Ms Brosnan and Ms Mullaney’s second year Digital Media Literacy short course classes celebrated Safer Internet Day on Tuesday 9th February by taking part in a poster competition on the topic of Internet Safety.   

The theme of the event was ‘Together for a Better Internet’ and posters highlighted a variety of interesting topics including shopping safely online, internet safety tips and how to deal with cyberbullying.  

The students joined over 145,000 other pupils around the country to celebrate this initiative.  This year students in the class have learned about a variety of topics including:

·         Digital Technologies

·         Ethical and legal issues around downloading

·         Rights and responsibilities online

·         Online safety and wellbeing

·         Fact checking and how to identify fake news 

Digital skills have never been more important and these skills were put to the test during lockdown.  Students showed great resilience, creativity and determination in their weekly live online classes and navigated the digital classroom with ease. 

Students have continued to improve their skills in the use of Office365 with the use of Microsoft Forms to conduct surveys, Word to prepare reports and Powerpoint and Sway to make creative and visual Presentations.  Students have also learned how to produce high quality posters with the use of apps such as Canva and to cite and reference their research using the Harvard referencing system and the help of www.citethisforme.com

To find out more about Internet Safety you can log on to www.webwise.ie which provides fantastic advice for teachers, parents and students. 

Pictured are a selection of photos created by the class groups.