Primary Computing Pledge

1. To adhere to national and school policies regarding child protection and online safety. 
2. To adhere to the national CEOP guidelines see http://www.ceop.police.uk/ and thinkuknow.co.uk 
3. Not to make images of learners, students, school or University staff without permission from the school in the case of pupils or the individual in the case of adults. 
4. Not to publish, circulate or use for course or none course related purposes any image or information about a child or professional practitioner encountered as part of the PGCE programme without permission. 
5. Not to expose pupils to inappropriate materials or details which would allow them access such materials. 
6. To always anonymise material included in course related tasks and assignments. 
7. Not to give learners any details of personal telephone numbers, Email accounts or access to social networking accounts. 
8. Not to engage with learners encountered on the primary PGCE within any form of social networking. 
9. To report to an appropriate authority any suspicious or suspected activity encountered which might be considered to be bullying, grooming of a young person or a threat to young person. 
10. To act to discourage and if encountered report any form of cyberbullying. 
11. To promote ESafety and responsible use of ICT and web based resources so as to enable young people to interact at an appropriate level. 
12. If a school requires you to support homework by Email set up a separate ‘professional account’ for this purpose. 
13. If you load sensitive pupil data onto your laptop please ensure that it is encrypted www.truecrypt.org 
14. My showcase Blog Site will be my own work and will accurately reflect my personal capability in Computing. 
15. To include on the first page of my website a disclaimer to say the author is not responsible for any content which may be encountered on internet sites linked from my site e.g. You Tube