Earlier this year the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and the Home Office published the Online Harms White Paper, outlining government proposals to make the internet a safer place.
As part of the Childnet response we wanted the invaluable youth perspective on these ideas, so we asked 78 of our Childnet Digital Leaders questions which were relevant to the proposed Online Harms White Paper. These ranged from questions about the issues facing young people online to what they thought industry could do more of.
Here are some of the things they said:
“I think the biggest issue on the internet at the moment is people are over-sharing and therefore giving others too much information which they can abuse. We are always told the same things: ‘never share your password online’ ‘never talk to someone you don’t know’ and ‘keep your privacy settings high’, which are all incredibly important, however we are never taught any of the new problems.”
“I believe that social media is a big issue as it leaves a large window for cyber bullying, peer pressure, online predators and addiction. Young people face issues through social media and are constantly challenged to have the best things, the most followers etc and it can greatly upset a minor.”
“(I want to know) what the outcomes of telling teachers or trusted adults about your problems are.”
“Something that should be covered in school more often is teaching about what to do when you are being cyber bullied and how to deal with it.”
Welcome to the June edition of our monthly achievements and updates blog. Here we congratulate schools who have completed their training and share good news stories from Digital Leaders schools.
Northern Ireland Regional Event
This month we had our third Regional Event in Bangor, Northern Ireland. The event was an opportunity for young people across Northern Ireland to meet each other and collaborate on ways to share their online safety knowledge with the pupils at their schools. The young people also received exclusive training from the Childnet Education team who present sessions and workshops at schools all over the country.
Thank you to the Digital Leaders who attended the event, we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did, and we can’t wait to see how you impact online safety in your school community! Many thanks to the teachers in attendance who played a crucial role in the smooth running of the day.
Well done to the Digital Leaders teams from the following schools who have recently completed their online training!
Abbey Primary School, Northampton – 2nd cohort!
Birkenhead High School Academy- Juniors
Bromley High School Junior – 2nd cohort!
Brooke Hill Academy
Coopers School
Fens Primary School – 3rd cohort!
Gordon’s School
Grovelands Community Primary School
Llanischen Fach Primary – 2nd cohort!
Newcastle High School for Girls Junior School
Northampton High School – Junior GDST
Notre Dame Senior School – 2nd cohort!
Roedean School
Sandal Castle (VA) Community Primary School
Sandown Primary School
The Greneway Middle School – 2nd cohort!
Woodcote Primary School
Woodford County High – 2nd cohort!
Digital Leader Guest Blogs
Well done to Notre Dame Digital Leaders for the engaging blog that they sent to us including excellent top tips for speaking in assembly and key messages on hacking and secure passwords. Congratulations to King’s Ely Junior Digital Leaders for running another successful Digital Picnic, once again we are very impressed.
Take a look at their blogs that are featured on our website.
We love to post guest blogs from Digital Leaders teams, so let us know if your team would like to write a blog for our website!
Fantastic job Swaffield School Digital Leaders Wiktor and William who recently finished their training and made these excellent Digital Leader t-shirts. We love how creative you have been and can’t wait to see what you do next!
Thank you to all of the schools who have tweeted us this month, we are so impressed with your Digital Leaders teams and everything they have done to share their online safety knowledge. A special well done to West Kirby Grammar School Digital Leaders who took over their school computing department’s twitter for a whole week to share their top online safety tips!
Please share with us what your Digital Leaders team have been up to. Email [email protected] or tweet us @ChildnetDL #ChildnetDL to be included in the next update!
