Better Internet for Kids

BeSmartOnline's back-to-school campaign features a moving image promoting kindness and discouraging cyberbullying. The accompanying caption, aligned with Bullying Prevention Month, encourages users to play a role in creating a positive digital environment.

Caption reads:
🚫 Stop the Cycle: Choose Kindness Online! 🤐
In honor of Bullying Prevention Month, let's remember the power we hold in not responding to mean messages. ⚡️

The flyer informs young people about the topic of hate speech. It shows what forms hate speech can take, where the limits of freedom of expression lie, and what criminal offenses may be involved. Helpful tips also provide guidance on what those affected by hate and incitement can do. Finally, there are references to information sites and links to useful hotlines and counseling services on the Internet. The flyer is intended to empower young people to take confident action against hate speech.

This poster is directed at teachers and students. They can hang it up onto their classroom wall.
On the poster you can find an explanation on how to create a secure password, a QR code to check the resistance of a password and advice on how to manage students' passwords.

This article explains the legal aspects of taking photographs of people in public places and their use. The central question is whether and in what cases the consent of the person photographed is required.

The "Once Seen it Cannot be Unseen" resource by BeSmartOnline addresses a critical concern — the sharing of terrorist and child sexual abuse material in online groups. The accompanying caption serves as a call to action, urgently alerting parents, guardians, and friends to the risks their children face.

The accompanying caption reads:
🚨URGENT ALERT 🚨
Parents, Guardians, and Friends,
Terrorist and child sexual abuse material is being shared in online groups, and our children are at risk.

In our continuous commitment to safeguarding children in the digital age, we present a crucial resource: the "Protecting Children from Online Grooming" guide. Developed in collaboration with Anti-Trafficking Malta, this informative leaflet aims to empower parents with essential insights into the pressing issues of online grooming and human trafficking.

Key Focus Areas:

-Protecting children from online grooming - a guide for parents,
-Tips to keep children safe online
-Signs to be aware of
-Tips on how to recognize online grooming and human trafficking

FIlming pranks with a hidden camera and even sharing the videos online: This can be fun, but it can also be dangerous to oneself or others. The teaching material "Pranks - All in good fun???" encourages students to reflect together on which pranks are harmless and where boundaries are crossed.

On the International Children's Day, the Children's Crisis Center has published preventive COLORING BOOKS on the topic of CYBER SPACE RISKS. It is a new preventive material that informs children about the pitfalls of cyberspace in a playful way. COLORING BOOKS will be appreciated by children and their families, kindergartens (when working with children of preschool age), school groups or homes for children and youth.

Follow-up seminar to the webinar “AI-AI-AI! What are you doing?"Part I
The webinar provides an overview of what has changed in the world of chatbots over the past six months, and introduced new applications that support teachers in preparing teaching materials.

The webinar introduces various ways to use applications based on artificial intelligence to prepare and conduct teaching.