Online Event: “Maddie is Online: a creative learning path to ethics of online safety and security for young people”
About the event
“Maddie is Online: a creative learning path to ethics of online safety and security for young people”, is a project funded by the Scottish Government and supported by Digital Xtra Fund.
Our purpose is to engage schools with the concepts of an Ethical Digital Nation:
"Growing as an ethical digital nation and developing trust in the way we use data and apply digital technology is a collective responsibility” (Scottish Government Ethical Digital Nation)
We are ready to share and discuss with school teachers, librarians, parents and everyone involved with young people our new freely available eBook that will be released soon, packed with resources that are free to use and are intended for children aged from 9 to 13 years old. They can be delivered by professionals, such as educators, librarians and youth workers, who wish to support and engage young people on these topics.
Why focus on ethics?
Children and young people can benefit from a greater exposure to online ideas, opportunities for learning, creativity and connectivity, but there are also causes for concern, abound in modern discussions of data ethics: they are equally vulnerable to the pitfalls and harms that can befall anyone, who is unfamiliar with safeguarding their own rights.
Series 4 eBook structure
Each lesson plan includes a short description of the story, learning outcomes, lead-in questions and Activity Plan sections directly related to each of the series' themes, which are intended to take approximately 45 minutes each to complete.
These are followed by Ideas for Educators and Extension Activities which help to further explore key concepts and additional resources that can be used as desired or as class time allows, in follow up sessions or set as home activities.
They are tagged by function (e.g. educator reflection points, educator research, background information and thinking points, practical hands-on activities, presentation slides with discussion elements, child-friendly activities and other printable activities).
Finally, also included, where appropriate, are applicable background resources, guides to explanations, and research for educators.
Details of the session
As part of this free online session, we will offer an overview of the five themes of the new series and the new eBook that will be available in October via the project blog. We will also share details on how to join a series of 5 free workshops we will be organising from the middle of October up to December on each of the 5 themes below.
• Theme 1 Online behaviours (i.e., online behaviours that may result in risk of harm to others; private versus public ideas of personal data on social media) - 13th Oct at 3.45pm.
• Theme 2 The Internet of Things (i.e., how different devices can collect and share data about people with or without their knowledge) - 1st November 3:45pm.
• Theme 3 Understanding online terms and conditions (i.e., making safe and age-appropriate choices of online tools, apps and services, browsing the Internet safely, e.g., online consent understanding digital cookies) - 15th November 3:45pm.
• Theme 4 Identifying online scams/phishing and fraudulent websites and digital messages (i.e., how a device - computer, laptop, webcams, phones etc. can get hacked) - 29th November 3:45pm.
• Theme 5 Private and Personal Information (i.e., data handling and privacy; setting up strong passwords) - 8th December 3:45pm.
Dr Konstantina Martzoukou in collaboration with Mesomorphic
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