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| Symantec Teams Up with Perform Symantec 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. write your comments about the article :: © 2008 Computing News :: home page |