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Insafe Newsletter
Issue 34: April 2008 |
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Welcome to the Insafe Newsletter!
Learning from childrenIn " The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie", Muriel Spark makes her teacher claim that what she is intent on doing is educate, from the Latin: educere, to lead out. The idea is simple, we already have the knowledge, what we need is someone to help us put this into some kind of form. This month, we look at a number of ways in which the Insafe nodes make use of our young people to advise, react and educate us all, sometimes by giving us their views, sometimes by allowing us to learn from their reactions. Sharing these instances of good practice is one of the strengths of the Insafe network. We learn from others, experts through practice, adopting and adapting ideas and strategies very much as children do when they ask their peers for tips and tricks when proceeding through a game. We introduce you to the new Family e-safety kit which was elaborated by the Insafe network and supported by UPC. Using this kit, whole families learn together, parents and children in cooperation, sharing their expertise. We hear of a wide variety of youth panels, councils and groups involved in research and consultations, from the Czech Republic, Denmark, Greece, the Netherlands and Sweden.
Miss Brodie might well have been interested in the launch of a new site TeachToday.eu. This initiative is the result of a collaboration between fourteen leading actors from industry, from mobile operators and social networking companies to internet and mobile content providers and European Schoolnet who coordinate the Insafe network.
We also find out about dedicated helplines in Spain for eating disorders, another area of particular interest when dealing with young people.
¡Salud!
 The Safer Internet Youth Forum, SID 2008, Brussels
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 Insafe family e-safety kit in European households“A beloved child has many names”. According to this Swedish saying, the more loved one is the more names one has. Launched on Safer Internet Day 2008, 12 February, the Insafe kit featuring Alex (aka Julien, or Kuba), Zeta (aka Anna, Céline, Emma, Zosia, Pika, or Teodora) and Hedvig (aka Julia, Metka, Camille or Laura) has already been translated into more than ten languages and is circulating in 8 European countries (Austria, Belgium Ireland, Romania, Poland, Hungary, Slovenia and Spain). If we are to believe the Swedes, this bodes well for its success! Read more
 Children for Saferinternet.cz
The Czech node has been trying to involve children in the activities of our combined node since the very beginning of our work. The situation seems to be easier for us compared to other countries because children have been active in the JuniorInternet initiative. The initiative has been running for the last nine years. Read more
The internet addiction phenomenon in Greece According to recent results of a survey conducted by the Greek Node’s partner, the Adolescent Health Unit (A.H.U.) of the Second Department of Paediatrics at the University of Athens, among 1021 adolescents in Attica, 1% of Greek youngsters are addicted to the internet and 18.2% of adolescents are at risk of being a web addict. Read more
 Dutch Youth Council: DigiRaad
In April 2006, with the official launch of the Digibewust programme, Digibewust called for teenagers to apply for a new Dutch youth council: the DigiRaad. This council is constituted of twelve members. These young girls and boys, with the greatest of enthusiasm, are expert advisers to the Dutch government and Digibewust. Their specialism: how to make the internet a safer place for children and young people. As they say: “We know what children do and experience on the internet, which information they need and how they want to receive that information.” Read more
Children as expert users: involving children in awareness raising actions
Klick-Tipps, a project promoting good websites for children in Germany, has set up a new children’s editorial group supporting the selection of sites that can be recommended to kids. Read more
Experience from working with youth panels
The Swedish Media Council has a long experience of working with youth panels. Since 2003, the Safer Internet campaign in Sweden has featured country-wide seminar tours where we disseminate information and methods to different target groups for a safer use of the internet among children and young people. Read more
 New teachers' website delivers a strong lesson in e-safety
The launch of the TeachToday.eu website fills a major gap in the web awareness puzzle. Many teachers may feel the need to address the e-safety issues in class but fear that they know less about the new technologies than their pupils; others consider that such issues should indeed be addressed in school but don’t know how to tackle a topic that is outside the official curriculum and therefore unsupported. Read more
Symantec report reveals malicious attacks focused toward trusted web sites
New internet security threat report reveals details on hackers’ quest for private information.
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 PROTEGELES takes part in the 4th international health fair (FISALUD)
As one of its main activities, PROTEGELES, the Spanish Insafe node, provides specialised and personalised assistance (email, messenger and face-to-face) on behavioural disorders related to harmful internet content such as eating disorders and bullying.
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 3rd Youth Protection Roundtable MeetingThe 3rd Youth Protection Roundtable Meeting is the high point of the project. The objective is the initiation of a cross-border discussion between the YPRT members and young people. It provides an opportunity to discuss the issues of a safe and secure use of the internet and to exchange views regarding young people's behaviour online.
The meeting will take place near Nuremberg, Germany from 14 -16 May 2008. Read more
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"Yeks! Disgusting!" – don't forget the "how" of children’s media use
Observing the context of media use is crucial to understanding the general picture of children’s use of media. One element of the Danish Media Council for Children and Young People's child panel on films sessions is to observe the children while they watch films in the cinema. Read more
 Children actively participate in an open debate about privacy and safety on the internet
The playground of cyberspace is a two-edged sword: on the one hand, it allows children of all races and social backgrounds to exchange ideas and opinions across borders. On the other hand, it is also a playground with risks around which children need to learn to navigate safely.
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Insafe is a European network of 23 nodes in 23 countries that are dedicated to raising awareness of internet safety. It is coordinated by the European Schoolnet and supported by the European Commission through the Safer Internet Programme.
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