Better Internet for Kids

Each poster gives professionals working with children and young people an overview of each topic as well as how they can raise awareness around staying safe online.

Online Safety and Gaming:
This poster explores why gaming is so appealing as well as ways professionals can promote staying safe online to children and young people and is part of our extensive gaming hub that explores the topic in more detail. Sections include:
What gaming is
Benefits of gaming
Considerations for gaming
Socialising online
Reporting and blocking

Digital Wellbeing at School:

This extensive report compiled by Professor Andy Phippen from Bournemouth University looks at what strengths and weaknesses have been seen within online safety over the past year for schools in England. Data from the 360Safe tool which covers over 13,000 schools and colleges in England has been used to compile the report. The data that has been gathered, analyses how schools across the board have implemented online safety practice and policy into their communities.

Yubo is a social media livestreaming platform which is free to use and available on Apple iOS or Android. It lets users connect and interact with other users primarily through livestreaming. The user base for Yubo stands at around 60 million and covers a global scale.

SWGfL has released this new checklist in partnership with Yubo. It aims to give users a wider understanding of what Yubo is as well as describe and explain what privacy and security features are available.

This general training is oriented towards the living environment of young people. With the help of case studies, 5 main topics are discussed in relation to the opportunities and risks of the Internet.
The training is part of the middle school subject "Digital Sciences".

This general training is meant for primary schools, the class learns, how to create and use a profile on social networks, in a safe way.

The cyber-bullying guide gives practical advice on how to react to cyber-bullying, it is aimed at people with intellectual disabilities from 12 years old on.

This article treats the issue of deceptive digital designs and raises awareness of their potential impact on your behavior as an user.
It explains what dark patterns actually are, where you encounter them how they should affect you and what to look for when dealing with them.

It is intended to support you as an user in maintaining control over your actions and your data, and to protect yourself from online risks, such as; abuse, tricks or even manipulation.

On the Internet, you may encounter people who have no real influence on your daily life, you can even benefit from the Internet, maybe you are given chances and opportunities....

Unfortunately being active on the Internet also comes with some danger, concerning you or even others.
This guide offers some advice, tips and tricks to protect yourself from the daily risks on the Internet.

This teaching unit for secondary school teaching staff aims to raise awareness among young people about sexting and is entirely based on the video " Sharing ? ", which was filmed in Norway.

This general course meant for primary schools, is an introduction which focuses on what to watch out for on the Internet in a child-friendly way. By comparing offline-online scenarios, the training is also very suitable for classes that have little online experience.