Donna Brunton delivered an excellent workshop on gaming and internet safety.  Donna works for the Scottish Gambling Education Hub.  She began the session by asking the pupils to think about their engagement with digital spaces in terms of time and information shared. Pupils were asked to reflect upon gaming online and the benefits and challenges of those specific digital spaces. Donna spoke about gambling style mechanics in gaming and asked the pupils to consider where else they might come across gambling products in their lives or communities.  The focus was thinking about being safe with  gaming and gambling products both within and outside of the digital realm whilst linking to overall internet safety.

Pupil Voice

“It was interesting and something there should be awareness about.”

“Gaming can have a gambling side that can impact mental health.”

“We were shocked at the total time we spent online!”