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Insafe Newsletter
Issue 31: January 2008, Parents' role in media education |
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Welcome to the Insafe Newsletter!
Although children may seem to know so much more about the internet than their parents, it does not absolve the latter fom their responsibilities toward their charges. Their lack of awareness is by the same token a vulnerability that can be exploited by cyber criminals.
This month the INSAFE newsletter focuses on the work undertaken by National Nodes which aims to raise the awareness and competence of parents.
One of the key events of the Safer Internet calendar is rapidly approaching: Safer Internet Day will take place on 12 February 2008. We point to the events organised by nodes. The competition linked to the day is nearing its climax with the publication of national winners and the opening of the international poll. You will find links to all these in this newsletter.
Next month's newsletter will feature reports on the Safer Internet Day events and, of course, the list of winners.
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 Involving parents – a module for parents’ evenings in Germany
The home is usually the first place where children are confronted with information sources – whether it is television, radio or the internet. Parents are therefore the first form of contact for their children when faced with their use. That also gives them the responsibility for the media education of their children. To cater for this need Klicksafe in Germany is developing a module for parents’ evenings. Read more
 Swedish youths take up digital storytelling
During a weekend in mid-January a group of 13-17-year-olds attended a workshop in Stockholm on digital storytelling. The topic was “A day on the Internet” and the teens set out to create individual short films with the use of multimedia technology combining voice, pictures, movies, music and sampling.
Read more
Saferinternet.cz in schools for parents
How to address teachers? How to address parents? Two crucial questions for any Safer Internet project...
We often talk about children as the main target group of our awareness raising activities. Should this be the case, though? Read more
 Training Parents
On the 3rd and 4th of December 2007, special training sessions were held at the premises of Agenzija Appogg in Malta and in a school in Gozo to make parents aware about the hazards which children and adolescents could encounter while using the internet.
Read more
"Consumers’ privacy is at stake"
BEUC, vzbv, OCU and Altroconsumo sent a joint letter to the European Commission to underline consumers' concerns regarding the proposed merger of Google/DoubleClick.
According to Monique Goyens, BEUC Director General, "Consumers' privacy could be at risk; it is crucial that the Commission integrates privacy concerns into the Google/DoubleClick merger review process". Read the letter to Commissioner Kroes
Sophos Security Threat Report 2008
New findings from Sophos show a variety of new threats including the new targeting of AppleMacs, WiFi use and state-sponsored illegal activities.
Read the report
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Events
Safer Internet Day takes place each year in February and is an opportunity to dedicate some time to reflect on some of the issues and more importantly to raise awareness of them.
The National nodes in the INSAFE network have organised a wide programme of events for the 12 February and beyond.
See the programme of events
Video
A video clip, produced and sponsored by Publibureau in Spain, is available to raise awareness of the day. National versions are expected to be broadcast on television channels throughout Europe.
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Competition
The Safer Internet Day Competition, sponsored by UPC, has now entered the e-voting phase. Hundreds of entries from all over the world were uploaded and can be viewed in the project gallery.
National winning entries will be polling votes in the international round from the 1st of February. The e-voting site, sponsored by O2, can be accessed here.
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Insafe is a European network of 25 nodes in 24 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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