Digiduck Stories
Created to help parents and teachers educate children aged 3 – 7 about online safety, it includes ebooks, PDFs, a poster and an interactive app.
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Be Internet Legends
Be Internet Legends empowers younger children to use the web safely and wisely, so they can be confident explorers of the online world.
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Step Up! Speak Up!
Step Up, Speak Up! is a practical campaign toolkit to address the issue of online sexual harassment amongst young people aged 13 – 17 years.
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STAR SEN Toolkit
This Toolkit provides practical advice and teaching activities to help educators explore online safety with young people who have special educational needs.
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Trust Me
Designed to support teachers in exploring critical thinking, the resource educates young people around inaccurate information they may encounter online.
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Crossing the line
A practical online safety toolkit dealing with issues such as cyberbullying, sexting, self-esteem and peer-pressure for 11-14 year olds.
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Digital Resilience
This is a lesson plan designed to help young people aged 11-14 to develop digital resilience, to be able to manage their lives online and to help others.
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Myth v Reality
A toolkit with films and lesson plans to explore online issues including body image, online relationships and online pornography for young people aged 11-14.
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Selma Hacking Hate
SELMA is a two-year project co-funded by the European Commission which aims to tackle online hate speech by promoting mutual awareness, tolerance, and respect.
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So You Got Naked Online
So You Got Naked Online is a resource that offers children, young people and parents advice and strategies to support the issues resulting from sexting incidents.
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Better Internet for Kids
BIK is a platform where key online safety stakeholders can exchange knowledge, and resources to help create a better internet for children and young people.
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Internet Literacy Handbook
The handbook offers families, educators and policy-makers sufficient technical know-how to allow them to navigate, with young people, through communication technology.
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Think u know
An education programme from NCA-CEOP, a UK organisation which protects children both online and offline, and also offers advice for parents and educators.
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Project DeShame
It aims to increase reporting of online sexual harassment among minors & improve multi-sector cooperation in preventing and responding to this behaviour.
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Be Media Smart
A Media Literacy Ireland campaign to help people tell the difference between reliable and accurate information and false or misleading information.
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Tackle Bullying
Providing information and resources, Tackle Bullying is a national website to counter bullying and cyberbullying for young people, parents and teachers
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ProjectEvolve
ProjectEVOLVE is a resource which helps teachers to plan lessons that prepare their pupils for life online. With resources, activities, and CPD materials covering topics including online relationships, privacy and...
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Teaching and Learning with Twitter
Co-authored by Twitter and UNESCO, this guide focuses on media and information literacy, digital citizenship, and online safety. It offers practical guidance to educators looking to discuss these issues in...
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Inclusive Digital Safety
Empowering parents, carers, and professionals with tailored advice and insight to make meaningful interventions in the lives of children and young people most likely to experience online risks, this advice...
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Digiduck Stories

Created to help parents and teachers educate children aged 3 - 7 about online safety, it includes ebooks, PDFs, a poster and an interactive app.

Be Internet Legends

Be Internet Legends empowers younger children to use the web safely and wisely, so they can be confident explorers of the online world.

Step Up! Speak Up!

Step Up, Speak Up! is a practical campaign toolkit to address the issue of online sexual harassment amongst young people aged 13 – 17 years.

STAR SEN Toolkit

This Toolkit provides practical advice and teaching activities to help educators explore online safety with young people who have special educational needs.

Trust Me

Designed to support teachers in exploring critical thinking, the resource educates young people around inaccurate information they may encounter online.

Crossing the line

A practical online safety toolkit dealing with issues such as cyberbullying, sexting, self-esteem and peer-pressure for 11-14 year olds.

Digital Resilience

This is a lesson plan designed to help young people aged 11-14 to develop digital resilience, to be able to manage their lives online and to help others.

Myth v Reality

A toolkit with films and lesson plans to explore online issues including body image, online relationships and online pornography for young people aged 11-14.

Selma Hacking Hate

SELMA is a two-year project co-funded by the European Commission which aims to tackle online hate speech by promoting mutual awareness, tolerance, and respect.

So You Got Naked Online

So You Got Naked Online is a resource that offers children, young people and parents advice and strategies to support the issues resulting from sexting incidents.

Better Internet for Kids

BIK is a platform where key online safety stakeholders can exchange knowledge, and resources to help create a better internet for children and young people.

Internet Literacy Handbook

The handbook offers families, educators and policy-makers sufficient technical know-how to allow them to navigate, with young people, through communication technology.

Think u know

An education programme from NCA-CEOP, a UK organisation which protects children both online and offline, and also offers advice for parents and educators.

Project DeShame

It aims to increase reporting of online sexual harassment among minors & improve multi-sector cooperation in preventing and responding to this behaviour.

Be Media Smart

A Media Literacy Ireland campaign to help people tell the difference between reliable and accurate information and false or misleading information.

Tackle Bullying

Providing information and resources, Tackle Bullying is a national website to counter bullying and cyberbullying for young people, parents and teachers

ProjectEvolve

ProjectEVOLVE is a resource which helps teachers to plan lessons that prepare their pupils for life online. With resources, activities, and CPD materials covering topics including online relationships, privacy and security, managing online information, copyright and ownership, self-image, and more.

Teaching and Learning with Twitter

Co-authored by Twitter and UNESCO, this guide focuses on media and information literacy, digital citizenship, and online safety. It offers practical guidance to educators looking to discuss these issues in the classroom.

Inclusive Digital Safety

Empowering parents, carers, and professionals with tailored advice and insight to make meaningful interventions in the lives of children and young people most likely to experience online risks, this advice hub is the first of its kind.

NYCI - Online Safety and Awareness in Youth Work E-Learning Course

This e-learning introduces youth workers and volunteers to key topics in online safety, and addresses the challenges that young people may face online. It explores the importance of digital awareness in your role and the ways you can support young people to be safer online.

FUSE Anti-Bullying and Online Safety Programme

FUSE is the first research-based Anti-Bullying and Online Safety Programme designed to comply with UNESCO’s Whole Education Approach to tackle bullying and online safety in schools. It is based on 25 years of research on bullying prevention and intervention and is designed to support the wider SPHE/RSE/Wellbeing curricula in schools. FUSE consists of a suite of student-led workshops and resources which FUSE teachers can deliver in the classroom.

Data Detox Kit

The Data Detox Kit from Tactical Tech is a simple, accessible toolkit that walks you through the steps you can take towards a more in-control online self. It takes a holistic approach, going through the different aspects of your digital life, from the amount of time you spend on your phone, to the apps that you use, to the passwords you set.

EduMedia Test

Audiovisual media regulators and public institutions in seven European countries have developed this interactive tool, EduMediaTest, to evaluate and improve media education for European pupils aged 14 to 18 thanks to the partially funding received from the European Comission under the Media Literacy for All programme.

Kids Actions Educational Tool Kit

Educational resources and activities to help understand, prevent and respond to cyberbullying.

Shield Anti Bullying Programme

Childline by ISPCC’s Shield Programme responds to bullying by disseminating knowledge and providing an evidence-informed self- evaluation tool and education programme, aimed at the prevention and intervention of bullying in the community and nationally.

GenTOPIA

GenTOPIA is a game-based educational resource aimed at students (14 -16 years) in second-level education. It involves a series of interactive activities which address gender stereotypes, consent, digital safety, street harassment, coercive control, non-consensual image sharing, and homophobic bullying.

Talk:Tech

It offers visual and spoken assets that cover the topics young people have told them they want to discuss. The resources support children with speech, language and communication needs (SLCN). They’ve been developed through testing and consultation with young people, parents and carers, SLCN specialists and teachers.

Talk to someone

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