Connected Culture Conference

On Tuesday 8th of February, the whole of Lower School had a full day conference to recognise Safer Internet Day. It was a great way to understand in more depth how you should behave on social media and the internet, and how to interact better with other users online.

One of our talks was about body image and how much of their lives people show online. This was very insightful because it made us think about how people’s lives seem amazing online, but they don’t tend to show you the less exciting side of their lives. Following that, we had a talk about screen time. We spoke about how much time people spend on their screens and how this compared with what is recommended. We were shown all sorts of ways to track our usage. We also had a talk about online relationships and bullying; we learned some text and email etiquette (how to text and email properly) and finally, we learned about password safety and got the opportunity to update our security settings. At the end of the day, we listened to a virtual conference on Internet safety. We did a small quiz in our houses which was a very fun way to finish off the day.

We all learnt a lot about how to keep safe on the internet and what to do and what not to do online. Overall, it was lots of fun and we earnt some valuable lessons. Sacha and Lily, Lower 4