Maddie is Online Series 1 Booklet with resources

MADDIE IS ONLINE
RESOURCES AND LESSON PLANS
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Series 1
2021

“...PARTICIPATE SAFELY,
EFFECTIVELY, CRITICALLY
AND RESPONSIBLY IN A
WORLD FILLED WITH SOCIAL
MEDIA AND DIGITAL
TECHNOLOGIES” (COUNCIL
OF EUROPE 2020).
There are diverse challenges and opportunities created in the online
everyday life context for young people. The use of a wide range of
social media enabled online tools for messaging, video sharing and
online gaming to connect with others, learn and experiment is
increasing. In recent years, there is a focus on children’s development
of digital skills for the online environment, addressing, not only safety
and protection, but also active engagement, participation and learning
in the digital society. With this comes an emphasis on empowering
young people with skills that help them to deal with the challenges and
dangers of the online world but also understand wider online social
issues and phenomena in their digital lives, such as cyberbullying,
online privacy, online ethics, online democratic participation and human
rights. This resource is intended for educators, librarians and parents
who are called to support, guide and enable young people's online
connectivity, online behaviour and digital mindsets.
ABOUT THIS
RESOURCE

'Maddie is Online' is aimed for teachers, librarians
and parents, who may lack accessible resources or
time to educate young children about the challenges
and opportunities of online connectivity. 'Maddie is
Online' is an engaging and fun digital literacy skills
cartoon video resource, supported by state-of-the-
art research, workshops and digital lesson plans. The
material can be used in different subjects (Personal
and Social Education, English, ICT, Health and
Wellbeing) at school or at home in an accessible
way, empowering young people with skills that help
them deal with challenging phenomena in their
digital lives.
Project Blog: https://maddiesonline.blogspot.com/
Playlists: bit.ly/2LwnE6T
Twitter: @MaddiesOnline
Email: k.martzoukou@rgu.ac.uk
ABOUT THE
SERIES

SERIES 1
ONLINE RESILIENCE
8 video episodes
Duration: approx. 17min.
Access:
https://bit.ly/38fNoPn
The series also includes
'Reflections on social
media and cyberbullying':
(4min 11sec).
Series 1 asks children to
choose in an activity the
best scenario for dealing
with issues of online
resilience on social media.
ABOUT
SERIES 1 ONLINE
RESILIENCE

ABOUT THE EPISODES
SERIES 1 ONLINE
RESILIENCE
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Ask young people: 'What social media apps do you use in your
daily life and why?' (open discussion).
Ask young people: 'How does being online make you feel?'
(instruct to write down on a piece of paper anonymously and
hand back to you).
Ask young people to watch carefully the first video (‘Maddie is Online
– Introduction’), which introduces the scenario.
Put together the participants into teams of three or four.
Explain that there are six different options to choose from. Each team
should choose only one option and explain the reason they chose it.
Play each cartoon video solution (videos 2-7) selected by each team
and ask to reflect upon the choice given.
Play the final video: ‘Maddie is Online – Final Thoughts’.
Instructions
Steps before playing the cartoon videos:
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Steps for watching the cartoon videos & activity:
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LESSON PLAN
SERIES 1 ONLINE
RESILIENCE

RESOURCES
SERIES 1 ONLINE
RESILIENCE
External resources
We have collated and described a number of useful external resources that
accompany this series. These are aimed at children, their caregivers, and
professionals, including educators, librarians and youth workers who wish to
support and engage young people on these topics
The resources have been selected because they are of good quality and free
to use. If a specific free resource links to any paywalled content or services,
this is noted in the resource description of each listed item.
Tagging
Each entry is tagged for convenience, indicating the kind of items it offers, the
topics it addresses and the format(s) it is available in. The key to these tags is
provided in the following page.

intended
age group
9-12
9-12
9-12
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interactive
/ discussion
activity
support or
helpline
playable
game
cartoon
or video
media /
information
literacy
advice /
how to
guide
child-
accessible
without
supervision
adult-
directed
information
infographic
/ poster
social
media /
online
friendship
online
gaming
podcast
accessibility
features
digital
footprint /
reputation
RESOURCES KEY
SERIES 1 ONLINE
RESILIENCE
media
balance /
screen time
cyberbullying
cyber security
/ data
awareness

Common Sense Media
https://www.commonsensemedia.org/website-reviews/
A repository of guides to websites, popular apps and games, these reviews provide at-a-glance
minimum age-limits and 'safety ratings' for a wealth of online content relevant to caregivers.
Reviews can be filtered by specific tags such as age-group or media type, or the useful 'Popular
with kids' or 'Parents recommend'. While a basic summary is always visible, more in-depth
reviews including suggested related discussion topics for caregivers and children are also
available, however the site limits users to 3 free-to-read full reviews per month, after which they
are encouraged to donate to the site for continued access.
GUIDES TO SPECIFIC MEDIA
SERIES 1 RESOURCES FOR
CHILDREN AND CAREGIVERS
ParentZone
https://parentzone.org.uk/advice/parent-guides
More tech-focused than its partner-site ParentInfo.org, the guides here focus on a range of
issues impacting children from the ages of 8+. While these include informative guides on various
social media and apps, there are also advice guides on how to discuss traumatic events and the
news with your child, deal with peer pressure from online friendships, safely navigate vlogging,
online gaming or live-streaming, or support for caregivers and children around LGBTQ+ issues.

National Online Safety
https://nationalonlinesafety.com/guides
Updates every Wednesday with a new
illustrated guide, covering an area of online
safety, including rundowns of popular apps,
games and platforms used by young people.
It is aimed for caregivers to familiarise
themselves, but also delving into broader
online safety, parental control guides and
digital citizenship topics. The website hosts a
comprehensive 'training' section, in the form
of expert videos, which often deal with
discussion points, not covered widely
elsewhere from a caregivers' point of view
(such as pitfalls around gambling elements
in online gaming for young people.)
NetAware
https://www.net-aware.org.uk/networks
Sponsored by the NSPCC and O2 in
partnership, this website provides up-to-
date online safety advice for caregivers
generally, but also specifically lockdown-
relevant tips and online resilience advice for
children who are spending increased time
online as a result. This, is in addition to
gathering comprehensive guides to popular
apps, games and websites. Uniquely, it
allows users to filter reviews by primary
colour of the app icon, allowing caregivers
to search for apps whose names they don't
know, but may have seen the icons for on
their children's devices.
GUIDES TO SPECIFIC MEDIA

Internet Matters
www.internetmatters.org/issues/screen-time/
www.internetmatters.org/parental-controls/
In addition to the website's advice on developing screen-time home agreements and using
parental controls, the homepage immediately guides parents to resources divided by their
child's age or by specific topics. The Inclusive Digital Safety page offers an even fuller
breakdown of online safety topics, treated with extra consideration for young people, who may
be particularly vulnerable online, including SEND and LGBT+ children, or children who have
experience of being in care. Users can also complete a short survey, run by the website's
partner, SWGfl (South West Grid for Learning), on the efficacy of this section in supporting
children experiencing vulnerabilities. Interlinking the website's many guides and downloadable
resources in different contexts, while maintaining clarity on what information is provided in a
section (eg. research and data versus support resources, or technical guides), supports
caregivers in how to utilise the resources.
SCREEN TIME, MEDIA BALANCE & PARENTAL
CONTRLOL
Barnardos
https://www.barnardos.ie/learning-development/training/online-safety-programme/for-parents
Children's charity Barnardos, partnered for this project with Google, offers an adapted-for-digital
version of its parental and school workshops, aimed at educating adults on online risks to children
online and practical solutions, ranging from wellness issues around screen time and how to
implement parental controls, to discussing misinformation online and cyberbullying. These free
Zoom webinars for parents can be booked to take online for up-to-date advice, or a pared down 5
video series is available to watch on their website.
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Children 1st
https://www.children1st.org.uk/help-
for-families/parentline-
scotland/guidance-advice/screen-
time/
This nonprofit aims squarely to support
children of all ages through supporting
their caregivers - they have sections on
internet use and online safety in
general, broken down by broad age
groups. Both their screen time and
parental control resources emphasise
listening to young people's questions,
interests and concerns, and reaching
out for further support when needed.
UNICEF
https://www.unicef.org/coronavirus/keep-
your-child-safe-online-at-home-covid-19
A resource for caregivers who are already
familiar with the basics of parental controls
and safe search and privacy options, but are
looking for advice on helping to maintain
media balance for their children, particularly
while working to connect with their children
more online themselves, and learning how to
model behaviour to keep their child's online
experience a positive one.
UK Safer Internet
https://www.saferinternet.org.uk/advice-
centre/parents-and-carers
This is the UK branch of the Better Internet for
Kids (http://www.betterinternetforkids.eu/) EU-
wide data security and online safety initiative. It
provides a handy overview of the big issues, and
links to the wider global community.
SCREEN TIME, MEDIA BALANCE & PARENTAL
CONTROLS
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My Data and Privacy Online
https://www.lse.ac.uk/my-privacy-uk
While providing information for caregivers, professionals and policy-makers also, this website is
primarily aimed at early secondary school students, to promote their engagement with and
understanding of their data and privacy online in multiple audio-visual formats (such as videos
of other young people discussing data and digital safety topics). The resources in this toolkit
were judged and selected as the most interesting and accessible on the issues raised by a panel
of 18 child jurists, and include practical how-to advice, as well as descriptions of digital privacy
rights. The videos in particular, are very adaptable for use by professionals working with a class
group; however, educators would themselves need to build the structure of the lesson or
activity.
Cyberwise
https://www.cyberwise.org/online-
security-hub
Primarily focused on getting the basics
of digital security right, this website drills
password, data and privacy settings tips
for children and their caregivers in
different mediums (from posters to video
to a discussion guide to free activity-
based lessons) for children to complete
with a trusted adult. These are adapted
for caregivers from the normally paid-
content available for schools and
professionals, to be easier to develop at
home.
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eSafe Kids
https://www.esafety.gov.au/kids
Practical, child-friendly advice, presented
in simple text and graphical format, on a
range of topics related to online safety,
under the 4 tenets 'Be safe, Be kind, Be
secure, Be curious'. Data and privacy
settings are explained in an easy to
understand way for children, and the
graphics do link on to more in-depth
advice for caregivers, as well as articles
guiding adults on how to have these
potentially difficult chats with their
children.
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DIGITAL SECURITY AND DATA AWARENESS

'The notion of digital citizenship has evolved
to encompass a range of competences,
attributes and behaviours that harness the
benefits and opportunities the online world
affords while building resilience to potential
harms' (Council of Europe, 2020)
We often hear only about the
online risks. However, we can
think of many positive aspects
of connecting online. Can you
add to the list?
Positive Aspects

Think u Know
https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/8_10/
https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/11_13/
This is a well-structured website in terms of interconnectivity between material for its various
intended audiences. Sign-posting is clear from the interactive and narrative parts of the website,
which engage young people, to caregiver sections, containing general advice and specific FAQs
(both proactive and reactive) and links to activities and resources. Browser-game 'Band Runner',
and cartoon series' 'Play Share Like' and 'Josh and Sue' (intended for children with SEND - Special
Educational Needs and Disabilities) aim to start discussion between children and caregivers. Each
cartoon is also made accessible with both subtitle and British Sign Language options. Videos in
appropriate topic areas encourage children to contact Childline or the CEOP (Child Exploitation
and Online Protection) if they are made to feel unsafe online.
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Be Internet Awesome
https://beinternetawesome.withgoogle.com/en_us/interland/
https://beinternetawesome.withgoogle.com/en_us/families
The graphical, gameplay and soundtrack quality of this Google-sponsored resource stands up
to the stiff competition for children's attention online. Set in 'Interland', the game comprises 5
core 'islands', representing different digital citizenship skills (smart sharing, spotting fakes and
scams, digital security, cyberbullying, communication with adults). There is no direct link from
the game to the more-focused discussion and guideline-based resources aimed at caregivers
or educators, so it is best utilised as a fun introduction or to reinforce concepts. A 34-page
booklet of discussion and roleplaying-based activities for caregivers to use with children
around various online safety scenarios is included. Printable and craft activities are also
included in the 'online wellbeing' section, geared towards building online resilience through
conversation with trusted adults when children encounter problematic internet experiences.
Google also links here to their own proprietary free app 'Family Link', a scheduling app for
setting 'screen time' limits between devices.
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ONLINE SAFETY - STARTING THE
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ChildNet
https://www.childnet.com/parents-and-carers/parent-and-carer-toolkit
https://www.childnet.com/resources/online-safety-activities-you-can-do-from-home/for-7-11-
year-olds-
Boasting website areas aimed at a child and a caregiver audience, the kid-friendly zone presents
various common FAQs of online safety from a child's point of view in simple, non-overwhelming
multicoloured speech bubbles. All advice sections link children on to further games, activities or
support resources as needed. The area for caregivers provides specific support for issues faced
by foster and adoptive families, and multiple resources are provided for generating discussion,
critical thinking and a family-based approach to learning together about online safety and
healthy online habits, and how to use the internet to engage in positive experiences.
TrendMicro
https://internetsafety.trendmicro.com/
resources
It offers some attractively designed 'top
tips' style guides for both caregivers and
children around general and specific
areas of online safety, available in easily
printable format for ease of use home-
study areas.
National Parents Council
https://www.npc.ie/training-and-
resources/training-we-offer/internet-safety
It contains a series of interactive, discussion based
training videos for caregivers, aimed at equipping
them to ask their children open-ending questions
about their experiences online, while also providing
data and technical information to support their
children's online resilience.
CONVERSATION
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Good Digital Parenting
https://www.fosi.org/good-digital-parenting
https://www.fosi.org/good-digital-parenting-tool/seven-steps-good-digital-parenting
This toolkit of resources offers discussion tools which focus on finding 'teachable
moments' for caregivers, rather than aiming for focused 'discussion' time. A video
'training' series models good communication around online activities and self-
education techniques for adults, wishing to be more involved and aware of children's
internet usage. Additionally, a good searchable overview of available parental
controls, service-specific privacy controls and reporting or anti-harassment features
is provided.
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ConnectSafely
https://www.connectsafely.org/parentguides/
For caregivers, who like to stay up-to-date with the latest research, talking points and
technology and platform issues in online safety regarding young people, the guides,
articles and podcast / vlog resources on this website offer a multitude of ways to stay
current, and usually feature either articles (on which teen-editors have been consulted
or have been guest-written) or suggest discussion points for engaging children and pre-
teens on the issues raised.

Respect Me
https://www.respectme.org.uk/pag
e-3/what-are-my-options/
This website provides immediate,
medium-term, and long-term
thinking advice on negative online
experiences, aimed at young people
who are in crisis due to
cyberbullying. It also links in with
parent and professional resources
for further support.
Childline
https://www.childline.org.uk/info-
advice/bullying-abuse-safety/types-
bullying/bullying-cyberbullying/
This is a compassion and practice-based
resource for children of all ages. Their
cyberbullying section seeks to both guide
the child towards making contact with a
service or trusted adult to support them, and
also provides soothing, distracting and
therapeutic mindfulness games and
activities to get them past the crisis point.
Captain Compassion Committee for Chidlren
https://www.cfchildren.org/resources/bullying-prevention-information/
This website includes a combination of comic-book style, superhero-inspired animations to educate
and encourage pre-teens and older children on the power of being an 'upstander'. It also contains at-
home resources for parents on wider bullying issues but also cyberbullying-specific research and
discussion activities for them to continue the conversation with their children. Classroom activities are
also available, although they are less online focused.
KidScape
https://www.kidscape.org.uk/advice/advice-for-young-people/dealing-with-cyberbullying
It contains practical, non-judgemental advice on how to respond or seek help aimed at a slightly older
audience, either if they or a friend have been the sufferers of cyberbullying, or if they think they might
have bullied someone else online. In addition, it contains practical tips for both how to tighten up online
security and begin to 'feel better' in the now.
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CYBERBULLYING
CHILDREN AND
CAREGIVERS
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WatchWellCast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c20T9XCXqjA
This is an informal, non-professional take of cybersecurity in the broader context of online wellness,
aimed at pre-teens and older children for a slightly irreverent, but highly relevant and entertaining
view of mental health and privacy online. Adult supervision is recommended for younger children, as
other related channel videos are linked.
OwnIt
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ownit
While the website itself offers plenty of articles, graphics and games aimed children and teens,
its innovative draw is its downloadable app. Intended for smartphones and tablets, it can be used
directly like a mood-diary, where children can record their feelings using emojis and short texts.
The app's special keyboard can also be run in the background of all texting and IM or social
media usage, set to chime in with real time 'check-ins', if it registers certain kinds of language
being received or typed by the child. It can't be set to override the child's own words but again, it
encourages them to be mindful of what they are posting or reading and of how they are feeling
in the moment, and reminds them they can always log off.
ParentInfo
https://parentinfo.org/article/three-
top-tips-for-building-your-child-s-
online-resilience
It contains a caregivers' quick guide to
the major pitfalls adults can face in
helping their children develop online
coping skills and resilience, also linking
to a fuller Digital Skills downloadable
pack to prompt discussion at home.
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NetSmartzKids
https://www.netsmartzkids.org
An animated series, focusing, in Series 1, more on privacy
and security online, while Series 2 deals with online
friendship themes and dangers related to sharing images
online and live-streaming. The website itself is fully child-
friendly (although aimed a little too young for older
children) with engaging characters and fantastical but
grounded scenarios for children, with the issue of a post
gone wrong online, and how to deal with and recover
from that experience.
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ONLINE RESILIENCE
CHILDREN AND
CAREGIVERS

Did you know that Pixar’s animated
short film, 'Lou' (2017), written and
directed by Dave Mullins, was
nominated for ‘Best Animated Short
Film’ at the 90th Academy Awards?
The ideas of this short film are
transferable to the online
environment too. They are about
behaviours, feelings and mindsets!
Source: https://twistedsifter.com/videos/pixar-lou-animated-short-by-dave-mullins/
Lou learns a good lesson about bullying (Pixar 2017)

LESSON PLANS
SERIES 1 FOR
PROFESSIONALS
Barefoot
https://www.barefootcomputing.org/resources/stop-think-do-i-consent
Hosting lesson plans and resources intended to support primary school educators in delivering
topics across the full UK Computer Science curriculum, Barefoot, provides access to lessons that
link into more general digital skills learning for young people. Worth keeping tabs on, as this is
their first posted lesson plan in the area of online safety. It is an adaptable, crafty and age-
appropriate activity engaging critical thinking from students. The lesson focuses on issues of
consent and safety around what is 'shared' when signing up to or posting on social media.
Common Sense Education
https://www.commonsense.org/education/
Lesson plans are available for both primary and secondary students, and are divided by year
rather than age. Many of the available lesson plans come in both a full 45 minute form and a
quick 15 minute form, adaptable to the teacher's need. Common Sense Education's overall
curriculum was originally developed in the USA and so its lessons meet the standards of the AASL
(American Association of School Librarians) and ISTE (International Society for Technology in
Education) rather than UK-specific edtech standards (although roughly half of the plans have
been adapted to better integrate with the UK system.)
In addition to their store of lesson plans, there are 3 Common Sense online games, which come
with teachers' resource packs to utilise in the classroom, as well as with the ability to be fully
playable by children independently, in order to continue the conversation at home. Mobile
compatibility has unfortunately been disabled for these games for the time being.
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Webwise
http://www.webwise.ie/teachers/resources
Aimed at primary and secondary school students, these lesson plans were created within the Irish
education system and are framed to that SPHE (Social, Personal, Health Education) content. While it
would not be impossible to adapt these resources for use by other professionals working with young
people, their strengths are most apparent in that context, as they provide extensive support to
teachers for integrating these lessons into the wider context of planning a schoolyear. Primary-level
lesson packs include HTML Heroes cartoon series for younger children, All Aboard for Digitown
resource pack and MySelfie and the Wider World video series pack for slightly older children.
Be Internet Awesome
https://beinternetawesome.withgoogle.com/en_us/educators
https://beinternetawesome.withgoogle.com/en_us/slides
A 96-page curriculum of lesson plans covering 5 main pillars of digital citizenship. These lesson plans
have received the ISTE (International Society for Technology Education) Seal of Alignment to that
organisation's standards for education-technologies, as well as approval from the AASL (American
Association of School Librarians). Employing a range of ice-breakers, role-playing, and discussion
exercises, the lesson plans build on each other towards take-away teaching goals around
responsible and safe internet usage, but specific ones can easily be used in isolation. The teachers'
guide is very encouraging of educators who may feel less confident delivering lessons in this subject
area. Vocabularies of terminology and answer glosses are provided, and the lesson plans focus on
critical thinking and discussion and, because of this open-ended quality, are easily adaptable to
student groups of different levels / ages / backgrounds.
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LESSON PLANS
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CyberSkills Lesson
https://www.cyberskillslesson.com
Created and hosted by Digital Skills Education and run by computer scientist and educator Craig
Steele, this free project is a series of online, interactive lessons, which professionals can join up to
with a mailing list to be alerted to the next live session. A catalogue of all interactive games,
puzzles and challenges run thus far is hosted for play-back in class groups, with video instruction
from the live sessions for educators on how to run the challenge for their class group. Topics are
fully hands-on, and cover a broad range of digital skills, including data privacy and security and
digital footprint.
MediaSmarts
https://mediasmarts.ca/teacher-resources/find-lesson?
field_grade_value_i18n=All&type%5B%5D=lesson_plan
This database contains hundreds of full lesson plans and shorter activity plans on a wide range of
online safety, media and information literacy and online resilience subjects. As a Canadian
educator's repository, lessons are sorted by CA Grades, so conversion and ensuring lessons are
adapted as needed to a UK context is necessary. However the links to educational games, which
are also hosted by MediaSmarts with full lesson-building support, as well as a comprehensive
tagging system (that allows professionals to focus on issues specific to SEND or LGBTQ+ students
or those related to gender or ability status) makes this a very thorough resource.
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LESSON PLANS
SERIES 1 FOR
PROFESSIONALS

Think u Know
https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/professionals/
It contains resource packs of generally 15 minute activities intended to be spaced out throughout
a school period, which can be filtered by different age groups, topics, and SEN needs. These
include toolkits for utilising the website's 'games and animated series', and some standalone
downloadable activities, which have been certified for use in the PSHE curriculum. The resources
for educators or other professionals give additional recommendations around when to utilise
these lessons preventatively during the schoolyear.
ChildNet
https://www.childnet.com/resources/video-
lessons
These 5 educational videos on the Adventures
of Kara and Winston Online are intended to be
shown to children by an adult, and come with
suggested discussion-based activities to
explore the concepts behind SMART internet
usage with children. They do require some
adaptation to the appropriate level and group
to be used with a group or one-one by an
educator or other professional. One
adaptation of the resource is already provided
for professionals working with children with
SEN, that requires the free browser add-on
Clicker to be installed. The STAR SEND pack on
this site develops further teaching resources
for teachers with SEND students.
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ACTIVITES AND IDEAS
SERIES 1 FOR
PROFESSIONALS
BrainPOP
https://educators.brainpop.com/lesson-
planning/
https://educators.brainpop.com/teaching-tip
While full lesson plans are not available on this
website, adaptable ideas and strategies advise
educators and other professionals on how to
utilise its resources. BrainPOP hosts a multitude
of interactive and audio-visual material intended
to engage young people in critical discussion on
various topics connected with online safety and
digital citizenship. A further link to a resource
page guides professionals on connecting with
parents and guardians, so that these concepts
can be expanded upon at home.

ClassTools
https://www.classtools.net/FB/home-page
The 'generate a profile' activities on this website
allow teachers to guide students through an
exploration of the content, format and uses of
popular social media platforms (the website has
modelled an interactive 'Fakebook' and 'Twister) for
them to practise using these websites in a safe,
offline way, by means of generating a 'practice'
online profile. These tools were originally intended
to allow children to create profiles for historical or
fictional figures, so it is down to the individual
educator to exploit the opportunity to engage
young people on issues of digital and data security
and online friendships.
DigiLearn.scot
https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/glowblogs/digilearn/remote/cyber-resilience-and-internet-
safety/
As part of an Education Scotland initiative to promote safer internet use, in 2020 the DigiLearn
group ran a series of Cyber Resilience and Internet Safety webinars for professional and parent
groups. Shared here is a good introductory guide to the key ideas of online resilience and
informed internet use, aimed at educators for the purpose of engaging both children and adults
on these issues. While not a full-blown lesson plan, a downloadable pack of activities is shared,
aimed at enabling a professional or group to plan and deliver their own Online Resilience
workshop. The ice-breaker, quiz-style and discussion based activities (in isolation or used all
together) can be readily adapted to a regular class setting.
Digizen
https://www.digizen.org/
A wide-audience resource, under the
ChildNet umbrella, but with media more
recognisable to a UK-based child user
group. The website aims to be picked up
and used by children at home through
its 'game and teen-drama style mini-
series'; but it also provides syllabus and
lesson planning support to educators,
using those same resources in structured
class or at-home critical discursive work.
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Cybersecurity Challenge
https://cybergamesuk.com/cybergames
Partnered with the National Crime Agency,
'Cyberland' is an interactive online game series of
16 puzzles, ranging from simulated password-
strength 'hacking', to roleplay style 'right or
wrong' quizzes to running cybersecurity tasks on
a practice desktop. Lesson plans or utilisation
guides are not provided alongside the resources,
so some time is required for the educator to
become familiar with the material at the outset.
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CyberSmart Challenge
https://www.esafety.gov.au/educators/classroom-resources/cybersmart-challenge
Following Australian primary/secondary grades, these resources are fully filterable by age
and resource-type, and include full activity-based lesson plans or teacher guides for
integrating and adapting them into a wider lesson. They range in format from activity based
browser-games, interactive roleplaying narrative scenarios, ideas for drama projects, award-
winning short videos on cyberbullying, online safety and digital citizenship, to classroom-
friendly posters and printouts. The CyberSmart Challenge animated series and activity plans
are well suited as an introduction to online safety themes for late-primary / early-secondary
students.
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NetSmartz
https://www.missingkids.org/NetSmartz
https://www.missingkids.org/netsmartz
/resources
Gathering all classroom activities,
slideshows, and tips for utilising the
NetSmartzKids games and animations in
a classroom setting, this website, for
American primary and secondary level
teachers, is divided by grade and
resource-type. It offers resources for
professionals to use in class, but also to
reach out to the wider community and
caregivers on these topics, through
presentation and project work.
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Stop Speak Support
http://www.anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk/tools-information/all-about-bullying/online-
bullying/stop-speak-support-focus-online-bullying/stop
The Anti-Bullying Alliance developed a resource pack intended for use school-wide,
adaptable by individual educators, to promote Stop Speak Support Day, an annual anti-
cyberbullying day. It includes an information and discussion section on online bystanders vs
upstanders, a poetry activity and assembly presentation. The wider website also links to the
ABA's All Together Programme, providing resources for educators specifically for issues of
cyberbullying and students with SEND.
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Cybersmile
https://www.cybersmile.org/downloadable_resources/workshops-8-11
https://www.cybersmile.org/downloadable_resources/workshops-11-14
A non-profit website largely focused on the intersection of online gaming as a source for
positive experiences on the internet, and the proliferation of cyberbullying in gaming and
other social spaces online. Downloadable educational, activity and discussion-based
resources are available (not specifically aimed at educators) for intended delivery to groups
of children as young as 5 to 16+ on the background, forms and prevention of cyberbullying.
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Cyberbullying Research Centre
https://cyberbullying.org/resources/educators
Primarily a research centre collating cyberbullying statistics and studies globally, this website also
provides a host of printable guides on cyberbullying spotting and prevention, as well as
interactive and largely roleplay scenario-based activities to facilitate critical thinking in small and
large group sizes.
Respect Me
https://respectme.org.uk/resources/learning-resources/
Partnered with SAMH (Scottish Association for Mental Health) this nonprotfit provides guidance
on best anti-bullying practice generally, with some guidance specifically around cyberbullying.
The resources linked deal with bullying more generally, although certain of the
roleplay/scenario based activities deal with social media and online bullying themes, and may
require some adaptation to fit into a broader online safety and cyberbullying specific
awareness and prevention lesson. They also offer training sessions and CPD opportunities for
schools in this area.
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This work has been supported by the School Library
Improvement Fund, which helps creative and innovative
projects within the school library sector, and is administered
by the Scottish Library and Information Council on behalf of
the Scottish Government.
Eastwood
High School

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