17 GA Understanding what you see online...Android and IOS release for Town Level in the next month....
Transcript of 17 GA Understanding what you see online...Android and IOS release for Town Level in the next month....
GooseberryAlert17Understandingwhatyouseeonline
Welcometoyour‘GooseberryAlert’,noweveryotherweek.Pleasefeelfreetosharethe‘GooseberryPlanetTips/ThoughtsoftheWeek’.HelpingtokeepyouandyourwholeschoolcommunitySaferOnline.GooseberryStudent‘Thoughts’oftheweekThingsthathappenintherealworldcanbequicklysharedonline,bothinthenewsandbypeopleyouknow.Sometimesitcanbedifficulttoknowwhattobelieve.Ifyouhaveseenor read somethingonline and you feelworried, angry, confusedor upset by it, alwaysspeaktosomeoneyoutrustwhocantalkwithyouaboutit.Usingreliableandtrustedsourcesonlineandintherealworld,canhelpyoutocheckthefactsforyourself.Thiscanhelpyouwithdifficultreallifesituationstoo.Pleasesharewithyourstudents.
GooseberryTeacher‘Thoughts’oftheweekItcanbeachallengeforadultstounderstandwhathappensintherealandonlineworld, evenmore sowhen you are taskedwith helping and supporting childrenmakesenseofwhatisgoingonaroundthem.Socialmediacanspreadmessagesandinformationquicklyanditcanbedifficulttoknowwhatistrue,falseandfake.This might be particularly important after an upsetting local, national or globalevent.Tohelpyourstudentsunderstandandformeducatedopinionsaboutwhattheyreadandseeonline,encouragethemtothinkaboutwhereinformationcomesfrom. Usingreliableandtrustedsourcesandcheckingdifferentplacestoverifyinformation can help your studentsmake decisions about true, false and fakeinformation.Pleasesharewithyourstaff.
GooseberryParent‘Thoughts’oftheweekSocialmediaplaysabigpart insharinginformationquicklyonline. Itcanbedifficulttoknowwhattobelieve.Ifyourchildhasseensomethingonlineorintherealworld,taketimetospeakwiththemaboutit.Thismightbeparticularlyimportantafteranupsettinglocal,nationalorglobalevent.Yourchildmayreadinformation,watchvideosonlineandhearcommentsthatmightneedexplaining.Usingavarietyofreliableandtrustedsourcestocheckinformationcanhelpyoutoformanopinionandexplaindifficultinformation.Thiscanhelpreducetheriskoffalseandfakenewsandencourageyourchildtocheckfactsforthemselves.PleasesharewithParents.
Whatisalertingyouthisweek?Just like theWorldWideWeb,GooseberryPlanet isanonlinecommunity. Weaimtobringyou the latestinformation,sharingsupportandtipstohelpreducerisksandkeepyouandyourwholeschoolcommunitysaferonline.This week we invite you to send us your alerts about the apps, websites or issues online that you areconcerningyou,yourstudentsandtheirparents/carers.Letusfindwhatyouneedtoknowandshareourtipswithyou.Helpingtokeepeveryonesaferonline.Tweetyouralertto:@GooseberryplanContactusat:www.gooseberryplanet.comEmailus:[email protected]
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GooseberryStudentTownLevelhasbeenreleasedandisnowlive(desktopaccessonly).AndroidandIOSreleaseforTownLevelin the next month. Other exciting things have been happening on Gooseberry Planet over the summer.Playground,StreetandVillagearenowsupportedbyaudioonIOSandGooglePlay.CityLevel,comingsoon.
GooseberryParentWearedelightedtobeabletointroduceournewParentHandouts.22resourcesthatinformparentsaboutwhattheyneedtoknowandhowtheycanreducetherisksforthemselvesandtheirchildren,whenchoosingandusingpopularapps.AccesstheseresourcesthroughGooseberryParentandGooseberryGuru.GooseberryGuruLearn how to secure online social media accounts with our new ‘How To’ presentations on Snapchat andInstagram.AccesstheseresourcesandmorethroughtheGooseberryGuruportal.
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