Better Internet for Kids

"I Like It" is an anti-cyber bullying rap performed by the GMCBeats Youth Crew to celebrate Safer Internet Day 2015.

Part of the Myselfie teaching resource. Lesson 3, How Bullying Feels and How Best to Respond, gives students an opportunity to explore the emotions involved in a cyber bullying situation and to develop strategies for coping effectively.

Part of the Myselfie teaching resource. Lesson 4, You’ve been framed, will help the students to reflect on their photo sharing practices. They will examine the characteristics of digital photographs; focusing on what makes them different from traditional photographs.

Part of the Myselfie teaching resource. Vicky's Party addresses the topic of Cyber Bullying, exclusion as a form of bullying and gives pupils a chance to empathise with those affected by it. It will also motivate them to act responsibly and intervene in a positive and safe way.

Lockers is an information and education resource. It assists schools in coping with and preventing the sharing of explicit self-generated images of minors. Lockers is the first Irish education resource of its kind to tackle the sensitive subject of sexting.

In collaboration with our project parnert and cybersecurity expert, CERT.be, we developed a educational tool for teachers (or other education professionals) to work on the topic of privacy and personal information. According to recent European studies, children are using the internet and owing smartphones at a younger age, already from their 8 years old. The average age when children use the Internet in Belgium is 7,6 and owing a smartphone is 9,2. That is why we decided to focus our target group on 8 -11 years old.

This resource is composed by seven 10'' mini videos and one 30" trailer diffused during the SIC's Communication Campaign "I Super Errori" - "The Super Mistakes".

Almost every cartoon of the Vinz and Lou on the Internet serie has its own little quizz which enables the learner to evaluate its understanding of the episode through a test.

The game is supposed to be play by parents and children together to make them know their respective use and knowledge of the Internet : for instance, children are asked if they think that their parents know where the word "blog" comes from, and parents are asked if they actually know where it comes from. They can then compare their answers and adjust their perception of each other's uses and knowledge of the Internet.

Serie of cartoons.
Vinz is a young nice boy who loves browsing on the Internet but who neglicts to protect himself. Lou is his malicious little sister, who is just starting to use the Internet. Through the adventures of these two funny characters the children empathize with, the kids become conscious of the consequences of their actions on the Internet.