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CyberSchool
Vaccines for Children in Cyberspace
CyberSchool is a solution for Schools, providing free 45 to 90-minute “Internet Safety" classes for primary schools, middle schools, and high schools to enhance Children’s knowledge and ability to utilize the Internet effectively.
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OUR ACTIVITIES
In 2022, we continued executing the strategy of implementing the "Nationwide Internet Safety classes" project. Having achieved success in the Northern provinces and Hanoi, CyberSchool was officially launched in Ho Chi Minh City in April 2022. Besides bringing “Internet Safety” classes to primary, secondary, and high schools, CyberSchool in Ho Chi Minh city also spread valuable knowledge about how to utilize Internet safely to unfortunate children in orphanages such as SOS Children's Villages, Mai Am Anh Sang, and Mai Am Tre Xanh. OUR DIFFERENCES
(1) There is a high level of volunteer student interaction since lessons are organized in small sized classrooms, with interesting curricula content, thereby increasing student's knowledge acquisition; (2) Not only children, who are the beneficiaries of the solution, but also other social sectors, such as schools, teachers, project coordinators, and project volunteers, are impacted by the solution.
OUR IMPACT
59
Schools cooperated with CyberSchool
603 187%
Volunteers participated in delivered “Internet Safety” classes Percentage of Children impacted compared to 2021
CyberSchool's journey not only makes beneficial consequence on Children but also inspires and creates a dynamic environment for University students to develop soft skills. By approaching top domestic universities to recruit talented students such as University of Languages and International Studies – Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, and Ho Chi Minh City University of Education, CyberSchool has been developing a nationwide network of high-quality volunteers. This year, we also focused on improving the quality of our classes by organizing training programs of pedagogical skills and carefully evaluating the teaching ability of the volunteers. In addition, we continuously developed new interactive activities between students and volunteers and updated lesson plans that include new, in-depth, and practical content.
In 2023, CyberSchool has 03 main goals:
Equipping Children and Young Adults with digital competencies besides digital safety knowledge so that they will be confident when seizing future learning and working opportunities of the digital economy - society;
Delivering the “Internet Safety” classes to high schools in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to ensure that students at all ages are equipped with useful knowledge and skills on how to utilize the Internet safely;
Launching the Global Digital Citizen Summer Camp 2023 which aims at opening up a meaningful space for students to develop themselves. With the form of a day-boarding summer camp, the Global Digital Citizen Summer Camp 2023 will provide basic knowledge and skills for Children about how to create content on digital platforms. Furthermore, it also brings opportunities for students to meet, exchange and listen to speakers who are influential in many fields such as communication, technology, education, and social activism.
WHAT OUR COMMUNITY SAY ABOUT US
“The Administration is very grateful to CyberKid for bringing the “Internet Safety” classes to the students of Ngo Si Lien Secondary School. Both teachers and students have given positive feedback about the lesson. In particular, besides theoretical knowledge, the lesson was integrated with real-life stories and situations, which gave students chances to interact and grasp knowledge better. I hope that, in the future, CyberKid Vietnam and our school will have more cooperation opportunities when there are other suitable programs.” Mrs. Huyen Hoang-Thanh, Vice Principal of Ngo Si Lien Secondary School - Hanoi CyberSchool s volunteer journey has helped me improve my public speaking and problemsolving skills. Additionally, I felt energized when the pupils were joyful and excited about my lessons. I m truly grateful to CyberKid for providing me with the chance to have such experiences. As for me, that journey is really beautiful and unforgettable.” Mr. Hoan Nguyen-Trong, Volunteer of CyberSchool in Hanoi Q4/2022
After taking part in CyberSchool s class, I have learned a lot of useful lessons about protecting myself from attacks and temptations in cyberspace. In addition, this is also an opportunity for me to be equipped with skills to utilize Internet resources in learning and entertainment effectively. All students were given a space to express their opinions on this topic thanks to an interesting class and friendly volunteers. These lessons from CyberSchool are meaningful to us - the generations of the digital era and the nation s pride. Mr. Son Dao-Ngọc, Student in grade 9 at Ngo Si Lien Secondary School - Hanoi
