Better Internet for Kids

In 2021 an agreement had been concluded by Google and International Children’s Safety Services (abbr. ICSS). Google had a Programme called ‘Be Internet Awesome’ (abbr. BIA) thanks to ICSS which is now available in Hungarian as well. BIA’s main goal is to educate online safety in Hungarian schools in order to reduce internet abuse and raise awareness to the importance of safer online presence. As part of the Programme, BIA will help teachers, children and parents to be more conscious, responsible online citizens.

In the framework of Safer Internet Day campaign 2021 Estonian Safer Internet Centre published a web magazine Notice a Child special edition Smartly on the Web.
It has around 20 articles about misinformation, Safer Internet Day events in Estonia, distance learning, child participation etc.

Magazine can be found:

Tallinn University of Technology in Estonian Safer Internet Centre published an e-book "Women in cybersecurity - rolemodels for girls". E-book is targeted mainly for 7th-12th grade students and also for their parents and teachers.

It contains different tests and chapters such as are you interested in ICT, test your possibilities, skills and career, girls and women in ICT etc. It also contains personal stories and career choices of different women who can be rolemodels for girls and motivate them to have a hobby or start to learn something connected to ICT.

Estonian Safer Internet Centre created Smartly on the Web advent calendar and published it on the website www.targaltintenetis.ee.
Each day from 1.12. to 24.12.2021 people had an opportunity to open a new window where they found digital tips and tricks for smarter and safer use of smart devices for both children and adults.
The calendar had practical suggestion for each day. For example, answers to these questions:
🔹 What to be mindful of when using Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and other social media platforms

Estonian Union for Child Welfare compiled an inspiration booklet about how to celebrate Safer Internet Day in Estonia.
It contains thematic educational resources, videos, articles etc.

In order to enhance the impact of our awareness campaigns toward families we decided to produce interactive resources promoting parent-child dialogue. Therefore we have recently designed an interactive quiz where Parents and children are invited to take turns answering a series of questions on how they get information and check the veracity of information on the web. By comparing the answers, the game highlights the points on which the parents' and children's uses or opinions agree or differ... which can lead to interesting debates!

The cybersecurity game "Cybersec Stories 2" focuses on various security incidents in the digital world. The game consists of cyber security incidents that help raise general awareness in the field of cyber hygiene. CyberSec Stories 2 is the second installment of Cybersec Games (first released in 2018). The deck contains 49 cards depicting a cyber security incident. The task of the players is to find a solution to the cases during the game.

The resource includes instructions how to set up Whatsapp account privacy settings for Android. The instructions state the age limitations of the applications, how to make accounts private, how to inform people within the application and how to receive advice and help. The text of the guide is presented in a user-friendly way, including for children and young people. The guide contains illustrations for making the text easy to understand. The resource is available for downloading and for printing out.

We are actively working on the production of interactive resources, promoting parent-child dialogue. With this in the background, we have designed an interactive quiz where parents and children are invited to take turns answering a series of questions on their knowledge and practices of social networks. By comparing the answers, the game highlights the points on which the parents' and children's uses or opinions agree or differ... which sometimes leads to lively debates!

A curriculum of training workshops on digital culture and programming. As part of this series of workshops, TRALALERE offers children aged 10 and over the opportunity to discover the basics of computer programming with fun and educational content! Citizen Code workshops "Digital professions" course. Discover the "Digital professions" course and create a video game.