Digital Safety

Highlights:

• Interland is specifically designed by Google to teach kids the fundamentals of internet safety and digital citizenship. It is an interactive, 3D browser-based game that turns serious safety lessons into a series of "quests."

1. Reality River (Don’t Fall for Fake)

• The Lesson: Teaches kids how to identify phishing, scams, and "fake news."

• The Gameplay: Students cross a river by answering multiple-choice questions correctly to spot untrustworthy emails, "too good to be true" offers, and suspicious links.

2. Tower of Treasure (Secure Your Secrets)

• The Lesson: Focuses on password security and protecting personal information.

• The Gameplay: Kids run through a platformer level, collecting "personal data" and locking it away in a vault. They learn to create strong passwords and why they shouldn't use the same password for every site.

3. Mindful Mountain (Share with Care)

• The Lesson: Teaches the importance of a digital footprint and thinking before you post.

• The Gameplay: Players must use mirrors to direct information to the correct "audience." It helps kids understand that some things are okay to share with everyone, while others should only be shared with family or kept private.

4. Kind Kingdom (It’s Cool to Be Kind)

• The Lesson: Addresses cyberbullying and online etiquette.

• The Gameplay: In a bright, colorful world, players encounter "cyberbullies" spreading negativity. The goal is to block the bullies, report bad behavior, and use "kindness" (represented by hearts and positive actions) to help other characters.