Better Internet for Kids

Ira Losco, a Maltese influencer, talks about how easy it was for predators to target her and about the frightening experience she had to deal with when she was younger.
Certain dangers have been around long before social media.
Social media offers a lot of connectivity and connection possibilities, but it is important to understand when it is safe and when it is not to meet people you don’t know.

Today, together with the rest of the #world, #Malta is celebrating Safer Internet Day. It is celebrated globally in #February each year to #promote the #safe and #positive use of #digital #technology for #children and #young #people.
With the theme “Together for a better internet", the day calls upon all stakeholders to come together to make the #internet a #safer and better place for all, especially for children and young people.

A set of tips relating to sexting and online safety.
Since Covid-19 has driven more children and adults online, we decided to issue these tips online through our Facebook and Instagram pages, rather than in poster format as originally intended.

Webwise have created two new additional lessons to the 3rd & 4th Class edition of the HTML Heroes Online Safety Education Programme:

• Lesson 9. Chatting online
• Lesson 10. Playing online. 

These additional lessons are designed to complement the original lessons of the programme where the online safety themes and topics covered could be used as a follow on from the original lessons. 

Designed for post-primary teachers, this webinar explores how to address the topic of cyberbullying and promote respectful communication using the #UptoUs resource and the Connected short film.

Teachers will gain confidence in how to explore this topic with students and gain practical advice on what to do if an incident of cyberbullying is reported to them. 

The webinar will include expert SPHE input on best practice, provide teachers with expert advice and information on how to effectively address cyberbullying in school. 

Connect with Respect, developed in partnership with Webwise addresses the topic of cyberbullying, and aims to try to prevent this behaviour from happening and to empower pupils to respond effectively if cyberbullying and harassment does occur. 

The lesson is designed to help students at the Junior end of post-primary, between the ages of 12-14, to understand the impact of their actions and that it may in fact constitute cyberbullying and online harassment. 

This lesson has been developed to help students understand the Harassment, Harmful Communication and Related Offences Act 2020 and the legal consequences of it for young people. This lesson is intended to be appropriate for the 3rd to 5th year demographic (post-primary).

Originally issued as a Tip Sheet Poster, we re-purposed the information and adapted it to make it more appealing to share it through our Facebook page, in time for the covid-19 pandemic restrictions and lockdowns for parents.

Originally issued as a Tip Sheet Poster, we re-purposed the information and adapted it to make it more appealing to share it through our Facebook page, in time for the covid-19 pandemic restrictions and lockdowns targeting teachers.

Originally issued as a Tip Sheet Poster, we re-purposed the information and adapted it to make it more appealing to share it through our Facebook page, in time for the covid-19 pandemic restrictions and lockdowns targeting young users.