{"id":17674,"date":"2023-02-16T15:40:19","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T15:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/digilearn\/?p=17674"},"modified":"2023-07-20T14:41:28","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T13:41:28","slug":"cyber-toolkit-communicate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/digilearn\/2023\/02\/16\/cyber-toolkit-communicate\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyber Toolkit: Communicate (NEW)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Teachers should focus on understanding how learners are using online platforms – do they consume, create or communicate?<\/p>\n

This section focuses on the risks of using online platforms to communicate<\/strong>. 69% of children aged 3-15 used an online communications service for making voice\/video calls or sending messages in 2022 (Ofcom<\/em><\/a>).<\/p>\n

The Cyber First Aid Box<\/a> can be used by families to discuss and provide support to children and young people who may have encountered an online harm.<\/p>\n

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Go to Consume <\/a>or Create<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Although most of our time online is spent consuming content, such as viewing social media posts, watching videos or playing games, there is perhaps greater risk of harm from online communications. Whereas the user is mostly in control of content they consume, communicating with others involves others and therefore the additional risk of their behaviour impacting the user.<\/p>\n

It is important that learners learn how to setup and maintain as much control of their devices and accounts to reduce the potential risk of harm. Teachers should make learnign specific to as many of the learners as possible, the statistics below should help shape some of your conversations with learners and help to identify the apps most common to children and young people.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Ofcom (2022) statistics reveal that:<\/p>\n