[English] ACMA Cybersmart Detectives

[stephen at melbpc.org.au]

Hi all,

 http://www.cybersmartkids.com.au/

"Cybersmart Kids Online is a community awareness project developed by the 
Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) with the objective of 
providing parents and children with information and tools to help them 
have a rewarding, productive and safe experience of the internet."

About Cybersmart Detectives
Cybersmart Detectives is an innovative online game that teaches children 
key internet safety messages in a safe environment

How does Cybersmart Detectives work?

The hour long activity is provided free of charge to schools, and targets 
children in the last year of primary school, 11 – 12 year age group. 

Teams from various schools are linked via a central website on a secure 
server in the United Kingdom, through which the Cybersmart Detectives 
activity is run. 

Teachers register their teams with ACMA to take part in the activity.

On the day of the activity, teams access a secure interactive area of the 
website called the ‘action centre’. This area operates like an internet 
chat room or bulletin board. Messages relating to the unfolding story are 
sent out periodically from the UK based server. 

In schools, pupils work in teams of up to three students, receiving 
messages and responding to them in a proprietary chat room interface. 

Children are able to interact in real time with internet safety experts 
working in ‘virtual control rooms’ located throughout Australia. The 
Cybersmart Guides are available throughout the session to answer questions 
and give advice.

All messages are moderated by the ‘Central Control Room’ organised by 
ACMA. There is no facility for student teams to communicate directly with 
each other or anyone outside the activity. 

ACMA provides additional resource material for teachers and schools in the 
form of safety brochures and follow-up activities to reinforce the 
internet safety message. 

Schools wishing to participate in upcoming events may register their 
interest by emailing cybersmartdetectives at acma.gov.au "
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Note: I'm not sure, but this free offer for schools might only apply to 
Victorian schools thus far?  The ACMA media release today seems unclear
regarding this point. See: http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_311167

Cheers people
Stephen Loosley
Victoria, Australia



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