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This campaign is designed to change the way we, as adults, think about the Internet and young people's online activities. Adults are increasingly concerned about cyberbullying and online safety, often brought about through lack of awareness or understanding. Bullying behaviour is not new, relationships play out online just like they do everywhere else but technology has given us a new platform to communicate and connect with each other. This means these same platforms can also be used to be hurtful and nasty to each other. What is different is that there is a link between understanding how young people use technology and your confidence and ability to respond effectively to problems they may experience online. If you don't know the difference between instant messaging and social networking or how to make profile's safe, you may not have the confidence to respond if a child is having problems with any of these. We need to see the Internet differently; it is an integral part of our lives. It is just another social space we spend time in. A helpful way to look at this is to think of the Internet as a place, not a thing. Many adults see the Internet as a ‘tool' they can use to shop, browse, book holidays and keep in touch, whereas for many children and young people, it is where the spend time and meet with friends. When a child asks if they can go into town with their friends, depending on their age, you would want to know who they were going with, how long for, where exactly they would be and you'd agree when they were to phone to let you know they are okay. When children get a new laptop or mobile phone and they let us know they are away to use it, we need to have the same concerns and a similar response, because if they are going online, they are still going somewhere. The following video illustrates this; please feel free to share it with colleagues, friends and family... Copies of the She's still going somewhere posters can be downloaded here |
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