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GooseberryPlanet–http://gooseberryplanet.comTeachingChildrenOnlineSafety©2018GooseberrySchool–APartoftheGooseberryPlanetGroup–AllRightsReserved
GooseberryAlert26DigitalFriendships
PleaseshareyourGooseberryAlertcontentwithstudents,staffandparents.Allthatweaskinreturnandthespiritofmodellingpositivedigitalcitizenship:whensharingourcontent,pleaseacknowledge‘GooseberryPlanetLimited’asthesourceofyouradvice inrespectofourcopyright.Thankyou.
GooseberryStudent‘Discussions’oftheweek
Didyouknowthatonaverage,inthepastweek,twoinfiveyoungpeoplereportedfeelinganxiousorworriedaboutsomethingthathadhappenedonline?
Communicating and connecting online should be fun but it MUST BE SAFE. Usingtechnologytoconnectwithothersprovideschallengesforyou,yourfamilyandteachers.Itcanputusallatriskandmakeusfeelunhappy.
Usingyourtechnologywiselycanhelpprotectandkeepyousaferonline.Behavingrespectfullyandrespondingsensiblytoaproblemonlinecanhelptoo.
Discussthefollowingquestions: Howdoyouconnectandcommunicateonline? Howcanbeingonlineaffectyourmood? Whatdoyoudotomakeyourselffeelbetterifsomeoneupsetsyouonline? Doyouagree,thatcommunicatingyourfeelingsiseasieronline?Explainyourthoughts. Whoisresponsibleforyoursafetyonline? Doyourfamilyandteachersalwaysunderstandtheimportanceofyouronlinelife? Howwouldyoulikeyourfamiliesandschooltosupportyouwithyouronlinelife?
KeyMessages:Everyoneonlinehasaresponsibilitytomakeitakind,respectfulandsupportiveenvironment.
Wemustallleadbyexampleanddemonstratepositiveandrespectfulbehaviouronlineourselves.
Createcontentthatisfunandenjoyable.Connectsafelyonlineandreportcontentthatisbullying,offensiveorupsetting.
Yourgenerationmustleadthewayandcreateabetteronlineworldforusall.
Pleasesharewithstudents.
GooseberryTeacher‘Thoughts’oftheweek
Althoughwearenowbetterinformedaboutthenegativeeffectsofalifeonline,thishasnotpreventedtechnologybecomingcentraltoyoungpeople’srelationships.Inmanyrespects,theuseoftechnologytocreate,connectandcommunicateonlineisapositivephenomenon.
Youngpeopletypicallymakeuseofavarietyofmethodsandplatformstocommunicatewithothersonline,makenewfriends,shareexperiencesandsupporteachotheremotionally.
But, the ‘DigitalFriendships’ report,publishedby theUKSafer InternetCentre (2018), states that‘more than two in five young people reported feeling anxious orworried in the pastweek aboutsomethingthathadhappenedonline’.
GooseberryPlanet–http://gooseberryplanet.comTeachingChildrenOnlineSafety©2018GooseberrySchool–APartoftheGooseberryPlanetGroup–AllRightsReserved
Thesenewnorms forcommunicatingand forming relationships,whilst largelypositive, clearly stillpresentnumerouschallengesforyoungpeople,theirfamiliesandschools.Forsome,exclusionandmeannesshavebecomecommonplaceinyoungpeople’slivesonline.
Whatperhapsissurprisingandthankfulisthat,accordingtothereport,youngpeoplerecognisethesechallengesanddesirethesupportoftheirfamilies,schoolsandpeersincreatingasafer,happierandmorerespectfulinternetforall.
Regardingyourschool:• Howdoyouteachyourstudentsandtheirparents,tohelprecognisetherisksonline?• What opportunities do you provide to safely practice and demonstrate independence,
decisionmakingandpositivebehavioursonline?• Howdoyousupportyourstudentsandtheirparentswhenthereisaproblemonline?
Pleasesharewithstaff.
GooseberryParent‘Thoughts’oftheweek
Doyouknowwhatisgoingoninyourchild’sonlineworld?
Asaparent,youhaveavitalroletoplayinsupportingandmanagingyourchild’sonlinerelationships.
Childrenandyoungpeoplewantoursupportandhelpnavigatingandexploringalifeonline.Thisdoesn’thavetomeanknowingeverydetailofhowtheyusetheinternetandtheWorldWideWebtocommunicateandmakefriends,butratherjustbeingthereasasourceofsupportiftheyencounteranyconcerns,knowingwhattodoiftheyhaveandbeingproactiveinhelpingthem.
• Focusonthepositiveaspectsthatalifeonlinecanbringtoyourchild’ssociallife.• Helpthemtocreateapositiveonlineidentityanddigitalfootprint.• Supportthemwithchallengesthattheymayfacewiththeironlinelife.
Pleasesharewithparents.
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‘Deepfakes’-Face-swappingsoftware
Howwouldyoufeelifyourfacesuddenlynolongerbelongedtojustyou?
TheBBChavereportedonanalarmingnewtechnologyandAppcalled‘Deepfakes’.Thisalgorithmdriventechnologyenablescreatorstoedit,manipulateandexploitaperson’sfacialfeatures.TheAppallowsaperson’soriginalfacialimagetobedigitallyreplacedwiththatofanotherforanypurposeandwithinanycontext.Mostalarmingly,withouttheirknowledgeorconsent.
Thispresentsnewchallengesandrisksforusallwhenchoosingifandhowweshareouruniquepersonalimageandidentity,online.
Withoutpermission,‘Deepfakes’hasalreadybeenusedtoexploitandmisusethefacial imagesbelongingto‘celebrities’,tocreate‘fake porn’. Although the content has been banned on somewebsitesforthisreason,thereisnoclearpieceoflegislationthatcoverstheactofnon-consensualface-swapping.Findoutmoreandreadthereport:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/technology-43118477/deepfakes-the-face-swapping-software-explained
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