Google Education project helps to protect children on the Internet

Google has announced an educational project that helps to protect children from intruders and troll the World Wide Web. Be Internet Awesome consists of an online game, a training course and a series of videos for parents.

Google develops the course dealt with teachers and specialized experts. The main task - to teach children to be wary of strangers in social networks, not to succumb to phishing, to come up with strong passwords and avoid negative behavior online.

browser game Interlard designed to interest children in the material and transform the educational process into an interesting pastime. For example, the question rassharivaniya posts in social networks is presented as a puzzle game in which you need to catch the troll. Be complex passwords teaches platformer where you have to collect a variety of characters.

The course is divided into several theoretical modules, accompanied by exercises and tips. For example, before you publish anything in the social network, student advised to think about how it would be appreciated by his parents, prospective employer or himself in the future.

The full text of the training course in English is available for download. Google also posted on the project website bright memo and a number of other additional materials for teachers and parents.