ICybersecurity Education Center Iqala iGarfield Ekhaya
Isikhungo esingenzi nzuzo se-Cyber Security and Education sethula uhlelo olusha lwe-“Garfield at Home” lokufundisa izingane ezineminyaka engu-6-11 ukuthi zingahlala kanjani ziphephile ku-inthanethi kalula usekhaya.
“I-COVID-19 isifundise ukuthi imfundo yezokuphepha ku-inthanethi kumele ibe yinto ebaluleke kakhulu, ikakhulukazi uma kukhulunywa ngezingane ezincane. Lesi sikhungo silapha ukuze sisize abazali basuse ukukhathazeka ngokuthi bangazifundisa kanjani izingane zabo mayelana nezokuphepha ku-inthanethi nokuthi yiziphi izinsiza okufanele zisetshenziswe,” kusho uPatrick Craven, umqondisi weSikhungo.
I-“Garfield at Home” izoba nomklomelo I-cyber Security Adventures yaseGarfield (I-Garfield's Cyber Security Adventures) kunkundla entsha yedijithali lapho izingane zizokwazi ukufunda izifundo zokuphepha ku-inthanethi mayelana nobumfihlo, amageyimu, ubuxhwanguxhwangu base-inthanethi nokulandwa okungekho emthethweni ngamakhathuni, ukufunda okusekelwe emdlalweni nocwaningo nokuchofoza izincwadi zezindaba. Izingane zizozuza amabheji edijithali njengoba zihlola ulwazi lwazo ngamaleveli ahlukene. Izingane zizophinde zibe nokufinyelela ezintweni zokuphepha ngokomzimba ku-inthanethi, njenge-Garfield's Cyber Safety Adventures Coloring Book kanye ne-Comic Book esanda kukhishwa kufilimu.
“Lolu wuhlelo oluphelele zonke izingane ezingaluthokozela, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi zikhetha yiphi indlela yokufunda. Siyajabula ukunikeza abazali ukuthula kwengqondo ngokwazi ukuthi izingane zabo ziphephe kakhudlwana ku-inthanethi sibonga uGarfield nabangani,” kusho uCraven.
Ukwengeza, i-“Garfield at Home” izofaka Umhlahlandlela Wokuphepha We-inthanethi Wabazali omusha ukuze usize imindeni iqhubeke nengxoxo emayelana nokuphepha kwe-inthanethi ngale kwemisebenzi ethi “Garfield at Home”.
“Esikhungweni sikholelwa ukuthi ukuphepha kwe-inthanethi akuyona ingxoxo yesikhathi esisodwa, kodwa uchungechunge lwezingxoxo ukuqhubeka nokukhumbuza izingane ngemikhuba emihle yokuphepha ku-inthanethi,” kuqhubeka umqondisi. “Sifuna ukunikeza abazali ulwazi lokufundisa abathandekayo babo ukuthi bangaphepha kanjani ku-inthanethi.”
Ngokungaqiniseki ngokuthi izikole zizosebenza kanjani ekwindla ka-2020, i-“Garfield at Home” iyithuluzi lasehlobo eliphelele lokufundisa izingane ngezingozi eziku-inthanethi ngokuqukethwe okujabulisayo, okulula ukukusebenzisa njengendlela yokuvimbela. Uhlelo olusha luyatholakala ukuze luthengwe lapha.
I-cyber Security Adventures yaseGarfield Ekuqaleni kwethulwa ekwindla ka-2016 yiCentre kanye nomdwebi wekhathuni odumile u-Jim Davis ngendlela yekhithi yokufundisa ukusiza othisha emhlabeni wonke bafundise ukuphepha kwe-inthanethi. Ikhithi ihlanganisa opopayi, amahlaya, amaphosta, amakhadi ebhizinisi nezitikha ezibonisa u-Garfield nabangane bakhe bebhekana nezindaba zokuphepha ku-inthanethi ezifana nobumfihlo, ubungozi bokuthumela ku-inthanethi, imikhuba emihle eku-inthanethi, ubuxhwanguxhwangu be-inthanethi nokunye.
I-cyber Security Adventures yaseGarfield usebambe ngaphezulu kwezifundo ezingama-170.000 zokuphepha emhlabeni wonke futhi uchungechunge seluthole umklomelo kazwelonke Umagazini wokufunda 2019 Teachers' Choice Award, Academics' 2019 Smart Media Choice Award kanye 2020 Modern Library Award.
Vakashela www.IAmCyberSafe.org ukuze ufunde kabanzi mayelana nezinhlelo nezinsiza zeSikhungo.
