The Cyber Safety Project Blog
All the latest in cyber safety and digital wellbeing.
How to Help Young People Transition to Secondary School
There’s no doubt the transition to secondary school marks a huge milestone in a young person’s life. Amongst the excitement, parents and students can be overwhelmed by the challenges the transition to secondary school may bring, particularly when it comes to new online experiences. Here are four key areas to help students make a positive transition to secondary school.
Minecraft Education Edition: A Snapshot for Parents and Educators
Minecraft Education Edition is a popular educational version of the beloved sandbox game, Minecraft, which has been designed specifically for learning purposes. It offers a wide range of benefits for children’s development, creativity and problem-solving skills while ensuring a safe and controlled environment. We explore how to use Minecraft Education Edition and highlight its safety features and the numerous advantages it brings to a child’s education.
Cyber Safety Project Program Effectiveness Report
In 2022, Cyber Safety Project engaged Lewers, an independent research agency, to help measure and understand the effectiveness of our program in schools. The results showed Cyber Safety Project’s program for school communities has a positive impact on students’ safety knowledge and behaviours, which is retained longitudinally.
Great Books to Keep Your Teen Safe and Well Online
Our top list of engaging books for teens, and their families, to help them stay safe, secure and well in the online world.
Omegle: chat anonymously to strangers online
With a tagline promoting connecting with online strangers, the notion of Omegle goes against the grain of what many of us would have been told growing up about steering clear from 'stranger danger'. Find out the dangers of Omegle's anonymous online chat platform and how you can keep your kids safe.
Digital Wellbeing
Similar to general wellbeing, digital wellbeing underpins the three key pillars of physical, mental and social health, but in an online sense. See our top tips for keeping your digital wellbeing in check.
Opel Kids Phone: The safest smartphone for kids
For years, parents have been reaching out to the Cyber Safety Project for tips, tricks and recommendations when introducing a child to their very first smartphone. Opel Mobile’s newest SmartKids Phone may be the answer we have all been looking for.
BeReal: Should your kids really be on there?
No filters. 2 minutes to post. Forward and backward facing camera. This is BeReal. Find out what you can do to help protect your child's safety and wellbeing if they are on this trending social media app.
DigiKnow Podcast: byte-sized conversations to keep your family safe online
DigiKnow the Cyber Safety Project now has a podcast for families? Byte-sized conversations for parents/guardians and their kids to tune in and start the important chat about building cyber security, cyber safety and digital wellbeing habits.
Optus Cyberattack and Data Breach
Optus is amongst many big companies who have fallen victim to recent cyberattacks. How can you protect yourself against a cyber security breach and what should you do if your personal data has been compromised?
Twitch: What’s your gamer doing on there?
So, the young person in your life loves gaming, right? So do we! But let’s talk about the platform your avid gamer might visit if they want to watch their favourite gamer play LIVE. Twitch.
Using Picture Books to Teach Cyber Safety and Digital Wellbeing to Young Children
As online safety and the issues related to digital wellbeing have become more widely spoken about, there have been some wonderful picture books published to complement these conversations. Here are some of our favourites…
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