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Course Description

Children are connecting, playing, and chatting online earlier than ever — often before they fully understand what those interactions mean. This course is designed for all primary teachers and explores how gaming, online chat, and digital friendships shape student wellbeing. Participants will learn how to support students when they experience frustration, exclusion, or upset related to online play — and how to embed safe, respectful digital habits in everyday teaching.  The course includes age-appropriate classroom strategies, teacher talk prompts, and ideas for engaging families in conversations about healthy tech use.



Audience

Primary Teachers


Teaching Standards

4.5.2 Proficient Level - Create and maintain supportive and safe learning environments - Use ICT safely, responsibly and ethically:  Incorporate strategies to promote the safe, responsible and ethical use of ICT in learning and teaching




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Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction

    • Welcome

    • Acknowledgement of Country

    • Learning Objectives

    • Teaching Standards

  • 2

    Module 1 – What the Digital World Looks Like for Primary Students

    • Introduction

    • What Are Students Really Using?

    • Understanding Chat in Games

    • Why Digital Life Feels “Realer than Real”

    • Developmental Perspectives: F–2 vs 3–4 vs 5–6

    • Reflection Question

    • Resource - What’s On Their Screen?
  • 3

    Module 2 – Gaming, Chat and Big Emotions

    • Introduction

    • Why Students Cry Over Roblox and Fight Over Minecraft

    • Emotional Responses You’ll Commonly See

    • When to Worry: Emotional Dysregulation and Red Flags

    • Video - Gaming Addiction Linked to Aggression in Children (10 News First)

    • The Teacher’s Role: Calm, Validate, Guide

    • Scenario Activity

    • Suggested Teacher Responses to the Scenario Activity

    • Resource - How Did That Make You Feel?

    • Cross-Age Mentoring: Digital Role Models in Action

    • Differentiating Digital Wellbeing for Diverse Learners
  • 4

    Module 3 – Teaching Digital Respect and Emotional Regulation

    • Introduction

    • Co-Regulation in the Classroom

    • What to Say: Supportive Teacher Language

    • The Best Practice in Online Safety Education

    • Building a Culture of Digital Respect

    • Teaching About Online Risks

    • Embedding Digital Wellbeing into the Curriculum

    • Reflection Question

    • Resource – Teacher Prompt Pack: Digital Respect and Regulation

    • Resource – Student Worksheets: Digital Respect and Regulation

    • Video - Am I a Cyberbully? (I Thought It was Funny…)
  • 5

    Module 4 – Engaging Families in Healthy Digital Habits

    • Introduction

    • What Parents Are Dealing With – Insights from the Research

    • Common Digital Challenges at Home

    • Supporting Emotion Coaching at Home

    • Helping Families Set Digital Norms — Without Power Struggles

    • Scenario Activity

    • Scenario Activity - Example Response: Supporting a Parent Concerned About Digital Habits

    • Parent Resource: Supporting Your Child’s Digital Wellbeing

    • Reflection Question

    • Wrap Up

    • Reference List
  • 6

    Course Feedback

    • Course Feedback

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