Magdalena Ciołek, Kidprotect.pl Foundation, Poland


BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Magdalena Ciołek is a clinical social psychologist, a graduate from the 1st and 2nd degree courses in Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) and the School of Counteracting Violence in the Family. She has cooperated with the Association magdalena_ciolek.jpgfor Counteracting Violence in the Family "Blue Line", providing consultations for persons involved in domestic violence.

Currently Magdalena Ciołek is a vice president and trainer of the Kidprotect.pl Foundation, a member of the Team for Combating Children’s Discrimination in Mass Media at the Office of the Prime Minister, and the coordinator of the “Children under Protection” Agreement.

Privately, she likes sailing.


ABSTRACT

30 September, Wednesday, 14.30 - 16.30

Parallel session: Teaching children about Internet safety
Presentation topic: School of Safe Internet 

The main goal of "School of Safe Internet", a programme carried out by the Kidprotect.pl Foundation and the TP Group, is to raise knowledge about broadly understood online safety among teachers, parents, and students, and consequently – to reduce risks related to young people’s access to harmful content, cyberbullying, technological threats, and psychological manipulation, including paedophilia and addiction to the Internet.

The programme has been carried out under the honorary patronage of the Minister of National Education, the Children’s Ombudsman, and the Government Plenipotentiary for Equal Treatment, in cooperation with Axel Springer, Nasza-Klasa.pl, Allegro.pl, Microsoft, Cisco, F-Secure, and other partners.

Schools from all over Poland (primary, junior secondary, and secondary schools) may apply for a free "School of Safe Internet" certificate, which is granted in the printed form and as a graphic sign that can be used by the schools in advertising and on their websites. Each school is also entered in the list of certified schools available on the programme’s website, SzkolaBezpiecznegoInternetu.pl. The certificate is granted for three school years.The "School of Safe Internet" certificate may be granted to a school which:

- Uses filtering software to block harmful content;
- Uses security software to protect its computers;
- Uses legal software only;
- Has organized training for the teaching staff, parents and students about keeping children safe online – in cooperation with the Education Centre of the Kidprotect.pl Foundation or another institution certified by the Foundation;
- Displays information on safe Internet use in places where students may use the Web;
- Organizes prevention activities concerning safe Internet use to encourage students’ active participation (e.g., artistic competitions, production of stage performances or educational videos – together with students);
- Cooperates with the appropriate police unit for preventing online threats, especially cyberbullying;
- Has developed and implemented a document describing its policy of online safety as a components of the school’s educational activity; such a policy statement has to be approved by the Foundation;
- Presents information about its efforts on its website and communicates it regularly to the Kidprotect.pl Foundation.

 
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