CRITICAL THINKING
During our year of CRITICAL
THINKING and debunking
FAKE News we have been
delighted to see the massive
growth in WEBWISE and
SAFER INTERNET DAY.
We have asked Lorcan Tuohy-
Donnelly to give you a bit
more information about these
special projects ..
I’m Lorcan and I’m in 5 th year in Borrisokane
Community College. I’m a Safer Internet Day
Ambassador with www.webwise.ie and I am
also a member of the Webwise Youth Panel.
After my first year as a Safer Internet Day
ambassador I think that this is a great role for
TY students to consider as there are so many
opportunities to develop a wide range of skills.
Who Are Webwise?
Webwise is part of PDST Technology in Education,
who promote and support the integration of ICT in
teaching and learning schools. They are based in the
Invent building in DCU but you don’t have to be
based in Dublin to be a Safer Internet day
Ambassador.
They develop resources and ideas to help us to be
more effective and safer when we are online and
develop a range of materials that are suitable for
students, teachers and parents. For TY co-ordinators
there are a wide range of resources in the teacher
section on www.webwise.ie that could be used in
TY and teachers can also order copies of these to be
delivered to schools.
What does a Safer Internet Day
Ambassador Do?
Safer Internet Day Ambassadors should have an
interest in doing something
positive to address issues such as online safety or
cyberbullying. Prospective ambassadors complete a
Doing things his own way -
Lorcan Tuohy-Donnelly
Student, Borrisokane Community College
Cycle Against Suicide Student Leader and
Ambassador
Safer Internet Day Ambassador and
Webwise.ie Panelist
form explaining why they would like to be involved
and the team at Webwise get in touch to explain
more about the programme and the training that is
involved. This involves a day of hands-on
workshops where you get to meet other ambassadors
from around the country and some webinars to
follow up on the training.
You then work with teachers in your school to plan
some events for Safer Internet Day. This takes place
at the start of February every year. There is a host of
activities and resources you can use in your
campaign that can be accessed on both webwise.ie
and saferinternetday.ie. Over 102,000 students took
part in Safer Internet Day across Ireland in 2018
supported by the ISSU, Webwise.ie and us as
student Safer Internet Day Ambassadors!
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