Many of our young people are using Discord alongside their devices to allow them to communicate with others. There are a number of things that can go wrong. This guide tells you all you need to know about the service.
The world of Discord
https://ineqe.com/2021/11/05/discord/
Hi everyone
This week has been a busy one for us with 4 schools coming to visit The Word but it seems to be a quiet one in the cyberverse! The main topic has been in the world of cricket where historic as well as modern texts have been brought into play to show evidence of cyberbullying, racism, anti-semitism and sexual inappropriateness. And with Black Friday deals coming up whilst it’s a great time to do your Christmas shopping, watch out for fake websites, too good to be true offers and be aware of the information you are sharing. Here is some useful advice from Money Helper website https://www.moneyhelper.org.uk/en/everyday-money/banking/shop-safely-online
The capability to record Google Meets on Education Fundamentals is going away in early January 2022. Therefore, if your school is recording Google Meets or requires the ability to do so, then if your are in our SLA we will need to talk to you about the implications of this and what your options are. Please don’t hesitate to get in touch, if you have any questions.
Childnet launched their Family Digital Toolkit last week. For the first time ever, UK parents can benefit from ‘made to measure’ advice around children’s online wellbeing with the launch of this new service. Parents can spend a few minutes answering questions about their child’s online world and then get instant advice.
If they’re not ready to read it right away they can have it sent to their inbox.
Here is the link https://www.internetmatters.org/digital-family-toolkit/
Short and sweet this week, have a great weekend.
Hello, and welcome back after what I hope was a relaxing half term break. You will no doubt be aware of the advisory letter sent to schools and parents last Friday about additional measures to combat Covid transmission being introduced in schools. I’d just like to let you know that we are still having schools visit us at OpenZone, and that schools have been happy with our safeguarding measures. We have a rigorous risk assessment and extra covid protocols in place. Once in our building we are confident that we are at least as safe as in school. The issue for school visits is how you get to us. So looking at your risk assessments for transport is the key. If you get public transport, perhaps reconsider or look to a different method to get to us such as a private hire coach. If you are still unsure or feel you need to postpone any trip please get in touch.
CAS Teams Training – Evidencing Children’s Work in Teams
We are hosting a training session on One Note next week, Thursday 11th November. It is a virtual session. You can book by clicking here.
#Ask the Awkward
Being online is an important part of how young people ‘do’ relationships. Young people are using online spaces for their social and romantic lives. These topics aren’t always easy to talk about, so #AskTheAwkward has been created to help parents and carers to explore online relationships with their secondary aged children, making these conversations part of everyday life.
https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/ask-the-awkward/
Gaming Fraud
A recent article has highlighted that young people are increasingly at risk of online fraud, scams and identity theft through their gaming. Lloyds Bank recently carried out a survey and found that a fifth of gamers had either been a victim of a gaming-related scam or knew someone who had, but less than a third said they knew how to spot one. With fraud and personal identity theft being one of the biggest crimes around the world, that’s a worrying statistic. Read the article here. Whilst we teach about scams, phishing and so on it’s often in association with e mail. It is equally important to relate it to the other parts of online life that we engage in such as games, you tube, streaming accounts and the like.
Squid Game Scam
In a similar vein, Netflix show Squid Game has been used in an online play to earn cryptocurrency scam. “Play-to-earn” cryptocurrency is where people buy tokens to use in online games and can earn more tokens which can later be exchanged for other cryptocurrencies or national currencies. A website set up to purchase tokens that could be used called “squids” has made off with approximately £2.48 in fraudulently obtained transactions. More about this scam here from BBC Business.
Netflix Games
Internet Safety Calendar
Childnet International has an Online Safety Calendar for 2021/22 which offers teachers engaging ways of incorporating online safety advice into the curriculum. The calendar also highlights campaigns including Anti-Bullying Week, LGBTQ History Month, World Book Day and Mental Health Awareness Week – and the relevant online safety resources available. Find the calendar here: https://www.childnet.com/blog/check-out-our-online-safety-calendar-2021-22-for-educators and I have attached it to this e mail.
Climate Change
The winner of Blue Peter’s Our Planet Now competition is 8 year old Delphine. Her story and poem have been made into a beautiful and poignant animation by Aardman Animations with music from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Its a fabulous resource to talk about the COP26 summit and about the power of animation and music. You can watch it here:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/joinin/bp-competition#our-planet-now
Well it’s nearly here, Christmas that is! and the big hitters have put out their seasonal adverts. Here are the links to some of the best ones:
John Lewis – an alien encounter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTttgc0DPA4
Disney – a step dad has his first family christmas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k620f8tV5PI
Sports Direct – loads of famous sports stars outside in the snow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPaZ8EgO4C0
Iceland – spoof of John Lewis, could be used as an example of crediting original in mash ups. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOY8v3U7EzM
Boots – a magical Mary Poppins type bag where Jenna Coleman wishes up presents https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-CM_yPJDD0
Barbour – Paddington Bear says thank you to Mr Brown https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5oseavlqbE
TK Maxx – be different is the theme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7W7w-eO-aE
Marks and Sparks – lovely animation, Dawn French and Tom Holland (Spiderman) voice over when Percy Pig comes alive https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dlem-MOMZOs
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Here’s your Christmas Countdown https://yourchristmascountdown.com/
Childnet-international have produced this excellent and very comprehensive help sheet for parents and carers.
The app House Party is to be shut down says its developer – read the full story here https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-58516156
Welcome back to school, I hope you all enjoyed a restful and healthy summer break and managed to take advantage of those two wonderfully sunny days we had.
We have been busy over the summer and have a new and improved Computing section on the website. See our new look site here.
We hope you like it and that you find lots of useful resources on it.
We have also published our professional development program for the Autumn term. Have a look at our courses, and get in touch if you would like to book on any of them. See our CPD Brochure here.
We are also taking bookings for school visits to OpenZone @ The Word. If you would like to bring your class along get in touch.
Here’s a round up of other things that have happened this week:
The Bett Show is back at the ExCel Arena in London from 19th to 21st January. Find out how to receive updates and book tickets by going to www.bettshow.com
If you can’t get to London, how about the Learn Ed roadshow – it will be visiting Newcastle on Friday 28th January.
Supported by the Department for Education and led by the British Educational Suppliers Association, the LearnED Roadshow will help you to navigate your way through post-lockdown learning and shape your educational technology strategy.
FLL Challenge season is on us again.
In this year’s FIRST LEGO League Challenge season, CARGO CONNECT, teams will get creative and use their critical thinking and imaginations to explore how cargo is transported, sorted, and delivered to its destinations. This year’s Cargo Connect Challenge 2021-22 season is NOW open for registration!
https://education.theiet.org/first-lego-league-programmes/register/fll/
Don’t forget to follow us on Facebook for even more updates – you’ll find us as: www.facebook.com/openzoneattheword
In this year’s FIRST LEGO League Challenge season, CARGO CONNECT, your students will get creative and use their critical thinking and imaginations to explore how cargo is transported, sorted, and delivered to its destinations.
This year’s Cargo Connect Challenge 2021-22 season is NOW open for registration!
https://education.theiet.org/first-lego-league-programmes/register/fll/
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South Tyneside Tournament
We would absolutely love you all to join us and let’s make this the biggest and best year ever!
For a recap on what is involved check out the info on the IET website
https://education.theiet.org/first-lego-league-programmes/about/fll/
We already have several teams signed up!
When you register make sure you select the South Tyneside event.
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