{"id":350,"date":"2011-02-07T23:59:56","date_gmt":"2011-02-08T07:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/internetsafety.trendmicro.com\/?p=350"},"modified":"2011-02-08T07:09:11","modified_gmt":"2011-02-08T15:09:11","slug":"giving-youth-a-voice-the-2nd-annual-wys-internet-safety-video-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trendmicro.com\/internet-safety\/blog\/giving-youth-a-voice-the-2nd-annual-wys-internet-safety-video-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Giving Youth A Voice: The 2nd Annual \u201cWhat\u2019s Your Story?\u201d Internet safety video contest"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>\"\"<\/a><\/strong>By Lynette T. Owens<\/p>\n

Today marks the 8th<\/sup> year of Safer Internet Day.\u00a0 This is an event founded by the Insafe Network, a coalition of centers around the EU that promote the safe, responsible use of the Internet among youth.\u00a0 There are a number of events and activities happening on this day throughout the EU and the world, including the launch of our 2nd<\/sup> annual \u201cWhat\u2019s Your Story?\u201d internet safety video contest.<\/p>\n

As I mentioned in my previous post, it is with great excitement and anticipation that we are introducing the contest for the 2nd<\/sup> time.\u00a0 Part of this comes from the response to last year\u2019s contest; our expectations were exceeded by every measure.\u00a0 The other part comes from all the changes we\u2019ve made since 2010.\u00a0 First, we have expanded the contest to include the UK together with Canada and the U.S.\u00a0 It will be interesting to see how attitudes and concerns differ or not from country to country, and we are pleased to be able to provide a platform for young people to engage each other across an ocean.\u00a0 Second, we have spent the last year advocating for youth involvement in all things concerning their safety and well-being on the Internet and are honored to now be joined by a fantastic group of organizations who believe the same.\u00a0 (See the contest site <\/a>for a complete list of participating organizations.)<\/p>\n

I think a fundamental shift has happened over just the last 12 months in how the public now views the topic of Internet safety and digital citizenship.\u00a0 Sadly, tragedy after tragedy finally awakened our international consciousness to the reality of cyberbullying and how the Internet made bullies seem bigger and the victims less able to escape their aggressors.\u00a0 Laws were subsequently passed.\u00a0 Celebrities took it up as their cause.\u00a0 It will be telling to see how people have internalized this and choose to portray it through the contest.<\/p>\n

Over the last year, we also couldn\u2019t escape the topic of online privacy: who violates it, why we sometimes willingly give it up, and who\u2019s responsible for protecting it.\u00a0 Cybercriminals were not shy about exploiting people on social networks, but people flocked to them regardless. \u00a0I believe there are generational differences in how we view privacy in an online world, and it will be interesting to see how this topic is addressed by the contestants.<\/p>\n

And last, the predicted ubiquity of the smart phone, more of which are ending up in younger hands, finally came to be.\u00a0 It became more common for a 10-year old to have one.\u00a0 Misuse of the camera through sexting and harassment made the headlines. \u00a0Apps arrived with frightening speed to app stores, without any way of knowing which ones were legitimate.\u00a0 Geo-location services entered the scene and we are just beginning to grasp their benefits (I know where my kids are) and risks (and so does everyone else).\u00a0 What lessons have people learned about using such a small, yet powerful device wisely?<\/p>\n

These are a few of the reasons why we selected the categories we did for this year\u2019s \u201cWhat\u2019s Your Story?\u201d video contest: Being a good online citizen, Using a mobile phone\u00a0wisely, and Maintaining online privacy.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

We will award one grand prize of US$10,000 and 6 runner-up prizes of US$500 each for the best 3 schools in each category and the best 3 individual entries in each category.\u00a0 Entries can be submitted starting today until April 5.<\/p>\n

I speak on behalf of all of the organizations involved in this year\u2019s \u201cWhat\u2019s Your Story?\u201d Internet safety video contest when I say this is a unique contest that is by design a vehicle for young people to engage their peers on some of the most critical topics they must deal with in an\u00a0Internet-connected world. \u00a0We want first and foremost to empower them to be active participants in encouraging the safe and responsible use of the Internet.<\/p>\n

We believe they are up to the challenge.\u00a0 And we look forward to once again seeing their stories.<\/p>\n

To see more contest information, including contest rules and last year\u2019s winners, go to whatsyourstory.trendmicro.com<\/a><\/p>\n

And follow the contest on Twitter @WYS2011.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today marks the 8th year of Safer Internet Day. There are a number of events and activities happening on this day throughout the EU and the world, including the launch of our 2nd annual \u201cWhat\u2019s Your Story?\u201d internet safety video contest.<\/p>\n

One grand prize of US$10,000 and 6 runner-up prizes of US$500 will go to the best entries from schools and individuals who submit videos in one of 3 categories.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat\u2019s Your Story?\u201d is a unique contest that is by design a vehicle for young people to engage their peers on some of the most critical topics they must deal with in an Internet-connected world. We are joined this year by a number of organizations, from social networks to Internet safety advocates, to empower young people to be active participants in encouraging the safe and responsible use of the Internet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[7,8,6,16,5,10,23,28,14,12],"class_list":["post-350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-cyberbullying","tag-digital-citizenship","tag-education","tag-facebook","tag-internet-safety","tag-online-safety","tag-privacy","tag-right-to-privacy","tag-sexting","tag-social-networking","wpautop"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trendmicro.com\/internet-safety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trendmicro.com\/internet-safety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trendmicro.com\/internet-safety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trendmicro.com\/internet-safety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trendmicro.com\/internet-safety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.trendmicro.com\/internet-safety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trendmicro.com\/internet-safety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trendmicro.com\/internet-safety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trendmicro.com\/internet-safety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}