The ideal scenario for a child starting online is for the messages about digital citizenship to be reinforced at home and at school.

You can ask your child’s teacher if they use Hector’s World^®. If the class has a scheduled Cybercitizenship Week using Hector’s World, there may be opportunities for parents to participate by doing special activities at home.

If the teacher is unfamiliar with Hector’s World, you might like to show them the Hector’s World animated website tour for teachers and tell him or her about some of the things you have tried at home and why you have enjoyed the resource.  The Hector’s World website works well with children on a standalone computer, in a computer suite, and also using an interactive whiteboard, so should be appropriate for any classroom with reliable broadband.

In New Zealand, our partners are the Ministry of Education and New Zealand Police. The Police Youth Education Service has integrated Hector’s World into their Junior Primary Keeping Ourselves Safe Programme. 

Other sites in the community where www.hectorsworld.com is appropriate include: public libraries, day care centres, after school programmes, youth clubs and church youth groups. 

If there is someone in your family or community you would like to tell about Hector’s World, you can send or print off this summary of how to use Hector’s World with your child.