Safer Internet Day is just around the corner! Will you be running a digital skills event for your community on February 10? Or are you looking for a one-stop-shop for learning resources on some key topics?
We have put together some resources and event ideas to help you support your community with staying safe online!
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The internet and social media has meant that we are more exposed to distressing and unsafe content. We have also put together a list of supports and actions you can take if you need someone to connect to or want to protect yourself from the content you see on social media.
Resources
Tip sheet and video: Safer Online Banking
Learn important tips for safer online banking and payments.
Article: How to manage your digital safety settings
eSafety have put together some tips to help build safe habits online.
Article: How to protect your privacy online
Learn how to protect your privacy online in this Be Connected article.
Event idea
Fun ways to make strong passwords
- Icebreaker: Welcome everyone with a cup of tea and biscuits. Once everyone is settled, ask everyone to introduce themselves and share their favourite song of all time!
- Discussion (Connect to topic): It can be hard to try to remember your passwords. Ask the group why they think having strong password is important. Build on the discussion by asking what makes a good password and a bad one.
- Online learning: On a big screen open The importance of strong and secure passwords activity on the Be Connected website. Complete the activity together. You can also ask your learners to do this activity on their own device and do it at their own pace!
- Practical activity: It’s password creating time! Make sure to have pens and paper ready so your learners can write their ideas down. Your learners may also choose to do this on their notes app. Refer to this resource for some ideas you can use to make a strong password. Remind your learners that it’s important they don’t share their password with anyone.
- Reflection: Ask everyone to share one thing they learnt about making strong passwords.
Resources
Session plans
Games
Event idea
Skilling up on using AI safely
- Icebreaker: Welcome everyone and ask everyone to introduce themselves. On a big screen, open the Do you know about AI game? This game works to address any fear around AI and to share some AI facts!
- Discussion (Connect to topic): Who has used AI before? What do you know about AI?
- Online learning: Time to challenge our brains! On a big screen, have the AI image quiz open. As a group, work together to determine what image is real or not.
- Practical activity: Ahead of the event, print the Protecting Your Information with AI – game flip cards. In pairs, ask your learners to work together to talk about the discussion points and what to do to protect themselves when using AI tools!
- Reflection: Go around the room and ask people to share their key takeaway. How do they feel about using AI now?
Resources
Different types of scams and what to do
This tip sheet that will guide and share practical tips to support a person when they are targeted by scams.
ScamWatch: Learn about scams in your language
ScamWatch have prepared resources in different languages to help people protect themselves from scams.
Poster: Scam first aid: Supporting someone
Print the poster and put it around your service where people in your organisation can easily find it. They can follow these steps to support someone who has been scammed.
Poster: Scam first aid: What I need to do now
Print this poster and share it with your community. They can refer to this guide to help them find the right supports and actions.
Event idea
Play our Scam Detective game in a group
The Scam Detective game was co-designed with people with intellectual disability and is written in easy to understand English. You can also turn on the sound to have the words on the screen spoken to you.
Playing games is a really fun way to engage a group of learners. Here is an example of a session you could run with 5-8 people.
- Icebreaker: Play the Thumbs or Thumbs down game to get everyone feeling comfortable in the room
- Discussion (Connect to topic): Have you ever received a scam text message or email? Ask everyone to share their experience with scams and introduce the idea that not everything you see on your phone or online is real. Some people are trying to trick you!
- Online learning: Play the Scam Detective game. Put it on a big screen and play together OR support your group to load the game on their device and play individually. Have choccies ready as prizes!
- Practical activity: Ask everyone to look at their text messages and see if they can spot a scam message using the clues they just learnt about. Remember to be careful and not to click any links!
- Reflection: Ask everyone to share one thing they learnt about scams and celebrate with some cake!
Resources
Digital mentoring tips for organisations working with low income families
Learn five top tips for digital mentors and community organisations supporting low income families to get online.
Online safety basics
eSafety’s resources on online safety basics to keep your kids safe online
eSafety Parents
Find resources on online safety and gaming, information about the social media changes and more.
A guide to ChatGPT for parents and caregivers
This guide from Common Sense Media helps parents and caregivers understand how to use ChatGPT safely with their children.
Supporting your family online: in-app purchasing
Learn more about the risks of in-app purchasing on eSafety.
Supporting your children: reporting bullying online
The eSafety Commissioner created a guide for parents and carers on what you can report if your child has been bullied online.
Event idea
Creating a family tech agreement with AI
- Icebreaker: Ask everyone to introduce themselves and share what they’ve used AI for. If they haven’t, ask them if there’s anything about AI that interests them.
- Discussion (Connect to topic): It can feel overwhelming trying to manage what your family does online. Making a family tech agreement can help you and your kids to have a conversation about when and how to use their phones, laptops, tablets and the internet.
- Online learning: Use ChatGPT on a big screen to create a family tech agreement. In your prompt, try to consider examples that are relevant to your community, like sharing one device between a family or games that are safe for kids.
- Practical activity: Ask everyone to have a go! Remember to let them know that they need to be specific in what type of rules they want their family tech agreement to include.
- Reflection: Time for a check in! Ask the group to reflect on the activity and to share their ideas. It might inspire others to include it in their family tech agreement!