Using Grammatical Signals Suitable to Patterns of Idea Development
Insafe - striving for a better internet
1. Striving for a better internet
Janice Richardson
15 February 2013
www.saferinternet.org
2. INSAFE, since 2004
30 national centres:
Awareness team
Helpline
Youth participation
Hotline
3. A knowledge system to inform…
Awareness
centres
INHOPE
31 Ministries Against illegal
content
of Education
Youth
participation
Helplines
EC Assessment platform
4. Insafe: almost 800 resources in 25 languages in 2012
Games and Websites and Offline Gadgets, leaflets
video clips online tools etc.
277 208 155 154
Video for toddlers,
Belgium
Fun story for 5-7 yr olds Interactive ads,
Greece Norway
5. Insafe reach to children, teens, parents, teachers
Total: 5 million
6. What we know today about young people
online
Children are going online earlier – 37% of 3 - 5 year olds
online in the UK – OFCOM 2012
Their «online life» begins early: 23% of 5-7/43% of 8-11
yr olds on Facebook
Online technology is shaping their learning modes e.g.
zapping, multi-tasking…
They want to discuss their online activities with us, but 60%
say adult intervention aggravates problems
Its never too early to focus on responsible use!
7. Five actions to address our concerns
Family discussion and good parenting
Capacity building – literacy & citizenship
Focus on the positive – experience & content
Youth participation - to learn about emerging trends, test
child-friendly solutions, empower through peer-to-peer
Share resources, experience & strategies across countries to
respond to the challenge
8. 4 spheres of influence in a child’s life
Family Peers
Teachers Media
9. Problem
Creation solving
Social
Media
Responsible
use
Traditional Digital
Information
Communication
10. Creating resources – Content
Research-based: keep pre-start & post-end points in mind
Recoginsable colour/characters/design – encourage
transmedia intertextuality
Piloting – intensive, with widely diverse subjects
Shared fun! But each to his own… parent info counts
Blended solutions e.g. downloads + stickers
11. Delivering resources
Get parents & teachers on your side! via f2f workshops,
«privileged» info, professional publications etc.
Hard copy publications more popular than online (Insafe
av: 111 downloads/month/resource ≠ 1500 month by post)
Visibility on portal and easy ordering procedure
Input & accreditation from EU/international institutions
Partner with dissemination capacity
European Economic European Data
& Social Committee Protection Supervisor
12. Reaching media
SID
Connect with respect!
online rights & responsibilities
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13. Children are great imitators. So let’s give
them something great to imitate!
For further information: Janice.Richardson@eun.org
info-insafe@eun.org