We visited Rutherford House School to present our main projects to the teachers there. Our project, which is based around Google Classroom was something new to the teachers as they had not used it before. This was good as they were able to give us constructive feedback on whether they’d use it or what they would improve. We were each assigned to a teacher where we had to present our VLE. After modelling each section of our VLE the teacher seemed really interested in what we had created on the topic of e-safety. However, she did also suggest some recommendations and improvements. For example, instead of having instructions she mentioned we could have links to videos instead which would be more effective for the younger years, reception and year 1. Additionally, she suggested to create more games for the younger years as this will inspire and motivate them more.

Overall, the teacher liked the whole concept of Google classroom and thought we had a make a good start on our project. Moving forward, we will ensure we add more videos and games to our VLE as at the moment it is quite text heavy and would not be appropriate for the younger years.

The kidSMART website aims to educate children on internet safety and does this through a range of images, videos and games. Run by the charity childnet, the child-friendly website is broken down into different sections.

The site covers main controversial sections such as social media and mobile phones. For each section top tips and advice is provided on how to be safe when using such sites or devices. However, large portions of the website are out-of-date, being told what to do on Bebo and not Facebook. This is so crucial as children today are exposed to so many threats through the internet, thus, it is vital they are educated about the importance of being safe on the internet, and this site is effective in doing this.

Furthermore, this site provided resources for teachers to use in their lessons when teaching e-safety. This is helpful for teachers who may not be confident in teaching e-safety to students. The site is sectioned into different key stages which makes the site more applicable for different students.

Research done by a House of Lords report  argued that not enough was being done to keep children safe online and that lessons about online responsibilities and risks should be mandatory in all UK schools. So maybe more sites or more information needs to be put out for children to inform them about the internet today.