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Welcome to the WISE KIDS website!
WISE KIDS Upcoming Events and News[->click here for more]
WISE KIDS Twitter Feed
[->click here to view]
15th of May 2012:
WISE KIDS is delivering a workshop at the RCN Congress in
Harrogate.
18th of May 2012: As part of Adult Learners Week [14th to
the 20th of May]
WISE KIDS is hosting a phone in for Parents on 'Safe Internet
Use for your Child' from 5pm - 6pm. To join the conference call:
1. Dial the conference number 0844 4 73 73 73 (Call costs:
5.16p/min) a little before 8pm
2. Enter the PIN, when prompted
3. Speak your full name when prompted and then you will join the
conference. If you are the first person to arrive on the
conference call, you will hear music. As others arrive on the
call you will hear them being announced.
7th of February 2012
Safer Internet Day
WISE
KIDS has developed bilingual
Resources for the Welsh
Government. See
http://esafety.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/
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Thought for the month
Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we
must do.”
Johann Wolfgang von
Goethe
Google keeps providing new services. It's latest
offering is Google
Play. Click here for more
information.
Social Networking Sites
Today young and old alike have accounts on social networking
sites like Facebook, and even businesses have Facebook pages. Click
here to find out more about how you can use these sites more
safely: Safe Social Networking
UK
Council for Child Internet Safety - UKCCIS
Read more about the work
of the UKCCIS formed in Sept
2008.
How to Get Safe Online
GetSafeOnline is a government Internet Safety initiative which provides consumers, businesses
and parents with information on protecting their PCs, themselves
and their businesses. Click
here to find out more
Fun Links
The Internet offers many fun activities. You can make a
movie online, send an e-greeting card, create an online band and
more...
Link to the WISE KIDS Site
To
find out how you can link to the WISE KIDS site
click here.
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WISE KIDS Resources
To find out more about the
different resources that WISE KIDS has created:
[Publications;
Conferences; Digital Youth
Wales Network]
 Gillian
Barrow from Edward Geldards Solicitors looks at the question:
"Is
it legal to download music?"..[more]
Get Started and Learn More about
the Internet
The Internet is an amazing
tool for education, learning and socialising.
Want to up skill and learn more? Check out the
BBC's 1st Click pages, the
BBC's Webwise
pages and the
Go On - Make
Online Easy site.
To Inspire You
The Internet has a wealth of inspiring material - talks,
tutorials and more. Have a look at
TED talks and VideoJug
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Ever wondered if there were search sites just for young people?
...[more]
If you encounter illegal content either via email, browsing the
web, or otherwise, you can report it here ...[more]
Internet Safety Video Clips
The following page provides links to a
number of video clips provided by Google and others to reflect
on different aspects of being safe online....[more]
Cyberbullying
Many young people today get bullied
via their mobile phones or via online websites. Schools and
teachers also need help in tackling this problem. See our WISE KIDS
page
on tackling cyberbullying
Interview with Dan Appleman
 Vickee and Ravinder from the WISE KIDS Teen Panel interview
author, consultant, youth
leader and IT specialist, Dan
Appleman,
on his new book "Always Use Protection, A Teen's guide to
Safe Computing". Click here
to read the interview.
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