SID Kit 2012 - Insafe Resources SID Kit 2012 - Insafe Resources

Play and learn: Being online

Play and learn: Being online is a 30-page collection of games and activities for children aged 4-8 years. At this age, many children are already online and some have their own mobile phone or access to their parent’s device. But who teaches them about basic online safety concepts, when they are rarely discussed at home or at school?
 
This resource provides young internet users with a glimpse of how technology can impact on their daily lives, and delivers basic messages for keeping safe online. The fun and engaging activities also help to develop basic language, mathematical, social and cultural skills.
 

Although the activity book was created in such a way that young children can enjoy and do the games alone, many of the exercises do have a deeper level. The booklet endeavours to encourage parents and teachers to talk about topics such as privacy and modern technology with their children and pupils, starting from a very young age as these issues undoubtedly already play an important role in their lives.
 
The guide is currently available in 15 different language versions, with more planned. An additional guide is available for parents and teachers.

eSafety Kit for families

Based on the printed ‘family toolkit’, the online eSafety Kit provides a fun interactive environment for families to work together on understanding online safety issues and risks, and developing rules and guidelines together. With sections on security, communication, cyberbullying and entertainment, and including various tips, downloads and links, children and young people can explore key online safety messages. Additionally, sections for parents and teachers provide a range of downloadable resources for use in the home or the classroom.
 
  • Access the resource (in all 10 languages). The online kit also contains links to download the printed version.


Teachers handbook: Using the mobile phone in school: Handling opportunities and risks appropriately


This guide was originally developed by the Austrian awareness node Saferinternet.at, and subsequently translated into English by the Insafe network. The handbook provides answers to relevant questions on mobile phones in school and provides an overview of how mobile phone usage can be dealt with successfully and in everyone’s interest. The handbook also includes materials for classroom activities and 10 tips for using mobile phones in schools.
 



Guide for parents: Education and new media

Originally produced by the Italian Safer Internet Centre, and subsequently translated into English by the Insafe network, this guide recognises the need to appreciate and promote the full potential of new technology in the lives of our children, while not underestimating the risks involved. It is intended as not just a simple technical advice kit but, above all, an educational guide from which parents can gain a clearer sense of the importance of their role.
 
The guide covers a broad definition of new media including television and video games as well as the internet and mobile phones.