LEGO has partnered with the DQ institute to encourage children to stay safe online.
The partnership will work towards educating kids with the skills they need to stay safe and enjoy the online world. This comes in a form of an online quiz, called Safer Internet Day, which teaches children about empathy via a series of questions.
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Some of the topics include what digital empathy is, what constitutes cyberbullying, and how to stand up against it as well as the importance of being an upstanding digital citizen.
In between topics, LEGO’s mini-figures will perform scenes to demonstrate different situations such as bullying and the spread of misinformation.
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Kids will be praised if they speak up against those who create chaos online or comfort those who have been harassed. They will also be taught how to apologize and handle a situation in which they have hurt someone else’s feelings.
At the end of the quiz, the children will be awarded an “online empathy hero statue” which takes the form of one of the four digital mini-figures. The characters include Sir Hug A Lot, Butterclops, AeroVision, and Admiral Highfive.
“We share a common vision with the LEGO Group to empower children to be good digital citizens who can minimize cyber-risks and maximize their potential in the digital world,” DQ Institute founder Yuhyun Park said in a press statement. “That’s why we’re so pleased to be working with the LEGO Group since they are experts in communicating with children. We hope that the playful experience we design together will help to empower children to make the internet a better place for them in the future.”
The internet safety quiz can be taken here.
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[via Mashable, cover image via LEGO] http://www.designtaxi.com/news/413115/LEGO-Launches-Interactive-Quiz-To-Teach-Kids-How-To-Be-Online-Empathy-Heroes/
