Hectors World is a digital safety programme developed in the early 2000's. Some of the resources are still useful today. The activities will appeal most to junior and middle school students.

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In 2002, NetSafe wanted to develop a new cybersafety character for young children. The bottlenose dolphin was selected for qualities such as intelligence, playfulness, kindness and loyalty and he was christened Hector. In 2003, Hector became New Zealand’s new Cybersafety Ambassador for people

At the end of that year, NetGuide Magazine donated the proceeds of their NetGuide Web Awards to NetSafe to help fund animating Hector.

In late 2004, Microsoft became The Hector’s World Foundation Sponsor and the successful Hector Safety Button™ was launched. Development continued with the building of the website www.hectorsworld.com and the launch of the first Hectors World animated episode in late 2005.

CORE VALUES & VISION

This is the vision of Hector’s World^®:

We will make a difference in young children’s lives by offering them the skills and knowledge they need to mature into confident and capable online citizens.

We will do this by:

• Communicating digital citizenship with creativity, imagination and humour.

• Offering high quality and reliable products.

• Responding to the needs of families and educators as they teach digital citizenship.

• Working with passion, commitment and integrity.

• Creating trends, not following.

http://hectorsworld.netsafe.org.nz/about-us/

Hector’s World^® Limited (HWL) is a subsidiary of NetSafe, New Zealand’s cybersafety organisation.

Link to lesson plans:

http://hectorsworld.netsafe.org.nz/teachers/lesson-plans-and-resources/lesson-plans/