Better Internet for Kids

February 9 is Safer Internet (SI) Day. On this day, the 1st class students of Alytus Vidzgiris pro-gymnasium together with teacher Diana Marculeviče discussed what the internet is, what children do online, what games they play and whether all games are good, why you need to protect personal data, how to behave online, and how much time you can spend at your computer. After the conversation, the students drew the drawings "Safe Internet".

Growing interest for the Safer Internet Week campaign highlights the growing public need to know about threats and learn the most important rules of conduct in the digital space. According to the participants of the campaign, no matter how old you are, safe behavior on the internet is important for everyone - from kindergarteners, school children, young people and seniors. So it is not surprising that although all the events of the campaign took place remotely, the number of participants was even higher than in previous years.

"Should criminal liability for online piracy be strengthened?" The students of Vilnius Balsiai pro-gymnasium chose this topic for the debate during Safer internet week 2021. Piracy is an issue in Lithuania, because many people do it, sometimes without even knowing that their online activities are illegal. The authors suffer really great losses, which are difficult to calculate accurately. Unfortunately, only few cases are prosecuted in the courts each year for criminal liability purposes. So the public should ask questions about how to change the current situation.

This school year, the community of Kėdainiai kindergarten Pasaka participated in the eTwinning project “Computer and Health. How did I do at home? ” During the implementation of the project activities, we invited the teachers working in the institution to actively participate, creatively organize SID activities, involve parents, try out various IT tools, and share the implemented moments. We share here photo gallery.

Video platforms are very popular, even among the youngest.
They are often used from a young age to watch videos of children's songs or cartoons, and at a later age to watch videos of video games, toys, music videos, and humour, by children and teenage Youtubers.

What does climate have to do with digital media and young people?
PT SIC provides in Portuguese a didactic resource with the theme: Digitalization and Climate. Environmental awareness in the digital world.

The use of information technology has profoundly changed the way we see things. We learn, work, interact, and spend our leisure time very differently than we did just a few decades ago.
The consequences of these profound changes cannot be all positive. It is easy to see many benefits in the use of technology, but we know there is another side to this equation, with abuse and illegality.
Cyberbullying, hate speech, grooming, sextortion, identity theft or online fraud are just some of the threats online. This ebook is designed to prepare you for them.

The National Commission for the Promotion of the Rights and Protection of Children and Adolescents, in collaboration with the Council of Europe, has translated into Portuguese a booklet produced by this international organisation in child-friendly language, which contains guidelines for respecting, protecting and fulfilling the rights of the child in the digital environment, and is presented to children and adolescents up to the age of 18.

This publication consists of a guide and a game, both targeted parents, who experience conflict in the household in relation to their children’s use of videogames. The guide provides information on why such conflicts can occur and suggestions for how to handle them. It presents different stories from everyday life where different conflicts around gaming habits are viewed from the perspective of the child/young person.

The activity book contains four sections:

Digital Privacy, which focuses on reducing data traces and understanding online profiling;
Digital Security, with tips on creating strong and secure passwords;
Digital Wellbeing, which deals with the addictive nature of smartphones;
and finally Misinformation, a guide for consuming and sharing information online.

The toolkit is designed for 11 to 16-year-olds who already have their own devices, but it can be used by people of all ages. All you need is a smartphone or a tablet, a printer and something to write with.