Week 13 · Theme 2, Lesson 6 Who Can Help You with Online Problems? · 3 lessons
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Trusted people who can help
ICT P4 Term 1, Theme 2: pp. 66–69
GoalName the people who can help with online problems and say what to tell them.
New words
trusted adult · a grown-up you feel safe with, who wants to help youreport · to tell the right people about a problemGeneral Department for Combating Internet Crimes · an office in Egypt that works on crimes that happen on the internetbadge · a small sign that shows a team or a job
Explanation
You never have to solve an online problem alone. Many people want to help: your family, your teacher and other grown-ups at school. Start with the grown-up you trust most. Say what happened in your own words, and show the message or the page if you still have it. Sometimes the grown-ups decide that people in authority should help too. In Egypt there is an office called the General Department for Combating Internet Crimes. Grown-ups can report serious problems to it. A child does not look for its phone number or contact it alone. That is for the adults to decide. However big the problem feels, asking for help is a brave and clever thing to do.
Worked examples
Jana feels worried about a strange message. She thinks: “Whom do I trust most?” She chooses her grandfather, who listens, and then they show the message to her teacher together.
A rude page opens on a school computer. Omar tells his teacher. She tells the school’s computer teacher, who fixes the settings so it does not happen again.
Some problems are serious. In an invented story, Mina’s family decides to report one to the General Department for Combating Internet Crimes. The adults do the reporting. Mina’s job is to tell the truth and answer questions calmly.
Class activity
Helper badge and helper list. First design a badge for a pretend team of young internet helpers: draw a circle or a shield, add one picture (a heart, a lock or a hand) and two words. Then make your helper list: write three trusted people you could tell, one at home, one at school and one more. Write their roles (for example “my aunt”), not phone numbers.
Practice
1
Name three people who can help with an online problem.
A family member, a teacher and another trusted grown-up at school.
2
Who decides whether to contact the General Department for Combating Internet Crimes?
The grown-ups, such as family or teachers.
3
Should a child look for the department’s phone number and call alone?
No. The child tells a trusted adult, and the adults decide.
4
Your friend sees a scary picture on a game page. What should your friend do first? Say the letter.
