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Social Behaviour

Social Behaviour

Our virtual adventure continues amongst the schools participating in the special edition of Safer Internet Day, promoted by Microsoft and the Fondazione Mondo Digitale in collaboration with the Italian Postal Police to [see new Safer Internet Day 2016]. . Today, we travel to Potenza, in Basilicata, to the “Giustino Fortunato” Professional School for Agricultural Services and Rural development, directed by Headmaster Angelo Mazzatura. Various classes at the school are participating in the project.

 

Here is what the students are working on, class by class:

 

Students in Class II B at the Avigliano-Lagopesole branch of the school have chosen to work on social networks. “Keep an eye on your social channels!” is their recommendation.

 

“An apparently trustworthy profile may hide all sorts of dangers and deceits,” they explain. And this is why it’s important “to carefully check all profiles and the information that they contain.”

 

Classes 4A and 4B at the Potenza branch have addressed specific risks of user behaviour on social media: “The widespread use of social networks hides a series of dangers, ranging from identity theft to cyber-stalking. Protecting our data is essential.”

 

“We can even be victims of cyber-stalking without noticing it, or being to afraid to report it. This is a phenomenon with many victims, so how can we recognise it? Report it?”  

 

So, the students added a “Cyber-stalking: let’s learn to identify it and report it!” to “Keep an eye on your social channels!

 

The students also addressed Phishing to raise student awareness on another danger of the web: “If you don’t want to be cheated, you better be informed!

 

The last issue addressed by the students concerns on-line shopping: “See, choose, buy … can we trust this?” The students pointed out “When we shop on-line, we have to be careful to avoid fraud and make sure that our credentials or home banking data are not stolen.”

 

Even Class 2B at the Sant’Arcangelo branch has worked on the dangers inherent in social media: “On Facebook, you often receive messages from strangers who pretend to be someone else and often try to find personal information about you and then blackmail you.” To defend oneself from sexting, it’s better “Not to answer strangers.

 

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