eSafety Label, a European project for the Hungarian educational institutions
Csordás Ildikó
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Educatio Társadalmi Szolgáltató Nonprofit Kft.
Tóth Boglárka
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Educatio Társadalmi Szolgáltató Nonprofit Kft.
Using the Internet in schools nowadays is a fact. But the safe Internet use generates a lot of questions which need to be answered. The eSafety Label, which will be disseminated this year in Hungarian schools, provides help and guidance in this topic.
The eSafety Label initiative supports schools through the eSafety portal, which was localized by the Department of Digital Pedagogy, Educatio Nonprofit LLC. This offers teachers access to information that will help them anticipate and deal with eSafety related incidents in- and outside of school.
Schools have a duty to provide a secure environment and safe access to online technology as part of the teaching and learning experience. The eSafety Label can be displayed on the website of schools that have successfully fulfilled a set of criteria agreed upon by national Ministries of Education; the Label therefore illustrates to parents and others that eSafety is taken seriously by the school administration.
Moreover, the eSafety Label provides professional growth opportunities for teachers and promotes discussion and exchange of resources and experience between staff faced with similar issues. In addition it puts schools in contact with training providers, including Insafe National Safer Internet Centres which can offer a broad range of resources.