Learning about safety online

DotCom workshop

Recently the Year Sevens participated in a whole-day cyberbullying workshop. Hosted by Project Rockit, the DotCom workshop was a fun and interesting activity.

During the workshop we learnt what to do if you’re being cyberbullied and how to reach out for help. We also talked about how to be safe online and on social media.

The most enjoyable part of the day was throwing a giant beach ball around the room. Our hosts gave it to one person in the room and he passed it on to everyone. This ended up being a metaphor for the hosts' private information. This taught us how easily and quickly information can pass on to each other and not to share private things online. 

Project Rockit was created in 2006 by two Australian sisters, Rosie and Lucy Thomas. They saw the opportunity to make social change by confronting cyberbullying.

“We believe in a world where kindness and respect thrive over bullying,

hate and prejudice and all young people are free to realise their potential.”

Quote from Rosie and Lucy Thomas

We feel that Project Rockit did an amazing job, as this was a hard topic to talk about. They spoke about it in an engaging way using loud music and games. Our hosts knew their target audience and spoke in a way that we could understand and enjoy.

We know we speak for everyone when we say that we all enjoyed the Dot Com workshop and we would recommend this to all future year sevens.

By Bella Lee-Archer and Esther MacIsaac (with help from Tara Healy)