Download - 17 GA Understanding what you see online...Android and IOS release for Town Level in the next month. Other exciting things have been happening on Gooseberry Planet over the summer.

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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