Qld teacher going viral in cyber safety lesson

A Queensland maths teacher’s lesson to show just how ‘viral’ the internet can be, is taking off.

Paula Beare from Toowoomba posted a photo of a letter to Facebook on Friday, asking everyone to share it.

“Next week I need to present to the Year 9 students about cyber-safety and I wish to see how far this message will go based on my account’s security settings,” the letter reads.

“Please help me by sharing this message as far as you can.” She adds she wanted to see “Just how far something can go from a small Facebook account.”

Ms Beare’s letter has been shared almost 67,000 times.

Share to help Ms Beare prove her case.

This graphic below is one of the most powerful lessons I think children can learn when it comes to sharing something on social media. All children need to be taught this from a young age.

Comment below.

Image via Facebook

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14 Comments

- - mom19782016 said
  - 10 Jun 2016
    3:05 pm
I’m glad teachers are teaching this to students as i often think children never really listen to their parents about cyber safety.

- - mom134803 said
  - 05 Jun 2016
    7:04 am
So important !!

- - mum4107 said
  - 24 May 2016
    5:41 am
I have seen quite. A few of these shared around. Fantastic idea

- - sharna_booth_weinrowski said
  - 23 May 2016
    8:15 pm
couldnt agree more. Cyber safety is so important!

- - mom169007 said
  - 23 May 2016
    4:49 pm
Cyber safety is so important! It wasn’t anything we had to think about in my younger days thank goodness. I think it’s brilliant how these teachers are using social media to prove a point – even if it makes kids think before posting, it’s worthwhile!

- - BellaB said
  - 23 May 2016
    4:40 pm
Kids aren’t the only ones who don’t understand this – I’m often shocked by what I accidentally see via Facebook.

- - rachelvk said
  - 23 May 2016
    3:59 pm
A very important lesson indeed. It is amazing how quickly things can go viral and how far they can reach.

- - mom81879 said
  - 23 May 2016
    2:18 pm
What a fantastic idea! I have shared the letter. I hope this proves to the kids how easily things on the internet get out of hand

- - mom160421 said
  - 23 May 2016
    2:14 pm
This should be a good example to her students, but I wonder if it will change their behaviour?

- - mom90758 said
  - 23 May 2016
    1:46 pm
What I don’t understand is why she says “based on my account’s security settings”. She posted the message public. I don’t see the relation with cyber-safety. I’d understand if it was a message posted just for her friends. And from there see how it could be spread anyway around the world.
Or maybe she wants then to make a comparison? To explain to kids that you should never post public in Facebook?

- - Thejoysof3boys said
  - 23 May 2016
    1:35 pm
What a cool idea!

- - mom112217 said
  - 23 May 2016
    1:32 pm
It is amazing Ms Beare’s letter reached so many people thru Facebook! Good on her!

- - Nas01 said
  - 23 May 2016
    1:03 pm
Very powerful image. I think it’s written in a way kids will understand.

- - Janine said
  - 23 May 2016
    12:31 pm
this is my opinion but there is so much crap on Facebook so when something important like this comes around, I feel we should all do the right thing and share