfL. Access guidance and resources to support the young people in your care: https://swgfl.org.uk/topics/digital-wellbeing

If technology and video games are on your kids’ Christmas lists, our second of 12 digital Christmas tips is one for you.

Jess and Gareth introduce a clip from Taming Gaming’s Andy Robertson.

Listen to the full episode with Andy here. 

Interface is a podcast for teachers and educators from SWGfL, part of the UK Safer Internet Centre.

Discover more about various aspects of digital wellbeing, through the Digital Wellbeing Hub from SWGfL. Access guidance and resources to support the young people in your care: https://swgfl.org.uk/topics/digital-wellbeing

On the first day of Christmas, Interface gives to you…

Our first of 12 snack-sized episodes, looking back on past podcast guests, and some digital tips from hosts Jess and Gareth.

First up, anti-bullying campaigner Alex Holmes.

Listen to the full episode with Alex here.

Interface is a podcast for teachers and educators from SWGfL, part of the UK Safer Internet Centre.

Discover more about various aspects of digital wellbeing, through the Digital Wellbeing Hub from SWGfL. Access guidance and resources to support the young people in your care: https://swgfl.org.uk/topics/digital-wellbeing

Roblox is massive! It had over 66 million daily users worldwide at the start of 2023. It is understood to be the most popular online gaming platform for UK under-13s, and its user numbers have gone up by a fifth in a single year.

In this episode, Jess McBeath and Princess Lawal take a deep dive with Roblox's head of Community Safety & Civility, Laura Higgins.

Links to further support and information

Resources to support digital wellbeing in children and young people from SWGfL: https://swgfl.org.uk/topics/digital-wellbeing/

To support the online safety of young gamers, parents, carers, and teachers can access the SWGfL Gaming Hub: https://swgfl.org.uk/topics/gaming/

The SWGfL 2023 Roblox Checklist, developed in partnership with the platform, allows teachers, parents, carers, and users gain a better understanding of privacy and security settings on the platform: https://swgfl.org.uk/resources/checklists/roblox/

Discover more about various aspects of digital wellbeing, through the Digital Wellbeing Hub from SWGfL. Access guidance and resources to support the young people in your care: https://swgfl.org.uk/topics/digital-wellbeing

Children and young people can take a proactive active role in technology and online safety, running peer-led training, and even educating parents and carers! Interface co-hosts Gareth Cort and Ailish Hunter talk all things Digital Leaders and peer-led online safety, with Childnet's Danielle Antha, and Derbyshire's chief iVenger Traci Good.

Links:

Childnet's Digital Leaders

i-Vengers

Discover more about various aspects of digital wellbeing, through the Digital Wellbeing Hub from SWGfL. Access guidance and resources to support the young people in your care: https://swgfl.org.uk/topics/digital-wellbeing

The annual schools Cybersurvey has been offering vital insights for safeguarding, online safety education, and student wellbeing since it was first launched by the charity Youthworks in 2008. Adrienne Katz leads the Cybersurvey, and speaks in this episode with Interface's Gareth Cort and Princess Lawal.

For support and guidance around the online wellbeing of your students, please visit SWGfL’s Digital Wellbeing hub https://swgfl.org.uk/topics/digital-wellbeing/

Find out more details, and sign up for your school to take part in the Cybersurvey here.

Discover more about various aspects of digital wellbeing, through the Digital Wellbeing Hub from SWGfL. Access guidance and resources to support the young people in your care: https://swgfl.org.uk/topics/digital-wellbeing