Deputy Principal
Kristen Waldron
The Hamilton and Alexandra College
The eSafety Guide to apps and platforms
Find out how to protect your personal information and report harmful content on common social media, games, apps and sites. With these platforms changing frequently it is important we remain up to date on what our students/children are exposed to.
Click on the name of the app / game to find out more.
Facebook is a social media service, which lets you create a page about yourself, an organisation or group.
Instagram is a social media service designed for people to share photos and video.
Kick is an online streaming platform and social media service where you can watch or broadcast live streams and chat with other users.
Reddit is a social news aggregation and discussion site where you can share stories, links, images and videos, send messages and group chat.
Snapchat is an app that lets you send images, videos and messages to friends. There are also ‘Discover’ and ‘Spotlight’ feeds where creators share videos that anyone with an account can watch.
Threads is a social media platform developed by Meta that allows you to post text, links, photos, videos, and polls.
TikTok is a social media app for creating, sharing and discovering short videos.
Twitch is an online streaming platform and social network where you can watch or broadcast live streams and pre-recorded videos, and chat with other users
X, formerly Twitter, is a social media service that lets you publicly share short posts that are sometimes limited to 280 characters of text.
YouTube is a user-generated video sharing platform that allows people to discover, watch and share videos.
W App (also known as Slay) is a social media app for young people that lets you create a profile and interact with friends from your school by semi-anonymously posting and answering positive polls.
Roblox is a game-creation platform that allows users to design their own games and play a wide variety of games created by other users.
Minecraft is a virtual building game where you can create your own virtual world using building blocks and interact with other players.
Fortnite is a third-person shooter game where you can voice chat or message chat with other players.
Character.AI is an artificial intelligence chatbot that allows you to interact with digital characters.
Linky is an artificial intelligence chatbot that allows you to chat with AI characters and create your own character.
Replika is an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot that you can customise and learns and evolves as you interact with it.
Talkie AI is an artificial intelligence chatbot that lets you create, share and interact with characters.
Addchat is an app that lets you chat and share images with random strangers.
Adobe Connect is audio and video web conferencing platform by Adobe.
Adobe Firefly is an artificial intelligence (AI) text-to-image generator available online or within software such as Adobe Express, Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator.
airG is a social chat and dating service where you can meet new people in your area, share updates and play games.
Alibi Security offer a range of video surveillance technologies. Brands include Alibi Witness, Alibi Vigilant, Alibi Cloud VS and HDVision.
AllTrails is an online service that helps people discover and follow outdoor trails for activities like hiking, running, biking and walking.
Alexa is Amazon’s cloud-based voice assistant, which can be used with voice enabled devices from Amazon and other companies.
Among Us is a cartoon-like action strategy game that can be downloaded for free on PCs or through app stores.
Animal Jam is an online game and associated app for kids where they can learn about the natural world, chat to other players and watch educational videos.
Anthem is an online multiplayer action role-playing video game published by Electronic Arts (EA).
Apex Legends is a free-to-play multi-player battle game available on desktop, Xbox and Playstation.
Messages or iMessage is the messaging service for Apple devices that lets you send text, video, photos and other types of content.
Apple Music is a subscription-based music streaming service owned by Apple.
ASKfm was a social media service based on asking and answering questions, where posts could be anonymous.
Be There App is an app that helps you support someone experiencing domestic violence or an unhealthy, toxic or abusive relationship.
BeReal is a photo sharing app that prompts you to share an unfiltered photo of yourself and your immediate surroundings once a day.
Bigo Live is a live streaming platform. It lets you live stream video content to other users and watch other people’s livestreams.