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Internet Safety (EdTechRoundup - podcast)
http://edtechroundup.com/2008/05/05/edtechroundup-podcast-episode-4/ Internet Safety (EdTechRoundup - podcast) Sinclair Mackenzie and Doug Belshaw are your hosts this time around with the subject being Internet Safety. The podcast features an interview with Ollie Bray, an expert on the subject and a guy who’s both interesting and doing fantastic things in Scotland at the moment. 35 mins |
 
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Are You Cyber Safe?
http://www.ctap4.org/cybersafety/ Are You Cyber Safe? CTAP Region IV, a California-State funded project, has been a leader in cybersafety education for the California public school system since 1997. Cybersafety is the safe and responsible use of the Internet and all information and communication technology devices, including mobile phones, digital cameras, and webcams. CTAP Region IV has developed a collection of cybersafety training resources for download at the right of this page, including PowerPoint presentations, games, and handouts to our workshops. The classroom poster on Cybersafety was funded by AT&T Education and is a free download. Districts and schools in the 7-county San Francisco Bay Area may contact CTAP for wall-size versions of the poster. |
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IMSafer
http://imsafer.com/ Being the parent of an online child is difficult. IMSafer lets you know when your children may be in dangerous situations online, and shows you how they represent themselves in their online profiles. |
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Internet Offenders ... Research (Feb08)
http://www.unh.edu/ccrc/pdf/20080219_psy-press-release.pdf Contrary to stereotype, most Internet sex offenders are not adults who target young children by posing as another youth, luring children to meetings, and then abducting or forcibly raping them, according to researchers who have studied the nature of Internet-initiated sex crimes. Rather, most online sex offenders are adults who target teens and seduce victims into sexual relationships. They take time to develop the trust and confidence of victims, so that the youth see these relationships as romances or sexual adventures. The youth most vulnerable to online sex offenders have histories of sexual or physical abuse, family problems, and tendencies to take risks both on- and offline, the researchers say. In short, the researchers draw a clearer picture about adults who troll the Internet for sex with minors in the study, “Online ‘Predators’ and Their Victims: Myths, Realities and Implications for Prevention,” published in the February/March issue of American Psychologist. The journal is published by the American Psychological Association (APA). |
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Crimes against Children Research Center (CCRC)
http://www.unh.edu/ccrc/ Crimes against Children Research Center (CCRC) The mission of the Crimes against Children Research Center (CCRC) is to combat crimes against children by providing high quality research and statistics to the public, policy makers, law enforcement personnel, and other child welfare practitioners. CCRC is concerned with research about the nature of crimes including child abduction, homicide, rape, assault, and physical and sexual abuse as well as their impact. |
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Safeguarding children in a digital world (UK 13Ferb08)
http://publications.becta.org.uk/display.cfm?resID=35446 Safeguarding children in a digital world: Developing an LSCB e-safety strategy ... (UK 13Ferb08) This publication has been designed as a toolkit to support local safeguarding children boards (LSCBs) and local authority personnel develop an e-safety strategy. It comprises suggested guidance including strategy contents; outlines personnel who should be involved; and aspects that should be covered. Case studies, activities and exemplar materials kindly provided by local authorities help to illustrate practical steps to take. |
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Get Safe Online
http://www.getsafeonline.org/ Get Safe Online It's as easy as ABC with our ten-minute internet safety guide. Our site is sponsored by the British government and leading businesses to give you free, objective advice. |
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The thinkuknow Cybercafé for Key Stage 2
http://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/8%5F10/cybercafe/ The thinkuknow Cybercafé for Key Stage 2 pupils has been developed by CEOP (Child Exploitation and Online Protection), alongside BECTA (The British Educational Communications and Technology Agency) and the Internet Proficiency Group. It aims to develop safe and discriminating behaviours for pupils to adopt when using the internet and other technologies. Developed by teachers for teachers, the Cybercafé can be used safe in the knowledge that these free resources are appropriate for meeting whole-school policies relating to safeguarding and are fit for use in the classroom as well as within the PSHE/ICT curriculum. The resources include a teachers' pack, which consists of teaching activities and background information on new technologies, including advice and guidance on staying safe, lesson plans and pupils' worksheets. www.thinkuknow.co.uk/8_10/default.aspx |
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Checklist for Senior Managers (Internet Safety)
http://www.safewiredschools.org/checklist.html Checklist for Senior Managers on Internet Safety The Internet can be viewed either as a limitless resource that children should be free to explore or something that is fraught with hidden dangers and unscrupulous people from which children need to be protected. Depending on where a school district and local community fall along this continuum, they may make very different decisions on how to--and, in fact, whether to--manage the content that their students can access over the Internet. Here is a checklist that school officials can use when they approach this kind of decision. |
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Safeguarding the Wired Schoolhouse (USA)
http://www.safewiredschools.org/publications.html Safeguarding the Wired Schoolhouse (USA) The Safeguarding the Wired Schoolhouse Project has created a downloadable PowerPoint presentation. This presentation outlines public policy issues surrounding promoting online safety and compliance with the Childrens' Internet Protection Act. |
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Woogi World
http://www.woogiworld.com Children's Way is a national not-for-profit organization that has developed this very cool and interactive website called Woogi World that: 1. Educates children and their parents on what TO DO and what NOT TO DO while using the Internet. 2. Brings families closer together by helping children, parents, and grandparents spend more time together, both online and offline. 3. Helps children use their time, talents and energies to serve in the real world—their home, school, and community. |
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Activity Cards for online internet safety
http://www.netsmartz.org/resources/activitycards.htm Activity Cards for teaching and learning online internet safety Click on the titles below to print age-appropriate activity cards. These activity cards are related to the online activities and easy to implement with few extra materials. Printable handouts are included. Parents may want to skim through the activities to get ideas for discussing Internet safety with their children. Read "Introduction to Activity Cards" to learn more about using these activities with children. Supplemental materials are also provided for you, including visual aids and worksheets. |
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Watch real-life stories
http://www.netsmartz.org/resources/reallife.htm Watch real-life stories told by teens who have been victims of Internet exploitation. |
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NetSmartz411
http://www.netsmartz411.org/ NetSmartz411 NetSmartz411 is a parent and guardian’s premier, online resource for learning about Internet safety, computers, and the Web. Search our knowledge base for answers to all of your questions about the online world! If you can’t find what you’re looking for, use the “Ask the Experts” tab to send us a question. Your question will be answered by professionals who know a lot about Internet safety – the real-life analysts at the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. We handle daily reports about the online exploitation of children; and we’ll show you the steps you can take to keep the children and teens in your life safer online. |
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Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use
http://csriu.org/ Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use The Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use provides research and outreach services to address issues of the safe and responsible use of the Internet. We provide guidance to parents, educators, librarians, policy-makers, and others regarding effective strategies to assist young people in gaining the knowledge, skills, motivation, and self-control to use the Internet and other information technologies in a safe and responsible manner. |
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Child Safety on the Information Highway
http://www.safekids.com/child_safety.htm Child Safety on the Information Highway Personal computers are no longer the only method used for accessing the Internet. Children can go online from personal computers at home, a friend’s house, in school, a library, club, or cafe. Many game consoles can be connected to the Internet and used for chatting and other online interaction. It is also possible to access the Internet on mobile devices such as cellular telephones and other handheld devices. In other words children don’t have to be in the company of responsible adults to use the Internet. There are no censors on the Internet. Anyone in the world — companies, governments, organizations, and individuals — can publish material on the Internet. An ISP links you to these sites, but it can’t control what is on them. It’s up to individuals to make sure that they behave in a way that’s safe and appropriate. Guidelines for Parents |
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The NetSmartz Workshop
http://www.netsmartz.org/ The NetSmartz Workshop is an interactive, educational safety resource from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) and Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA) for children aged 5 to 17, parents, guardians, educators, and law enforcement that uses age-appropriate, 3-D activities to teach children how to stay safer on the Internet. The goal of the NetSmartz Workshop is to extend the safety awareness of children to prevent victimization and increase self-confidence whenever they go online. These goals include how to ... |
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Is wireless connectivity safe?
http://www.emf-health.com/ Is wireless connectivity safe? ... some source websites to help inform this topic ... www.emfacts.com www.emf-health.com www.sitefinder.ofcom.org.uk www.neilcherry.com www.bioprotechnology.com www.mastaction.co.uk www.microwavenews.com www.powerwatch.org.uk www.emfguru.org |
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Internet Safety
http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/children/internet.html Internet Safety Wherever you are in the world, you must do your best to stay safe. That is also true on the Internet. Here are some ways to stay safe online. |
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Schools' e-Safety Policy and Guidance
http://www.clusterweb.org.uk/kcn/e-safety_home.cfm Schools' e-Safety Policy and Guidance The Schools' e-Safety Strategy Group comprises Teachers, Officers, Child Protection and Kent Police to advise on online safety in Kent schools. | Kent Schools e-Safety Policy Guidance (May 2007) | Core Primary e-Safety Policy and Audit | Core Secondary e-Safety Policy and Audit | Parents' Consent Form and e-Safety Rules | Staff Information Systems Code of Conduct | E-Safety for Pupils with AEN | Download e-Safety Posters | |
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Know IT All
http://www.childnet-int.org/kia/ Know IT All Know IT All is a set of award-winning resources developed by children’s internet charity Childnet International to help educate both young people, parents and teachers about safe and positive use of the internet. |
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Keeping children safe on the Internet is everyone's job.
http://tinyurl.com/2qxwuo Keeping children safe on the Internet is everyone's job. I.B. Asia Pacific Teachers Convention March 2007 (pdf of Handout) |
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BlogSafety Forum
http://www.blogsafety.com/ BlogSafety Forum Welcome to the BlogSafety.com forum, where parents, teens, educators, and experts discuss and learn about safe blogging and social networking. You might call this social networking about the social networks! |
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Cyber-Safe Kids, Cyber-Savvy Teens
http://cyber-safe-kids.com/ Cyber-Safe Kids, Cyber-Savvy Teens Essential strategies to keep children and teens safe online. In Cyber-Safe Kids, Cyber-Savvy Teens, Internet safety expert Nancy Willard provides you with need-to-know information about those online dangers and gives you the practical parenting strategies necessary to help children and teens learn to use the Internet safely and responsibly. Free booklets for parents and teens. Parent - Teen Internet Use Agreement |
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Internet Safety: Videos and PowerPoints
http://internetsafetyvideos.blogspot.com The link above goes to one of the Shambles "Forest of Theme Blogs" pages that provides videos and other multimedia resources to support the topic here. If you would like to see all of the Theme Blogs then go to the full list at http://www.shambles.net/blogforest or click where you see this button 
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Think U Know
http://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/ This website is brought to you by the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre and contains loads of information on internet safety and safe surfing for young people. All hot topics about online safety are covered – including mobiles, blogging and gaming sites – and you can tell us if you feel uncomfortable or worried about someone you're chatting to online. Think U Know is a site set up the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre in the UK, but its advice is relevant wherever you are. "Parents should be aware that it's very frank and open about the potential dangers, so make sure you're around to offer support if they're disturbed by it. But perhaps better they be disturbed by the potential than fall into any traps." |
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Video Clips related to online safety
http://www.wiredsafety.org/wiredlearning/videos/ Video Clips related to online safety Features the 4Ps video and the You Never Know series of public service announcements. The 4Ps is a video by Parry Aftab that covers the dangers of Predators, Pornography, Privacy and Piracy. The You Never Know series created by the Child Safety Research Institute, a Canadian partner of WiredSafety, is a series of Flash animations that portay a teenage boy or girl online with who they think is another 14 year-old. Each animation starts the same way, but has a different ending. It not only gets the stranger danger message across, it shows teens that predators may not be the only ones on the other end of the keyboard and can open conversations about cyberbullying and monitoring of communications. | Predators | Pornography | Privacy | Piracy | 4Ps Series | You Never Know PSAs | Super Safe Kiddo | Kacie Renee Woody | dangerous chat | |
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Guidance Note on Flashing Images and Regular Patterns
http://tinyurl.com/yfe4uw Ofcom Guidance Note on Flashing Images and Regular Patterns in Television Ofcom Notes : UK Flickering or intermittent images and certain types of regular pattern can cause problems for some viewers who have photosensitive epilepsy. These guidelines have been drawn up following consultation with leading medical opinion in this area with the aim of reducing the risk of exposure to potentially harmful stimuli. |
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Information on epilepsy: Photosensitive epilepsy
http://www.epilepsynse.org.uk/pages/info/leaflets/photo.cfm Information on epilepsy: Photosensitive epilepsy Epileptic seizures can sometimes be triggered by certain frequencies of flashing or flickering lights, or by certain geometric shapes or patterns. This is a fairly rare condition and is known as photosensitive epilepsy. Computer screens usually operate at a high enough frequency that they do not provoke seizures. What may matter more is what is showing on the screen or the game. For example is the person looking at a flickering image or changing geometric pattern? |
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i-SAFE
http://www.isafe.org/ i-SAFE Inc. is the worldwide leader in Internet safety education. Founded in 1998 and endorsed by the U.S. Congress, i-SAFE is a non-profit foundation dedicated to protecting the online experiences of youth everywhere. i-SAFE incorporates classroom curriculum with dynamic community outreach to empower students, teachers, parents, law enforcement, and concerned adults to make the Internet a safer place. Please join us today in the fight to safeguard our children? online experience Includes video clips that can be downloaded for use with students, teachers, and parents. |
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Internet Safety for Secondary Schools
http://www.cybernetrix.com.au/ Internet Safety for Secondary Schools |
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Internet Safety Education for Primary Schools
http://www.cyberquoll.com.au/hub.htm Internet Safety Education for Primary Schools |
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ParentsCentre (UK)
http://www.parentscentre.gov.uk/ Safety advice related to the use of .. Webchats, interviews, videos Using computers and the internet ParentsCentre has been developed by the (UK) Department for Education and Skills as a resource to support parents. |
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Guide for teachers and parents on good internet practice
http://www.broadbandsecurity.bt.com/img/teacherparentguide.pdf Guide for teachers and parents on good internet practice (141 KB pdf file) This guide highlights the risks that children may face, provides advice to help children in your care keep safe online and activities to make them think about online safety. This resource includes worksheets to use with students ... and a ten point guide to keep children safe online. Published by BT (UK) |
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An Internet safety presentation (Podcast)
http://tinyurl.com/o2mpb An Internet safety presentation (Podcast) Your kids are home but do you really know where your kids are? An Internet safety presentation delivered to upper school parents at Greenhill School. The presentation was delivered on March 27th, 2006 by Chris Bigenho- Director of Educational Technology at Greenhill. All audio files are mp3 format and the slides are provided in pdf and PowerPoint formats. There were 3 video clips used in the presentation. Two of these can be found on the parent resource page and were part of a series produced by Dateline NBC. |
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Computer Ergonomics for Elementary School
http://www.orosha.org/cergos/index.html Computer Ergonomics for Elementary School This site will show you some simple and affordable ways to make sure that your body is safe and comfortable while using a computer. Schools and telecentres usually can't afford specialized tables and chairs, and this site explains how to set up of computer workstations using ordinary furniture. A printable poster demonstrates the proper posture for working at a computer. The information is directed at computer use by children, but the information is just as true for adults who spend long periods of time at the computer. |
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Warning Label Generator
http://www.warninglabelgenerator.com/ Warning Label Generator : online interactive utility Step #1: Choose a warning label... | Step #2: Choose a warning symbol... | Step #3: Type in your warning message... | Step #4: Click to generate hazard labels | |
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Online Safety (video)
http://www.wiredkids.org/resources/video/index.html Online Safety (video) |
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Parenting Online
http://www.wiredkids.org/parents/parentingonline/index.html Parenting Online How to guide your children when using the internet ... free booklet to download |
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ICT Health and Safety Policy from BECTA (UK)
http://tinyurl.com/a6wpg ICT Health and Safety Policy from BECTA (UK) | Health and Safety representatives | Risk assessment | Manual handling | First aid | Fire | Display screen equipment | Smoking restrictions | Eating restrictions | Health and safety awareness | Health and safety implementation | Temporary staff | |
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Parent's Interactive : Internet Safety Toolkit
http://www.netalert.net.au/02076-Parents-Interactive.asp Parent's Interactive : Internet Safety Toolkit An online interactive for parents to help them become aware of common Internet safety issues and how to deal with them in the family. |
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Health and Safety of Portable Display Screen Equipment
http://www.hse.gov.uk/research/crr_pdf/2000/crr00304.pdf Health and Safety of Portable Display Screen Equipment This report describes the findings of research into computers in the UK. The aims of the project were: - to determine the extent to which portable computers are used within organisations - to determine the extent of any health problems associated with portable computer use,and the risk factors involved, in comparison with full-sized display screen equipment - to identify the features of portables that were desirable and undesirable from the point of view of users?health and safety - to identify the key features of good working practice with such equipment, including task design and user training requirements. |
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Using Computers: Office of Horrors
http://www.openerg.com/dse/horrors.html Using Computers: Office of Horrors ... the wrong way to design a work station. For an interactive assessment of your office, and guidelines on how it can be improved, fill in our questionnaire. |
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Wireless Broadband: Health & Safety Information
http://www.adelix.com/solutions/pdf/hs-wlan.pdf Wireless Broadband: Health & Safety Information This document discusses the health effects of radio emissions and extremely low frequency (ELF) electromagnetic fields generated by wireless equipment such as mobile telephones and wireless access points. In addition, this document aims to explain that the proposed technology for delivering wireless broadband falls well below the recommended levels of radiation and is in fact far less harmful than many devices used in our day to day lives. pdf file |
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Health Risks : Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs)
http://www.hpa.org.uk/radiation/understand/radiation_topics/emf/wlans.htm Health Risks : Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) Wireless Local Area Networks are becoming a popular way of networking computer equipment in the home and office. The different items of equipment communicate with each other using radio signals. NRPB has a statutory responsibility under the Radiological Protection Act 1970 to provide advice on protecting people from radiation hazards, including those arising from exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMF). Guidelines on limiting human exposure to electromagnetic fields have been published internationally by ICNIRP in 1998. NRPB has published advice on limiting exposure to electromagnetic fields and has recommended the adoption in the UK of the ICNIRP guidelines. The advice is supported by a comprehensive review of the science related to developing guidelines. |
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Protect Against Harmful Radiation (and other hazards)
http://www.charnaud.co.za/ajc/products.asp?groupid=2 There have been some concerns about harmful radiation from mobile phones, computer monitors, laptops on laps etc. This link is to a solution that may also fit in with the school uniform policy for staff and students. ;-) |
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Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use
http://csriu.org Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use (USA) The Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use has been established to provide outreach services addressing issues of the safe and responsible use of the Internet. Our goal is to provide guidance to parents, educators, librarians, policy-makers, and others regarding effective, empowerment strategies to assist young people in gaining the knowledge, skills, motivation, and self-control to use the Internet and other information technologies in a safe and responsible manner. The following document, Responsible Netizen Philosophy and Approach, provides more information about the underlying philosophy and approach of the Institute. |
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Safe and Responsible Use of the Internet
http://csriu.org/onlinedocs/index.html Safe and Responsible Use of the Internet | Children's Internet Protection Act | What is Right and What is Wrong | |
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ChatNannies
http://www.chatnannies.com/ ChatNannies is a unique site where you can become involved and help to make chat rooms a safer place. We know that children in particular enjoy chat rooms, and are going to continue to use them even with strict parental controls. Any responsible parent advises about the use of the internet and chatrooms, but wouldn? it be good to know there are real people monitoring chatrooms who are looking out for the safety of YOUR CHILD? Chat Nannies is FREE, and with a little input from you, we can make chat rooms safe again. This problem is growing and will not go away, join us and help us fight this threat. |
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Working with Computers - Health Aspects
http://www.teachers.org.uk/resources/pdf/computers.pdf Working with Computers - Health and Safety Aspects published by the National Union of Teachers NUT in the UK This briefing gives guidance on health and safety precautions for teachers and pupils working with information & communications technology equipment, including computers, keyboards, display screens or visual display units, laptops and printers. |
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