Tips and strategies for creating a safe gaming environment for children and young people.

With these handy hints, anyone can be an expert at searching and sorting information online. Knowing how to effectively search for and sort through information can make browsing the web safer and more productive. Teachers and parents can model to children and young people how to use search terms effectively and how to select trustworthy sources online.

Playing games can be good for you! There are social, emotional and cognitive benefits for playing video games and online games.

Staying in touch with friends and family is now easier than ever before. Young people are using online communication to build friendships, share their lives and work together.

Collaborating effectively is an important skill for both students and teachers. A good digital citizen can use online tools to work with people from around the world.

Social media is filled with examples of what happens when something goes viral, either for better or worse. Examples of viral social media posts offer opportunities for conversations with a child about what is and what isn’t appropriate to share.

Kid-friendly news articles written by volunteer professional journalists. Includes curriculum and grammar questions for every article.

Staying safe online includes staying in control of who can see your personal information online, and who can not. Over time, the information you share becomes part of your digital reputation.

Tips for staying safe online during the COVID-19 pandemic

Information about bullying for parents and carers, produced by NSW Department of Education