sites under supervision. Children and young people Early years practitioners and should be educated on how their managers are not to set and maintain web permitted to use profiles to appropriate technologies for privacy levels and how to personal access to social deny access to unknown networking sites. individuals. All ICT users should be Children and young people, encouraged to think parents and carers should carefully about the way know that the use of social information can be added networking sites in the home and removed from websites or social environment is an by themselves and others. exciting communication and Moderated sites can afford networking tool. It must also maximum protection. be emphasised however Children and young people that their use can pose should be taught to think potential risks. Children and carefully before placing young people, parents and images of themselves online carers should therefore be and to be aware of details made aware of those risks, within images, such as and the control measures badges, which could reveal that can be implemented to personal and background minimise them. information. Users should Early years practitioners consider the risks of posting and their managers are also images online owing to the likely to use social permanency of online networking sites in their material. recreational time on their Children and young people own personal computers. must always be reminded This form of activity is not to not to give out or post be discouraged, however personal details online, early years practitioners particularly information must agree and adhere to a which could identify them or conduct ‘professional provide information that agreement’. The use of such would contribute to their sites should not compromise personal profile. professional integrity or
sites under supervision. Early years practitioners and their managers are not permitted to use technologies for personal access to social networking sites. All ICT users should be encouraged to think carefully about the way information can be added and removed from websites by themselves and others. Moderated sites can afford maximum protection. Children and young people should be taught to think carefully before placing images of themselves online and to be aware of details within images, such as badges, which could reveal personal and background information. Users should consider the risks of posting images online owing to the permanency of online material. Children and young people must always be reminded not to give out or post personal details online, particularly information which could identify them or provide information that would contribute to their personal profile. Children and young people should be educated on how to set and maintain web profiles to appropriate privacy levels and how to deny access to unknown individuals. Children and young people, parents and carers should know that the use of social networking sites in the home or social environment is an exciting communication and networking tool. It must also be emphasised however that their use can pose potential risks. Children and young people, parents and carers should therefore be made aware of those risks, and the control measures that can be implemented to minimise them. Early years practitioners and their managers are also likely to use social networking sites in their recreational time on their own personal computers. This form of activity is not to be discouraged, however early years practitioners must agree and adhere to a ‘professional conduct agreement’. The use of such sites should not compromise professional integrity or
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