Better Internet for Kids

In Ireland, almost 180,000 people took part in events, activities, and campaigns to highlight Safer Internet Day 2020. The organisations and schools that registered their events can be viewed on the interactive map on the Webwise Safer Internet Day Hub: www.webwise.ie/saferinternetday

Here is a small snapshot of some of the activities that took place across the country.

On the 15th of January, Webwise hosted the Safer Internet Day Ambassador Training Day in Google HQ. Over 100 students from across Ireland gathered together to learn new skills and activities to help them plan and prepare for running their own internet safety awareness raising campaign in their school, clubs or organisations. The aim is to make Safer Internet Day a success in communities and schools across Ireland.

Connected comprises five modules exploring young people’s rights and responsibilities online, emerging digital technologies and topics including big data and the data economy, deep fakes, false information and online wellbeing. The five modules are:
1. My Online Wellbeing
2. News, Information and Problems of False Information
3. Big Data & the Data Economy
4. My Rights Online
5. Publishing Online - Group Project

‘Big data’ has transformed the economy we live in. Over the last few decades, it’s become far cheaper to collect and store, and much more valuable to own and use. It’s now overtaken oil to become the most valuable resource in the world.

This short animation is one of the supporting animations for an education resource titled; Connected – an introduction to digital media literacy.

With so much information at our fingertips it can be easy to come across something online that isn’t quite as accurate or reliable as it should be. This kind of information is often called Fake News but a better description might be false information because it affects more than news stories.

This animation, explaining false information, supports the education resource Connected - an introduction to digital media literacy.

In our Parenting Hub, Expert Videos section, Áine Lynch, CEO of the National Parents Council Primary offers advice for parents if something goes wrong online for their child.

This video is among the series of Expert Videos available on the Webwise Parents Hub. Áine Lynch, CEO of the National Parents Council Primary offers advice for parents if they are concerned that their child is spending too much time online.

Áine Lynch, CEO of the National Parents Council Primary offers advice on effectively managing screen time.

Áine Lynch, CEO of the National Parents Council Primary offers advice for parents on talking to your child about online safety.

Elaine Byrnes, Doctoral Researcher-Psychology, NUI Galway explains why teens may get involved in sexting and offers advice on how parents can talk to their teen about image-sharing.