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- Published: Friday, 05 Febroary 2016 09:00
  
Protecteon and Wild have been launched and are now available on the AppStore!
Getting Started
Protecteon and Wild are NOW AVAILABLE!
To get started with Protecteon you need to do the following:
- DOWNLOAD the Protecteon app from the App Store onto YOUR device
- Create a Protecteon 'Parent Account' in the Protecteon app
- Create 'Child Accounts' for your children within the Protecteon app
- DOWNLOAD the free Wild browser app from the App Store onto your CHILD'S devices
- Configure the Wild Browser on your child's devices (disable Safari) as per the tutorials (accessed within Protecteon or viewable here)
- Monitor and control your child's internet activity from within Protecteon!
Use the buttons below to view each app on the Apple AppStore:
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- Published: Tuesday, 26 January 2016 10:45
 From The Evening Standard Newspaper:
The amount of time that children are spending surfing the Internet has overtaken the amount of time spent watching television for the first time, according to a new report just released.
A survey by research agency Childwise has discovered that young people now surf the internet for an average of three hours per day. This compares to the survey's findings of just over two hours spent watching television.
The most popular sites visited by children are:
- Video-sharing website - YouTube
- Image-sharing sites - Instagram and Snapchat
- Social networking site - Facebook
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- Published: Thursday, 21 January 2016 15:00
 21% of teens say they feel worse about their own lives after seeing what friends post on social media. This is just one of the many stats that have been published recently about teens and social media. Fear of missing out is one of the factors to feeling this way, but also, seeing someone else's post get so much attention when anything they post barely gets a single like or comment, can lead to anxiety and depression.
This article covers some interesting facts and figures about the way social media is changing teenagers. From mental health concerns that the teenagers themselves have, to meeting-up with romantic partners met through Facebook… Some of this may be surprising!
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- Published: Friday, 27 November 2015 14:00
 It’s clear that the Internet is great and is changing the way we communicate. However, as with everything new or developing, there are always bad people lurking around who are constantly thinking of new, more covert, intentionally deceptive, and sometimes ingenious ways of exploiting people online. So even though the game is constantly changing, there are still some basic rules and tips for staying safe when using the Internet to browse websites and use online services.
This article covers the crucial areas of being safe and secure online. From the basic guidelines to share with your child, to a more in-depth look at how hackers can get into your life and steal your personal data and more...
- Internet 101
- General Safety Advice For Children
- Updates
- Use Strong Passwords
- Security Questions
- Links / Attachments in e-Mails
- An e-Mail Address Is For Life, So Choose Carefully!
- Further Tips
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- Published: Tuesday, 24 November 2015 15:30
 The Internet can be a wonderful place and is full of amazing things you can do. Technology is everywhere these days and children are encouraged to learn from it and learn how to use it from an early age at school. This is to prepare them for a working world that is becoming more and more filled with keyboards and screens.
Although family time that is ‘offline’ and involves sport, activities, games, or just good old-fashioned fun is obviously a must in the development of any young mind, guiding your child through the online playground as well will ensure they are not left behind, and it will also ensure they feel comfortable asking your advice about online things in the future.
Mentor your child in how to use the Internet. Show them the cool stuff, the really useful stuff, the hilarious stuff, the interesting stuff, the communication tools, etc. But also tell them what they should not do and remember to put it into context with an example of ‘why not’ (the moral of the story). Even if that means showing them a news article where someone’s life was turned upside down, or someone who suffered terrible embarrassment by a mistake they made online. Again, this will build their confidence in approaching you to discuss things like this if it should happen to them in the future.
- In The Real World
- Don't Do That! ... But Why?
- The Internet Is A Playground!
- Don’t Forget to 'Monitor' – It’s Not All Safe!
- Where Do I Start With The 'Mentoring'?
- Some Great Sites And Ideas
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- Published: Thursday, 19 November 2015 18:45
 From The Guardian Newspaper:
From Minecraft builds to YouTube videos – not to mention YouTube videos of Minecraft builds – children in 2015 have plenty of options for digital entertainment.
YouTube, in particular, has emerged as an alternative to traditional children's TV – although it's probably more accurate to say that the two are merging: plenty of popular children’s TV shows are now on YouTube in some form, while to young viewers – many on tablets – it's all just "video".
With the launch of its YouTube Kids app in the UK and Ireland, the company is hoping to capitalise, but this being YouTube – owned by Google – it's also kicking up a debate about its motivations, as well as familiar arguments about children and screen time...
- Is YouTube in the driving seat, or its young viewers?
- Should parents use YouTube as a ‘digital babysitter’?
- How comfortable are we with advertising to children?
- How much tracking is too much tracking?
- Is the new children’s TV actually any good?
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- Published: Thursday, 22 October 2015 15:26
 Sony, Universal and Warner Music have all agreed to send music videos produced by their artists to the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) before they are uploaded to YouTube and Vevo. This is great news because if a video has an age restriction, then it will be blocked within YouTube when SafeSearch is enabled in Wild...
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- Published: Thursday, 22 October 2015 15:25
 The ParentInfo.org website has recently updated a section of its website explaining 'online teen speak'. If U R 'hella baffed' by it all and would like to be 'on fleek'... (or at least know what the warning signs are!), then a read through this article will give you an idea of what to look out for and listen out for.
Not all of these phrases are used in the virtual world, but most are and they are likely to be used in chat. At the very least they will give you knowledge of some new 'keywords' that you may wish to add to your child's blocked keywords list in Protecteon.
If you hear or see a phrase that you don't understand, or if you see your child is searching for a particular word/phrase in the 'Review Searches' section of Protecteon and you really can't suss it out, then try this list. However, if all else fails - Google it!
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