The Webwise Primary Programme is the first-ever primary school internet safety teaching resource. The Webwise Primary Programme is a booklet which gives SPHE teachers assistance in teaching safe and responsible internet use.
Think B4U Click explores the issue of privacy in the context of the Junior Cycle CSPE class. Young people use the internet every day. And sometimes, they forget that what they say on social networking sites and in chat rooms is publicly accessible by anyone, anytime.
In an age of instant computer-based communications, it’s good to know that more traditional, and perhaps more personal forms of listening and advice services exist. Here, we give you the low down on both telephone services.
Google's SafeSearch filters allow you to change your browser setting to filter out adult content in Google search results. Here's how you set it up
We all want our children to be safe online. And we all want them to learn new things online. YouTube, the video website where millions of hours of footage is uploaded every day by ordinary people, companies and organisations, is a site which has massive learning potential for youngsters.
The theme for Safer Internet Day (SID) is Connecting Generations and to help connect the generations for SID the Webwise Youth Panel have come up with some tips for teachers who use Facebook
Bullying and cyberbullying are two sides of the same coin. Both are linked and display many of the same patterns, characteristics and methods. Both have a massive impact, physically and mentally, on victims. The issue of bullying is a complex one that transcends the school environment
Today, social networking of one kind or another is used by almost everyone with access to the internet. Whether it’s teachers, students or parents, the way we communicate with each other has changed so much within the last decade
In 2010, the Junior Certificate CSPE exam posed technology-related questions to students in a State exams first. As evidence of the importance of the ThinkB4UCLick resource, which you can read more about here, examiners asked pupils about social networking.
This is the home of MySelfie's Lesson 4. This focuses on digital photo sharing and how to use it responsibly. It includes a Irish made animation and plan.
At the end of January 2013, a new Action Plan On Bullying was launched by Ministers Ruairí Quinn T.D.(Education and Skills) and Frances Fitzgerald T.D.(Children and Youth Affairs). The plan outlines 12 priority actions that can be undertaken by schools and parents in helping to address and tackle bullying in our education system.
Worried about something you have seen online or concerned about your child? Childline and the National Parents Council Primary offer free advice and support service.
Childline is a support service for young people up to the age of 18.There is a 24hr telephone, online and mobile phone texting service.
The National Parents Council Primary enables and empowers parents to be effective partners in their children’s education.
Sometimes you might unwittingly stumble across illegal online content like child abuse imagery. Always remember: you can report it and get it removed using Hotline.ie.
Hotline.ie exists to combat the distribution and proliferation of illegal content, like child sexual
abuse content, in conjunction with police and Internet Industry