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ONLINE SAFETY FOR KIDS

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Spending time online is great fun! Here are a few simple rules to help kids stay safe and keep the internet a great place to spend time: Never give out your real name - don't use it as your username. Never give out any of your personal details. Never tell anybody which school you go to or how old you are. Never tell anybody your password except a parent or a guardian. Be aware that you must be 13 or over to create an account on many sites. Always check the site policy and ask a parent or guardian for permission before registering. Always tell a parent or guardian if something is worrying you.

DIGITAL CITIZEN

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A digital citizen is a person using information technology (IT) in order to engage in society, politics, and government. It refers to the responsible use of technology, computer, the internet, digital devices. Let us discuss the importance of being a digital citizen in this short write up. Today in these pandemic times, many children use a computer, access the internet for school and other activities. Therefore, it becomes important to teach our children to protect their personal data, balance and control their data use, communicate kindly with others over social media. It is important to educate our children about the possible harm over the internet eg; cyberbullying, irresponsible social media usage, scams, viruses. Some of the aspects that a child needs to be taught while using social media are: Good online behaviour: Through media platforms, one can communicate with known or unknown people who are distantly placed. During such an instance there is a possibility of communica

WHY PROGRAMMING FOR KIDS?

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Programming fosters creativity, reasoning and problem solving. The programmer gets the opportunity to create something from nothing, use logic to turn programming constructs into a form that computer can run. It also develops problem solving abilities by identifying the the problem when something is wrong.