Better Internet for Kids

Stephanie explains is a website where difficult or challenging topics are explained in an easy way. For example, making friends or money matters. In collaboration with Helpwanted, the helpline department of the Dutch EOKM, a module focused on online flirting was developed for teenagers and adults with a learning disability.

For secondary special education students, the online world offers opportunities to participate in society. So it is important for them to develop those digital skills that are appropriate for the times and will help them in the society of the future. Teachers face the challenge of paying attention to this in a clear and appealing way. Online Masters helps with this. It offers meaningful lessons for secondary special education. The various modules cover the use of digital and online technologies and the issues involved.

ScamCheck is the Dutch version of a tool developed by ScamAdviser. This tool can be accessed through our website Veiliginternetten.nl. By making this tool available in the Netherlands, we collectively ensure a safer Internet. Consumers can enter a link and are shown the probability that a website is trustworthy or looks like scam, phishing or malware.

The reporting platform Point de Contact has published its 2021 annual report on the volume of reports received and processed as well as on the trends observed in cybercrime. This report is also an opportunity to highlight the work carried out throughout the year 2021.
Here are some key figures: 81,416 URLs received in 2021 (+35% compared to2020), 21,109 URLs qualified as sexual exploitation of minors (+78% compared to 2020) and 20,330 URLs were forwarded to law enforcement authorities (+116% compared to 2020).

In an effort to make its resources for the general public ever more accessible, the French hotline Point de Contact is launching, in December 2022, its new prevention and awareness campaign in the form of short videos.

On the occasion of the French National Day against Harassment at school, the French hotline Point de Contact has launched a new comic strip : “A picture of Lou has been taken without her consent/Lou est prise en photo à son insu”.

STAR+ is an online pedagogical tool that allows professionals to guide young people aged 10 and older with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and/or a learning disability, for example due to an intellectual disability, in their online exploration. STAR+ can be used in both special and inclusive education.
Topics such as detecting reliable info online, privacy settings on social media, online and offline friends, challenges and sexting are covered.

Free available via: www.childfocus-star.be

STAR+ is an online pedagogical tool that allows professionals to guide young people aged 10 and older with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and/or a learning disability, for example due to an intellectual disability, in their online exploration. STAR+ can be used in both special and inclusive education.
Topics such as detecting reliable info online, privacy settings on social media, online and offline friends, challenges and sexting are covered.

Free available via: www.childfocus-star.be

The French hotline Point de Contact is pursuing its awareness campaign for the general public and is publishing a new comic strip entitled "Alice falls into a pimp's trap / Alice tombe dans le piège d'un proxénète".

Baby in digital age - paper folding game is aimed at parents of small children aged 0-3 to support their media education. Game can be played alone, in pairs or in a group, between parents or those working with children. There is additional material to support the topic in folding games instructions