1. www.europeanschoolnet.org - www.eun.org
Responsible citizenship in the 2020 world
II Congreso Internacional Menores en las TIC
II International Congress “Children in ICT”
Aprendiendo un uso responsable de las TIC
Learning a responsible usage of ICT
Recinto Ferial /Exhibition Site Luis Adaro (Gijón)
26-27 Octubre/October 2010
Janice Richardson

2. Why Insafe?
30 awareness centres
27 helplines
30 youth panels
pan-EU youth panel
*************
24 EU Hotlines
Insafe in a
nutshell

3. Safer Internet Day
Let’s work together…
Celebrated in 65 countries worldwide
It’s more than a game, its your life!
8 FEBRUARY 2011
SID

4. Emerging trends
 75% of 5-7 year-olds in EU already online
 29% increase in 5-9 yr olds in virtual worlds
 22% of 8-11 yr olds have an SN profile
 2 in 3 chn have a mobile phone at age 10
 31% of all young people access via handheld device
 over 10% use game devices to go online
Source: OfCom – UK children’s media literacy, 2010
EU Kids Online 2010
Latest
figures

5. What do young people do
online?
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
schoolwork
playing
games
watching
clips
instant
messaging
pos>ng
images
pos>ng
messages
using
webcam
file-­‐sharing
sites
blogs
Source: EU Kids Online 2010 (23,420 children aged 9-16 using internet, plus parent)
EU Kids Online
2010

6. More trends!
 Facebook: 100 million users in first 9 months; took TV 13
years to reach same figure
 Facebook: 500 million active user spending 700 billion
minutes monthly
 There are currently 50 million tweets per day
 99% of all movies watched online in USA are via Youtube
Life online

7. More trends!
 Gamers spend an average 8 hours weekly playing online
 18 million accounts are registered on Second Life
 13 million players make World of Warcraft (“WoW”) world’s
largest Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game
 Young people sleep 2 to 3 hours less nightly than in 2000
Life online

8. Opportunities & challenges
Global library on demand Non-accountability/objectivity
Cut/paste non-learning & zapping,
“multi-tasking”
Virtual worlds, games
Mobile anywhere/anytime contact
New socialization opportunities
Creativity – user-generated content
Multi-media learning content
Photo misuse, privacy, bullying
Discerning friends/setting limits
Location-based risks, ”addiction”
Violence…

9. Educating for citizenship
Learningtolearn
Lrngtolivetogether
Learningtodo
Learningtobe
4 pillars
of learning

10. Are young people
eSkilled?
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
EU Kids Online
2010

11. Are young people
eSkilled?
EU Kids Online
2010
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%

12. Learning to be?
15% of 11-16 year olds have received peer to peer “sexual messages or
images …[meaning] talk about having sex or images of people naked or
having sex,” and 3% say they have sent or posted such messages.
Privacy
Interculturaldialogue
4 pillars
of learning
Social
engagement

13. 3 challenges to meet
 curriculum for progressive, systematic development
of skills
Adressing
the issues
 empowerment of parents – they have a real role to
play!
 socialisation of children into today’s information and
knowledge society from early age

14. Thank you for listening ;-)
For further information: Janice.Richardson@eun.org
info-insafe@eun.org