Useful Info

Making a video for the first time?

• Young Irish Film Makers Learn how to edit footage, shoot movies, use equipment and much more!
• Digital Stories – tips and advice to get started on that film

Need Music or Images for your video? 

Respecting copyrights and others, means that you need permission to use other people’s music, company/brand logos, images and photos. Below are some good sites that might be helpful for you.

• Bensound – popular royalty-free music site
• FreeSoundtrackMusic – most are free, but some are not
• Natentine – royalty free music, some free some are not
• Musopen – music whose copyright has expired. So mostly the music of classical composers.
• Unsplash – photos, mostly taken outdoors
• Realistic Shots – more photos, of many things
• Digital Stories – Sound Resources

 Being safe online

• Trend Micro Blog keeping you up to date with trends and challenges online for families.
• NetFamilyNews Youth, parenting, safety, literacy, research and policy
• Webwise Ireland parent and teacher guide
  • Apps explained everything from Fortnite and VSCO to Twitch and Roblox
• CyberSafeIreland great tips and advice for parents including how to set up parental controls
  • Parental controls for apps, games and devices
• CommonSenseMedia – Reviews of movies, games, apps, TV shows, websites, books, and music.
  • Tik Tok parent guide
  • Instagram parent guide
• Snapchat Safety Centre
  • • A parents Guide to SnapChat
• Tips from Facebook
• Tips from Twitter
• Apple Devices useful and practical Safety Information
  • ScreenTime managing your child’s device #FamilyShare
• Android Devices 
  • Family Link setting ground rules to help guide them as they learn, play, and explore online
• Tools for primary and secondary school teachers, Ireland
• NationalAnti-Bullying Coalition Ireland

Use the internet to do great things 

• Vocalid Donate the gift of voice
• Charity Navigator Your guide to intelligent giving
• Alison Empower Yourself online with FREE certified learning (discover your true passion)
• MOOC’s Massive Open Online Courses FREE!
• Khan Academy You can learn anything for free, for everyone, forever
• Smart Futures Career stories, videos, free school visits and lots more
• Transition Year Students Discover your potential and the possibilities @ TYIreland
• LinkedIn for young people
• Careers Portal Ireland’s leading career guidance website
• CoderDojo The global network of free computer programming clubs for young people
• Hubsi An online social innovation hub to connect young people and their ideas for social innovation
• Mathletes An online maths competition from 4th class to pre-leaving cert
• WhizzKids Learn about computers, IT, web design, video game programming and lots more!
• Social Skills for Autism App #KloogTheAlien 
• Great Safe Sites recommended by Webwise for teachers and students

Your mental health is very important

• Jigsaw The National Centre for Youth Mental Health ensures that no young person feels alone, isolated and disconnected from others around them. Jigsaw provide vital supports to young people with their mental health.
• EducationDesty  By empowering parents, educators and carers with guidance, training and practical tools, DESTY® helps children to build their self-confidence and to deal with life’s challenges. A wide range of online training packages available. (aimed at primary school age)

Resources for Media Literacy #Trust #Research #BeInformed 

There’s a lot of information online, but sometimes it’s hard to tell what is fact, what is a reliable, and what is not. Media literacy is a skill that helps us learn how to look at information analyze what we find online and look at it with a critical lens. Here are some tips about being media literate.

• Misleading news explained by Webwise.ie
• Media Literacy 101 – an overview from MediaSmarts
• Media Literacy Fundamentals – a great resource for educators from MediaSmarts
• Resources for Students, Teachers, & Parents – explains media literacy from Media Literacy Now
• Building Healthy Relationships with Media – a great guide from the National Association for Media Literacy Education and Trend Micro with examples of how to deal with fake news, deceptive ads, hoaxes, etc.
• News Literacy Project – lots of great resources from an organization focused on helping students become critical consumers of the news.

The Numbers 

There are more than 3 billion Internet users worldwide. There are als0 more than 6 billion mobile phones and of these over 1 billion of those are smartphones. 20-25% of teens have been bullied online and 75-80% haven’t. If you’re looking for numbers, here are some sites with cool stats about who’s doing what online:

• Cyber Safe Irelands 5th Annual Report launched Sep 10th 2020
• EU Kids Online – findings & recommendations with full interactive report
• National Anti Bullying Research Centre, Ireland
• Pew Internet and American Life Project