Child Safeguarding Statement

Some resources and activities may prompt a child to remember and potentially share an experience of harm. Make sure you’re familiar with your school's safeguarding policies and procedures so you can confidently report safety and well-being concerns.

Prepare students for the session by discussing: their right to be safe and respected; what to do if discussing online safety makes them feel uncomfortable or unsafe; and how to seek help if they feel or have felt unsafe. Use this resource available on the website.

Risk area

Content

Understanding the media and information encountered online through media literacy, critical thinking, and ethical decision-making skills.

Before you start

(Optional) Introduce the eSmart Digital Licence quest

Ensure you’ve selected a lesson plan for this risk area.

Lesson plans are contained in the resource pack, or can be browsed on the lesson plans page.

Watch video

Explore Content Island

~1 minutes

Digi meets Detective Fry, who lives on Content Island. They help explain some of the things they need to watch out for on the Island, like misinformation and unexpected content.

Download video

Download transcript

Optional

Discussion starters

Each of the lessons in this risk area contain their own specific framing activities. However, if you feel like your learners need more of an introduction to the subject, try our optional warm-up discussions before stepping into your chosen lesson.

Lower primary prompts (4-6 years old)

“What kinds of things might we see if we go online?”

“What do you like to watch or play online?”

"Can our emotions change depending on what we see online?"

Middle primary prompts (7-9 years old)

“When we talk about 'content' online, what kind of things do you think of?"

“Can you think of any examples of online ‘content’, that you like?”

“I’m going to list some things and you tell me whether they’re ‘online content’ or not.” (Be sure to list some things that could be fun non-examples!)

Upper primary prompts (10-12 years old)

“What kinds of online content might people around your age create?”

"How can we make sure we are being fair when we create or share online content?

“Is it important to think about how online content is made and who created it? Why?”

Run lesson

Run your chosen risk area lesson

All lessons are in your resource pack. You can also view each of the Content lesson plans on the lesson plans page.

Familiarising yourself with the lesson prior to running it in your class is highly recommended.

Ensure your learners meet the exit pass criteria as set out in the lesson plan. If you have learners that need extra help, consider adding a second session and running a top-up activity or consult the 'Adjustments & Modifications' section in the lesson plan.

It’s likely you’ll need to run at least two sessions to cover the lesson itself and the celebration and colour-in activities below.

Printables

Hand out the completion worksheet

Award the learners their risk area island map, which includes the completion badge referenced in the video. Personalise this map in class, or, send this to complete at home.

Visit the materials prep page for more ideas on how to get the most out of the maps.