2. Classroom Control, E-safety and Network Management software that
enables:
What is Impero?
• Teachers to teach (without being IT experts)
• Network Managers to manage and protect their network
• SLT to enforce AUP’s and identify children that may be at risk from harm
• Students to make safe, responsible choices when using ICT and stay on task
3. What is Impero?
Teachers to:
• Manage pupil behaviour in
relation to the use of ICT and the
internet in school
• Identify and safeguard a child
that may be at risk of harm
• Use ICT in a fun and engaging
way to enhance lessons
• Take a managed rather than a
locked down approach to e-safety
and web filtering
Network managers to control and
manage:
• Devices on their network
• Print
• Power usage
• Licensing
• Patch management
• Firewalls
• Block websites, applications,
windows, USB sticks
Network, E-safety and Classroom Management software that enables:
4. How Impero Ed Pro enables a school to take a managed approach to e-safety in line with
Ofsted Best practise
5. Key word detection policies
• Sexting
• Grooming
• Suicide
• Self-harm
• Adult Content
• Others in pipeline
e.g. radicalisation & terrorism,
weapons & violence, illegal
content, gambling, drugs,
hacking, general swearing.
• Eating Disorders
• Bullying & Trolling
• Racist language
• Homophobic language
9 key word detection policies with term definitions
6. E-safety detection policies – quick sample
Keyword
• FOAD
• FUGLY
• Bio-oil
• An hero
• Thigh gap
• Pic 4 Pic
• Womb raider
Definition
• Text speak for: F*** off and die
(A phrase that may be used to upset someone or encourage them to commit suicide)
• Text speak for: F****ing ugly
(A phrase that may be used to upset someone or to make them feel worthless)
• A stretch mark oil
(that is often used by self harmers to minimise appearance of scars)
• A dead hero (term used for getting kudos by committing suicide)
• A space between the top part of a persons legs
(An aspirational body image often sort after by people with eating disorders)
• Text speak for: Picture for picture
(A potential indicator of a user sharing naked images of themselves online)
• Derogatory slang term for: A homosexual female
13. Confide tool
• Confidential reporting service
• allows users to send notifications, anonymously if they
wish, of any concerns that they may have about
themselves or any other person.
• Ofsted requirement for anonymous online reporting
mechanism
16. General e-safety - 7 Key strengths over other e-safety
monitoring solutions
Feature Benefit
1. Classroom control and e-safety
monitoring in one system
In line with Ofsted best practise, allows a
school to take a managed, rather than a
locked down approach, to e-safety –
shared amongst all staff as part of their
general behaviour management processes
2. Granularity of control over keyword
detection policies e.g. keyboard, URLs,
HTML etc.
Allows greater control over managing
false positives compared to other leading
monitoring systems
3. Key word definitions /explanations Glossary helps teachers to make an
appropriate judgement call as this feature
helps educate them about a potential
incident as it explains text speak/slang
terms and puts these into a context
around how it might be used
17. General e-safety - 7 Key strengths over other e-
safety monitoring solutions
Feature Benefit
4. Video capture for violations Helps provide further context around a
violation capture ( new policies set to
video record on severe violations).
5. Confide tool with log to record and
manage incidents
Puts a direct tick in the box with Ofsted as
enables students to report incidents
anonymously to named contacts within
the school and review logs of these
incidents – only monitoring and
classroom control product to have this
facility integrated into it.
6. Auto sanction setting Allows automatic sanctions to be set in
relation to the detection of a keyword e.g.
ban internet for x minutes.
18. General e-safety - 7 Key strengths over other e-
safety monitoring solutions
Feature Benefit
7. Keyword detection policies developed
in conjunction with key national
organisations and school pupils.
Ensures specialist knowledge and that
policies are kept up to date and contain
the relevant slang/text speak terms being
used in schools
19. Ofsted inspecting e-safety
School-based reporting routes
that are clearly understood
and used by the whole school,
for example online
anonymous reporting systems.
Students actually quickly learn to like us as they actually have more freedom moving forward as schools are more confident of opening up access to Social networking sites, You tube etc - a freedom, but with responsibility’ approach. If they are doing nothing untoward they have nothing to fear and teachers can use, and allow students to use more engaging resources that are out there!
Increase teaching time spent on the key learning objectives within a lesson by breaking down the barriers of using technology in class
Save money as world class e-safety monitoring & classroom control software integrated in one package
Empower your teachers to deliver engaging lessons using ICT by giving them the tools to monitor, control, & manage internet and ICT use, ensuring minimum distractions & maximum learning
Something to potentially talk about with E-safety officers, CPLO/s, head teachers etc. It all informs good practise and good assessment.
Policies set to detect only, can be set to block etc or even set to trigger another action e.g. send email alert, ban internet for x minutes etc. School can edit and amend easily to suit needs.
Set to detect if typed, can be programmed to detect in html code, urls. Application windows., emails etc
Possible to duplicate policies so you can set up higher levels of detection, or bespoke settings for your most vulnerable students. Will increase false positives but only for circa 10 students rather than the whole school
Glossary definitions to help understand text speak and why some terms are detected.
Only product on market that has the definitions to accompany terms so helps educate teachers to know what is going on and make a judgement call on the level of action required.
Screen shot of server where you can set up different policies for different groups and apply different settings e.g.
Display AUP when users log in
Can log acceptance of AUP
Can log users off if do not agree to AUP
Text, font colour and image can be added to AUP to customise to audience/school
Teacher console - Teacher can see all screens of students in their lesson in real time. And remote into the students computers if required to offer assistance
Acts as a deterrent as gets students thinking about and modifying their behaviour. Most students are at risk because they either don’t know, don’t care, or don’t think. Just knowing they are being monitored in realtime can make them think and modify their behaviour.
Teacher console:
Teachers can manage and view incidents as they arise in their actual lesson - screenshot evidence, just for their lesson.
Matches with Ofsted’s recommended whole school approach for e-safety as empowers class teachers to deal with incidents as part of their general behaviour management strategies.
Key SLT e.g. head of pastoral care, DSL, LADO etc. can still look at log viewer to view any incidents that need escalating, managing etc.
Console; Log viewer
Who, were, when data – can be used to look for evidence and also for involving specialists e.g. CPO’s, anti-bullying officer, pastoral care staff etc.
Can set up email alerts for certain violations to be sent to certain staff members etc.
SLT can look at trends over time, and start using data to manage/change policies going forward.
Good evidence for Ofsted as all incident notes can be logged in system.
Example if a screen shot
Who, where , when, what data – a picture paints a thousand words
Evidence that can be shared with pupil, other staff, parents/carers etc.
Print, export to Pdf.
Really powerful with parents as a picture paints a thousand words – moves conversation on from proving a pupil has done something to discussions around behaviour and what to do moving forward.
Confide button that sits on desktop and/or login screen for students to click on to report a concern
Direct tick in the box with Ofsted Inspection judgements criteria.
Windows that students will see when clicked on Confide button. All text fully customisable and logo etc can be added to welcome page
Can include photos/ images of relevant members of staff.
Confide Viewer log in teacher console.
Manage incidents from within the Confide Viewer. Audit trail of actions etc. Categorise types of incidents e.g. homophobic bullying, physical bullying etc.
History can not be edited or deleted – so full audit trail. Stops a teacher getting rid of an allegation about them.
Unique features for impero
First came out Sept 2012, constantly being revised
Impero helps schools take a whole school and managed approach to e-safety. It also provides an electronic online reporting mechanism, one of the features listed as being seen in good or outstanding schools in Ofsteds e-safety briefing for inspectors.
These are real incidents that have been captured in schools ( identifying data has been removed to protect the school, and its pupils who kindly gave us permission to share these examples).
