Better Internet for Kids

Nowadays, even the youngest children can use smartphones and tablets. Some parents worry their child spends too much time in front of the screens and/or feel completely overwhelmed by the rapidly changing world of digital media.

For parents many questions arise in this context: When should my child have its own smartphone? Do televisions or game consoles belong in the child's room? How much time should my child spend in front of screens?
Should my child use them independently? Etc.

Serge Tisseron, French psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, published his book "Grandir avec les écrans - La règle 3-6-9-12" (Growing up with screens - The rule 3-6-9-12) in 2013. This rule, which is still up to date, sets out an approach over a period of almost 10 years (from 3 years to 12 years) that shows how screens can be used positively by families. BEE SECURE summarized it all on a poster.

The crossword puzzle was created as an accompanying material to discussions at schools on the topic of cyber security. Children aged 10 to 12 years have the task to solve it in groups and discuss the topics with the lecturer. We have also used this resource as a recommended material for parents during the "coronavirus holidays" to go through the concepts with their children and talk about Internet safety together.

Saturday January 25th 2020 the Norwegian Safer Internet Centre arranged an all-day workshop for fourteen teenagers at the age of 13 to 15. The purpose of the workshop was to listen and learn from experts, i.e. the youth themselves, to gain deeper insight into their digital lives. This movie documents the day. In addition – based on statements by the participants - three shorter theme films and one compilation film are under development; privacy and sharing of images, advertising and pressure and gaming.

Campaign directed towards parents. Using Safer Internet Day as a kick-off and, the “Social media 1-0-1” – was launched. The campaign – using Facebook as a platform, give parents a 3-step launch to get better knowledge of the four most used social media – and advice on what they should talk to their children about. The campaign leads to a website, as well as and printable fact sheets, with all four sets of insight and tips.

With 10 short tips, this resource aims to help parents accompany their children for a safe, responsible and positive use of the Internet.

A web page which includes educational materiel for children and parents. Includes lesson plans, comic, quizzes, posters e.t.c

A tv spot which promotes the best practices for being safe online.

Connected comprises five modules exploring young people’s rights and responsibilities online, emerging digital technologies and topics including big data and the data economy, deep fakes, false information and online wellbeing. The five modules are:
1. My Online Wellbeing
2. News, Information and Problems of False Information
3. Big Data & the Data Economy
4. My Rights Online
5. Publishing Online - Group Project

‘Big data’ has transformed the economy we live in. Over the last few decades, it’s become far cheaper to collect and store, and much more valuable to own and use. It’s now overtaken oil to become the most valuable resource in the world.

This short animation is one of the supporting animations for an education resource titled; Connected – an introduction to digital media literacy.