Better Internet for Kids

Hoe ga jij als leerkracht met sexting om en hoe moet je reageren in bepaalde situaties? Dat is niet altijd even gemakkelijk. Deze lesvoorbereiding rond ‘sexting’ werd ontwikkeld voor leerlingen van het secundair onderwijs. In deze les willen we met de leerlingen aan de slag gaan rond het thema “online media en seksualiteit”. Zo gaan we onder meer:

nadenken over welke foto’s je neemt en deelt
stilstaan bij het “recht van afbeelding”
reflecteren over
respect
empathie
vertrouwen
intimiteit & integriteit

Poster om op te hangen in scholen met tips en tricks over sexting

Sex Thing is made by theatre company O’Kontreir from Schilde, Antwerp province, and premiered in Mechelen on Tuesday.

The show focuses on pupils in the second grade of secondary education, showing them the possible consequences of sexting – sending nude or sexual photos via social media. If for example a couple break up, one partner can take revenge by publishing explicit pictures of the other.

We hebben de neiging om bij relaties en seksueel gedrag via nieuwe media, meteen het ergste te denken. Kinderen en jongeren experimenteren, dat hoort bij een normale seksuele ontwikkeling. Flirten gebeurt op een andere manier dan vroeger. Tot een paar jaar terug maakten we ons zorgen over het beeldmateriaal dat kinderen en jongeren opzoeken. Nu maken ze die foto’s en filmpjes ook zelf. Ze wisselen erotische berichtjes, spannende foto’s en filmpjes uit.

Child Focus is happy to present sexting.be: a platform that gathers information, tools and resources for a wide variety of target groups around the topic of... sexting. By targeting parents, schools, teachers & youngsters themselves, the platform offers a 360° approach in awareness raising.

What is in it (for you) besides articles, our training offer and information?

- Schools: A policy enhancing tool than allows schools to develop a tailor made policy in orde to prevent sexting to go wrong and how to handle sexting that DID go wrong.

- Classroom level:

MediaNest - the eSafety website for parents.

Tv, internet, sociala media, games … they are playing an important role in the lives of kids and youngsters. Most Flemish parents see the media use of their children as something positive, but also as a challange. Some parents have the feeling they can't cope and don't understand new trends. That is why Child Focus, together with Mediawijs and more than 20 other partners, created MediaNest, a website where parents can find an answer to all their questions concerning media and their children from 0 to 18 years old.

Child Focus developed this tool for the Safer Internet Day 2014. The “Safer Internet Day Quiz” aimed at all classrooms from 5th and 6th primary school. Students are asked to reply to the quiz regarding e-safety with 10 questions related to social mediaz, webcam, right of image, privacy and personal information, cyberbullying, etc. at the end, tips and tricks are given for the students and the teacher.

The Child Focus helpline is receiving more and more cases of 'sexting gone wrong' (or secundary sexting). Therefore we created an educational video for youngsters, introducing the the grandma rule: don't post / share any content online that you don't want to see in a frame at you grandma's.

The Child Focus helpline is receiving more and more cases of sextortion. Therefore we created a 'decision tree' for youngsters, with some usefull tips and tricks.

Child Focus decided to focus this year's edition of the Safer Internet Day on sextortion, an upcoming issue where teens are meeting a new 'hot' contact online and are quickly asked to get undressed in front of their webcam if they want to see more of their new friend... unfortunately, once the video has been made, the teenager is asked to pay a large amount of money or the video will be shared amongst his or her friends and family. Unfortunately, the blackmailing does not stop even if the payment is made.