Aim
Today you will learn how to recognise unkind behaviour online and respond in a safe and responsible way.
Recognise how online behaviour can affect other people and know how to respond when someone is being unkind or upsetting others online.
Be Inspired
Imagine you are playing an online game with a friend. Everything is going well until someone starts being unkind.
Watch the story about Jack and Robbie. Think carefully about what happens and how Robbie might feel.
Click the picture to watch the video.
What happened to Robbie?
How might Robbie have felt?
What could Jack have done differently?
Check It Out
If someone is being unkind or upsetting you online, you do not have to deal with it alone.
Your teacher will model what to do.
Your teacher will demonstrate the five steps to take when something online makes you feel unsafe, worried or upset.
Stop replying if someone is being unkind or upsetting you.
Save evidence such as a screenshot or message if it is safe to do so.
Block the person if the service allows you to.
Report the behaviour using the service's reporting tools.
Tell a trusted adult if something online makes you feel unsafe, worried or upset.
Being online does not mean we can forget about other people's feelings. Kindness, respect and good choices matter online too.
Do It Yourself
Create an Anti-Cyberbullying Poster to teach another child what to do if someone is being unkind online.
Create a clear, colourful poster that teaches another child what to do if they experience cyberbullying.
Make your poster clear, colourful and easy to understand. Remember that your poster is teaching someone what to do.
Can another child look at your poster and understand what to do if they experience cyberbullying?
Extension
Finished the main task? Push your thinking further.
Test your knowledge of important words connected to staying safe, respectful and kind online.
Look carefully through the letters and find all of the hidden words.
Finished!
You have learned how to recognise unkind behaviour online and what you can do to stay safe.
Kind Kingdom
Now complete the Dojo Island activity in your class activity zone.
Work with your team to complete the Internet Safety challenge and show that you know how to make kind, safe and responsible choices online.
If something online makes you feel unsafe, worried or upset:
STOP | SAVE | BLOCK | REPORT | TELL
You never have to deal with an online problem by yourself.
