Loading ...New Zealand joins global event with special Kiwi focus on young children
To celebrate Safer Internet Day, Hector’s World (www.hectorsworld.com) will launch new animated website tours on February 9th.
The 10 minute guided tours will give children a fun overview of website activities, with special versions for parents and educators to help them promote digital citizenship and safe online behavior.
International Safer Internet Day is organized annually by the pan-European agency INSAFE (www.saferinternet.org).
This year’s Safer Internet Day theme is “Think B4 U Post” (think before you post information online) and Hector’s World will be contributing to the Safer Internet Day global fair being held online on the 9th February.
The SID fair (www.sidfair.org) will host contributors from more than 60 countries who will gather in a common virtual meeting place to create digital bridges across age-groups, continents, cultures and time-zones.
Managing Director of Hector’s World Ltd, Liz Butterfield says “We are thrilled to be launching the tours on our website and on our YouTube channel* as a part of such a positive and creative global event for children.
These website tours can help children access the skills and guidance they’ll need for a lifetime of safe online exploring.
“With the internet, this is anything but a ‘lonely planet’.
Online, even very young children enjoy sharing pictures and information about themselves.
As carers and educators, we can make sure they do this safely by starting digital citizenship education from the first time a young child has access to the technology.
That is what Hector’s World is all about.”
“We would like to encourage all Kiwi’s to get in behind Safer Internet Day at home, at school or in early childhood centers.
A good place to start is to take a tour.”.
A SID download including ideas for celebrating Safer Internet Day is available from the Hector’s World website at http://hectorsworld.netsafe.org.nz/?page_id=949&preview=true.
