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Schools, sign up for eSafety Challenge program

<h3>The Office of the Children&&num;8217&semi;s eSafety Commissioner&comma; has released <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;esafety&period;cmail19&period;com&sol;t&sol;i-l-kukrqt-noahib-j&sol;">ClassAct 50 Challenge<&sol;a>&period; The challenge provides a mix of quick&comma; daily tasks designed to help children take control of their online safety&comma; prompt thinking around respectful relationships and to know where to go to find support if things go wrong&period;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6070" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;school-news&period;com&period;au&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;11&sol;AdobeStock&lowbar;125804770-300x200&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Teenage girl cyber bullying victim" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"200" &sol;>The current digital climate means that students are expected to sign digital use contracts and agree to acceptable use policies&period;  The ClassAct 50 Task Challenge has been designed to support school classes&comma; cohorts and communities to consider and act on the issues the digital world can present&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The start of the school year is an important time to revisit essential digital citizenship skills with your students and to encourage a culture of respect and positive interaction in their online and offline worlds&period; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;esafety&period;gov&period;au&sol;education-resources&sol;classroom-resources&sol;classact&sol;register-class-act-50">Sign up today to receive a hard copy ClassAct 50 Challenge poster&comma; delivered to you free&comma; by the start of Term 1 2017<&sol;a>&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Aimed at ages 10 to 14&comma; ClassAct 50 provides a mix of quick&comma; daily tasks designed to help children take control of their online safety&comma; prompt thinking around respectful relationships&comma; and to know where to go to find support if things go wrong&period; The tasks encourage self-reflection&comma; group discussion and to operating with &&num;8216&semi;class&&num;8217&semi; online&period;  It is a list of digital-life thought-food that is simple&comma; and fun to run&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Essentially&comma; it is a list of digital-life related talking and reflection prompts&comma; with quick&comma; simple activities that are enjoyable to run and appealing to students&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Individual schools may decide to commit to completing one task every day for a whole term&comma; or decide to do one a week for a whole year&period;  The important part is to make digital intelligence part of your regular conversation with kids to help increase digital safety&comma; reduce negative behaviours like cyberbullying and to make time online as positive and enjoyable as possible&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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Suzy Barry is a freelance education writer and the former editor of School News, Australia.

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