Taking place on Thursday, 16th Feb 2023, the 2-hour mini-summit shared five presentations on where students and schools currently find themselves, and how they can chart a new path towards ‘digital citizenship’. Insights also stemmed from two GenZ speakers.
Educators were provided with real insights on how not to get left behind which ultimately risks a school’s reputation. Teachers learnt how to shape a more aware digital culture that presents the spectrum of challenges that come with an explosive world of learning, messaging and communication, browsing, gaming and entertainment. “End result is the development of critical thinking online, greater online safety awareness and real digital empowerment for their students,” adds McCoubrey.
Kids are being exposed to more and more online, post-COVID. Recently, a video of a minor having sex with a female SA police officer was circulating on social media in South Africa. While the Film and Publication Board (FBP) has announced they’re trying to take the video down, it’s already entered schools through the phones of many South African children, exposing them to child pornography.
Yet, according to a survey conducted by Dell, 37% of Gen Z participants felt that school education did not equip them with the digital life skills needed in this day and age. “This is one of the biggest problems we faced on Safer Internet Day in South Africa a few weeks ago – very little exposure on these issues. In our country, we are failing kids in online safety, and we’re failing them in educating them for the future,” McCoubrey adds.
MySociaLife, online safety educators in South Africa, is pioneering digital life skills education around the country, partnering with schools and presenting world-class, hyper-relevant programs to students in classes from Grade 4 to Grade 11.
“The great obstacle is getting kids to relate and buy in. We recently launched a world-first social media current affairs show, called OneLife, that’s specifically designed to help teens successfully navigate the digital world they live in. What’s OneLife’s secret? An incredible GenZ team of six individuals under the age of 23 that creates and presents the content on screen.”
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