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Symantec: Symantec Teams Up With Perform, The UK's Largest Drama
School For Primary Children, To Teach More Than 10,000 Children How To
Stay Safe Online; Teaching children how to keep protected on the
Internet while having fun
(M2 PressWIRE Via Acquire Media NewsEdge)
RDATE:10102008
Symantec, makers of World-renowned Norton Internet security software,
has teamed up with Perform, the UK's largest drama school exclusively
for primary age children, to teach children how to stay safe on the
Internet in a fun and lively way.
As the government announces the formation of The UK Council for Child
Internet Safety (UKCCIS) this month, the importance of children's
safety online is being recognised at a national level. Reporting
directly to the Prime Minister, the Council will help to improve the
regulation and education around internet use, tackling problems around
online bullying, safer search features, and violent video games
following recommendations from Dr Tanya Byron's report Safer Children
in a Digital World'.
By bringing the issues into the schools, Symantec can help educate the
pupils, teachers and parents of the dangers on being online and how to
tackle them. Zak and Zara's Cyberspace Adventure' theatre production
has been created by Perform exclusively for Symantec UK as part of its
Norton Family Online Safety Initiative. The performance will be shown
to more than 10,000 children in primary schools across London and the
Home Counties in October 2008 to teach them, while having fun, ways to
use the Internet in a safe and responsible manner. Zak & Zara's
Cyberspace Adventure is a colourful story set in the future on Planet
Disco. The children will meet the Space-Age family, their talking
computer, Chip, and the nasty Green Alien while learning key online
safety messages around topics such as cyber-bullying and using
chat-rooms safely. Involving three energetic actor-singer-dancers, a
funky seventies-inspired score and projected animations, Zak & Zara's
Cyberspace Adventure will be lots of interactive fun while also
communicating a serious message to the children about Internet safety.
"Theatre in Education is extremely powerful and can really get
important messages across more than anything else as the children can
really empathise with the actors and stories," said Lucy Quick, Perform
Principle. "Internet safety is a very important topic right now, so we
are very happy to be collaborating with leading Internet safety company
Symantec to tackle this subject."
"Children today have never known a world without the Internet and
communicating with their friends through email, social networking and
instant messaging is common practice," said Caroline Cockerill, Norton
Online Safety Advocate for Symantec. "Yet this can be worrying for
parents and carers who are concerned about what or whom their children
may encounter online. "We're delighted to be teaming up with Perform as
it's a new and completely novel approach to teaching children how to
keep protected online while having fun. It also builds further on our
Norton Family Online Safety Initiative, which is a support programme to
provide parents and children with the knowledge and tools to stay safe
online." "Through Zak and Zara's Cyberspace Adventure, we hope to
educate children about how to use the Internet in a responsible and
safe way while still being able to enjoy the benefits of the Internet.
Children will also learn the three golden rules of staying safe on the
Internet - Be Safe, Be Smart and Be Certain - and take home with them
information that they can learn and share with their parents and
carers." For more information or practical advice for parents and
children on staying safe online then please visit the Norton Family
Online Safety resource web site www.norton.com/uk/familyresource. A
free guide with tips on Internet safety is also available via the site.
CONTACT: Symantec
WWW: http://www.symantec.com
Sally Plant, Bite Communications
Tel: +44 (0)20 8834 3406
e-mail: sally.plant@bitepr.com
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