{"id":21868,"date":"2012-06-28T19:14:37","date_gmt":"2012-06-28T09:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/power-up.space\/?p=21868"},"modified":"2012-06-28T19:14:37","modified_gmt":"2012-06-28T09:14:37","slug":"life-education-and-mcafee-fill-the-cyber-education-gap-for-young-australians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=21868","title":{"rendered":"LIFE EDUCATION AND MCAFEE FILL THE CYBER EDUCATION GAP FOR YOUNG AUSTRALIANS"},"content":{"rendered":"

Together, McAfee and Life Education Australia Aim to Empower Hundreds of Thousands of Australian Students and Parents to Stay Safe Online<\/em><\/p>\n

SYDNEY, Australia, June 28, 2012<\/strong> \u2013 McAfee<\/a> today announced a partnership with Life Education Australia<\/a>, the largest non-government provider of health education to children and young people, which will see Australian students educated on how to stay safe online and develop positive online communication skills. McAfee will partner with Life Education Australia to expand its national health and wellbeing program to include cyber safety content from the beginning of the 2013 school year.<\/p>\n

\u201cAccording to McAfee\u2019s recent Secret Life of Teens research, Australian teens are spending more time online than ever before, and being exposed to dangerous activities and behaviour \u2013 such as breaking the law through piracy (at a rate of over 30 per cent), posting sensitive personal information online, accessing pornography and cyber bullying. This is more common than parents realise. The report tells us that more than 50 per cent of Australian teens have witnessed cruelty and cyber bullying, and a staggering 68 per cent are posting personal content online, exposing them to cyber criminal activity,\u201d said Redman.<\/p>\n

The national cyber education program will take the form of a new Life Education Social Skills and Cybersafety module for middle primary students. Life Education will utilise McAfee\u2019s expertise and experience in the security industry in creating Cybersafety content for upper primary students which will include strategies to deal with unsafe online situations.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe understand the importance of teaching our kids about cyber safety and want to do something about it. Life Education is the ideal partner to help McAfee arm Australian kids with the information they need to build positive relationships and stay safe online. We are committed to providing parents and the community with ongoing education and access to cyber safety materials,\u201d said Redman.<\/p>\n

\u201cLife Education Australia has been a trusted and valued partner of Australian schools for over thirty years, working with over 3500 schools and educating 620,000 students in 2011 alone. While delivering our program to schools over the past few years, we have received increasing requests from parents and teachers for a cyber safety and cyber bullying program,\u201d said David Ballhausen, CEO of Life Education Australia.<\/p>\n

\u201cChildren\u2019s online behaviour becomes entrenched very early on and if they are not properly educated about cyber safety, they will not be prepared to handle the situations they will certainly face online as teenagers,\u201d Redman said. \u201cThis is why we are joining with Life Education Australia to educate children about cyber safety starting in the middle primary years.\u201d<\/p>\n

McAfee and Life Education Australia have both identified a need for greater awareness-raising and cyber safety education aimed at young Australians. Life Education Australia\u2019s mission is to empower children to make safe and healthy decisions, a vision which matches well with McAfee\u2019s initiatives to fight cybercrime and help Australians stay safe and protected online.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis national cyber education partnership is a program I am personally very proud of. I\u2019m happy to say that our team at McAfee Australia will be actively involved in collaborating with Life Education to protect all Australian\u2019s online by helping to bridge the cyber education gap,\u201d said Redman.<\/p>\n

The cyber security element of the program will align with the State, Territory and future National Curriculum covering communication, relationships, decision-making and safety. It will provide knowledge, skills and strategies to empower children to use technology safely, build positive relationships and contribute to the safety of others online.<\/p>\n

The program will be officially launched and rolled out to schools across Australia from February 2013.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Together, McAfee and Life Education Australia Aim to Empower Hundreds of Thousands of Australian Students and Parents to Stay Safe Online SYDNEY, Australia, June 28, 2012 \u2013 McAfee today announced a partnership with Life Education Australia, the largest non-government provider of health education to children and young people, which will see Australian students educated on<\/p>\n

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