Better Internet for Kids

Belgian parents are closely involved in the digital education of their children. However, less than half of them know what their children are doing on a daily basis, or how to assist them properly in their first steps on the internet. That's why Google, Child Focus and Test Achat are launching the Cyber Heroes program. As of January 2019, employees of Libraries Without Borders will visit schools, libraries and community centers throughout Belgium to give workshops to children and their teachers.

SERIOUS GAME

To make the best of it on the internet, children have to make smart choices. Cyber Heroes motivates young children to surf the web safely and wisely. This allows them to discover the online world in a confident way.

Be cyber smart
Share with Care
Good news travels fast, but so does bad news. Children can end up in awkward situations, with lasting consequences. How can they prevent this? By understanding what they should or should not share with their friends and acquaintances.

Be cyber alert
Don't fall for fake

SERIOUS GAME


To make the best of it on the internet, children have to make smart choices. Cyber Heroes motivates young children to surf the web safely and wisely. This allows them to discover the online world in a confident way.

Be cyber smart
Share with Care
Good news travels fast, but so does bad news. Children can end up in awkward situations, with lasting consequences. How can they prevent this? By understanding what they should or should not share with their friends and acquaintances.

Be cyber alert
Don't fall for fake

Our young people and the internet
Although Belgian youngsters love the Internet, they are not always careful about it. Surfing the internet offers thousands of possibilities, but at the same time can be a difficult balancing act in which our youngsters have to be guided. Encouraging young people and children to use digital resources richly and creatively, but safely, is therefore necessary.

Child Focus is committed every year, in partnership with internet industries, to raise awareness among children in the fifth and sixth grade via the "Internet Safe & Fun" workshops.

Our young people and the internet
Although Belgian youngsters love the Internet, they are not always careful about it. Surfing the internet offers thousands of possibilities, but at the same time can be a difficult balancing act in which our youngsters have to be guided. Encouraging young people and children to use digital resources richly and creatively, but safely, is therefore necessary.

Child Focus is committed every year, in partnership with internet industries, to raise awareness among children in the fifth and sixth grade via the "Internet Safe & Fun" workshops.

“Intelligent programs” are numerous and more and more present in our daily lives, but how to identify them? How to differentiate artificial intelligence from machine learning? How do these programs work?

Raise awareness of the notions of personal data and digital identity by explaining the right reflexes to put in place to protect oneself on the Internet and social networks.
- Address the notions of digital identity, traces and self-image.
- Know how to protect yourself and your personal data.
- Adopt a reasoned and responsible attitude on the Internet.

Understand the principle of digital identity and learn how to manage it while thinking about good practices to secure one's profile(s) on the Internet and social networks.
- Address the notions of digital identity, traces and self-image.
- Know how to protect yourself and your personal data.
- Question digital habits and put them into perspective with those of peers.
- Know the rules of online publishing (limits to freedom of expression, right to image, copyright).
- Adopt a reasoned and responsible attitude on the Internet.

Learn how to differentiate between virtual and real friendships and learn best practices for exchanging and sharing personal information or content with friends on the Internet.
- Address the notions of friendship and digital friendship
- Question one's uses of digital technology and put them in perspective with those of peers.
- Know the rules of online publishing (limits to freedom of expression, right to image, copyright).
- Know how to protect yourself and your personal data.
- Adopt a reasoned and responsible attitude on the Internet.

Distinguish between real and digital friendships and learn how to avoid the risks of sharing personal information or content on the Internet and social networks.
- Address the notions of friendship and digital friendship
- Question one’s use of digital technology and put them in perspective with those of peers.
- Know the rules of online publishing (limits to freedom of expression, image rights, copyright).
- Know how to protect yourself and your personal data.
- Adopt a reasoned and responsible attitude on the Internet.