Keeping children safe online in today’s climate requires much more than a basic filter.
It requires advanced solutions that help keep children safe from rapidly evolving threats in all areas of their online lives — without compromising their education or creativity.
The good news is those technologies are already here and are already being used by 20% of schools in New Zealand to gain greater visibility.
They include:
“We can’t block our way to a safer internet, there's a lot more that needs to be done than basic-level filtering. And one of the key things is visibility.”
Saunil Hagler, NZ Education Director in a recent interview with The New Zealand Herald
Basic filters block entire websites against some risk categories, therefore restricting access to valuable learning resources and allowing some harmful content through. Advanced filters, on the other hand, block content against a wider range of risk categories, and therefore create a much safer internet that supports learning.
What a child says, does or shares online can expose them to risk. Linewize’s human-moderated monitoring technology alerts schools in real time to any child suspected of being at risk as a result of their digital interactions. Whether this is inside a website, on a forum, on social media, in collaborative documents, in school, at home or in between.
Risks can also arise in the digital classroom with devices being used in schools all day, every day. Classwize provides teachers with the tools to monitor and manage students' online activities in real time, helping to maintain both focus and safety without compromising the learning experience.
Children experiencing harm or difficulties online don’t always speak up. Linewize Pulse gives students a channel to speak up and schools an additional way to spot those in need — in just 60 seconds a week.
“The 'Adult Content' category is the most flagged search category by Linewize Solutions compared to bullying, violence, substances or depression.
Linewize identified a search for adult content every 3 minutes in the last 12 months.”
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Making a difference in children’s lives, and empowering those who care for them, are the reasons we exist.
Linewize is a child digital safety technology provider. Founded in New Zealand, our digital safety solutions now protect 9 million students worldwide, and reported over 30 million risk alerts to schools in the last 12 months alone.
The good news is those technologies are already being used by 20% of schools in New Zealand.
We are also world leading digital safety engineers, product developers, digital wellbeing experts. They in turn are supported by ex police officers, teachers and former school IT leaders. Every New Zealand school we work with benefits from this expertise.
Together we help schools address 5 major student safety concerns:
How safe are our students online?
Are we spotting every at risk child online?
Are we finding children at risk fast enough?
How can we engage our parental community better?
What/who are we missing by relying only on a basic government provision?
Raising the bar – together
They are committed to providing the best possible digital safety for the children in their care. They trust that we can help them achieve this.
Hear their stories below:
To help you raise the bar in student online safety please contact us.
We’ll help you understand the safety differences between free and basic government solutions versus more robust solutions capable of addressing today’s online challenges.
To find out more or arrange a demo please contact us. Our team of experts are waiting to help.
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