{"id":250376,"date":"2023-02-17T19:23:39","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T17:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/?p=128574"},"modified":"2023-02-17T19:23:39","modified_gmt":"2023-02-17T17:23:39","slug":"mysocialife-launches-sas-first-digital-life-skills-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/mysocialife-launches-sas-first-digital-life-skills-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"MySociaLife launches SA\u2019s first \u2018Digital Life Skills Summit\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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To inform schools of this reality, the social media educators have announced a first for South Africa \u2013 The MySociaLife \u2018Digital Life Skills Summit for Schools\u2019<\/b> \u2014 equipping teachers with the knowledge and skills they need to keep their students safer online, so they can explore and excel in a competitive decade.<\/p>\n

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Taking place on Thursday, 16th Feb 2023, the 2-hour mini-summit shared five presentations on where students and schools currently find themselves, and how they can chart a new path towards \u2018digital citizenship\u2019. Insights also stemmed from two GenZ speakers.<\/p>\n

Educators were provided with real insights on how not to get left behind which ultimately risks a school\u2019s reputation. Teachers learnt how to shape a more aware digital culture that presents the spectrum of challenges that come with an explosive world of learning, messaging and communication, browsing, gaming and entertainment. \u201cEnd result is the development of critical thinking online, greater online safety awareness and real digital empowerment for their students,\u201d adds McCoubrey.<\/p>\n

Kids are being exposed to more and more online, post-COVID. Recently, a video of a minor having sex with a female SA police officer was circulating on social media in South Africa. While the Film and Publication Board (FBP)<\/a> has announced they\u2019re trying to take the video down, it\u2019s already entered schools through the phones of many South African children, exposing them to child pornography.<\/p>\n

Yet, according to a survey conducted by Dell<\/a>, 37% of Gen Z participants felt that school education did not equip them with the digital life skills needed in this day and age. \u201cThis is one of the biggest problems we faced on Safer Internet Day in South Africa a few weeks ago \u2013 very little exposure on these issues. In our country, we are failing kids in online safety, and we\u2019re failing them in educating them for the future,\u201d McCoubrey adds.<\/p>\n

MySociaLife<\/a> is pioneering online safety and digital life skills education around South Africa, partnering with schools and presenting world-class, hyper-relevant programs to students in classes from Grade 4 to Grade 11.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe great obstacle is getting kids to relate and buy-in. We recently launched a world-first social media current affairs show, called OneLife<\/a>, that\u2019s specifically designed to help teens successfully navigate the digital world they live in. What\u2019s OneLife\u2019s secret? An incredible GenZ team of six individuals under the age of 23 that creates and presents the content on screen.\u201d<\/u><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.mysocialife.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source: MyPR.co.za<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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