'The African Child' And Internet Safety,

Hi there, So we are the AC Book Club in the FCT. We read a book for two weeks and meet up to review it at the club as friends and soon getting more like family actually. We have two classes grouped for children of 5-7 and 8-12 and 5 coordinators who make it tick.

We met today, March 24th 2018 to review THE AFRICAN CHILD by Camara Laye and then while we found so many things the children couldnt relate to, they could relate with a few. Following that, we had staff of PPDC come talk to us allabout Internet Safety for children. Check these out...

The book club meeting today was exciting, interactive, informative and fun-filled.
We reviewed The African Child by Camara Laye, an autobiography detailing his childhood experiences in his village in Guinea. The book portrayed the African traditional practices in his community and the culture in detail.
We learned that being accommodating is essential in life as everybody grew up in different environments with diverse belief systems.
Representatives from the Safer Internet Initiative educated us on the need for safer internet and saying no to cyber bullying, learning to ignore, report and block cyber bullies as we all are digital citizens.
The meeting ended with cutting the birthday cake of one of our own with refreshments and photographs.

 It was indeed an exciting day...Didi. She keeps things summarized this much. Let's find out from the next person.

As for Ms Ufuoma, This week's book is the autobiography of Camara Laye following his journey from his earliest memories of honest experiences with his parents to his adulthood where he leaves Guinea for education in Paris. As we learned about biographies and autobiographies, the children likened the book to a diary.
We also learned about writing in first and third person. Many members did not like the book, because they found it hard to relate with Laye's life, wondering how he could have descibed the babaric actions and juju as happy memories. But we understood that experiences are unique to individuals and to peacefully coexist, we must try to relate with other people and their views of life as affected by their backgrounds.
PPDC visited us and taught us how to deal with cyber bullying, trolls, internet pedophiles and how to make the internet safer for us all. We became digital citizens after our training.

Haven't we all being digital citizens? Thanks girl.

 Makcit was a little more detailed, as she was wearing many caps. She coordinates the younger class, takes professional pictures and organises the sessions seamlessly. She says,The  Book club began promptly at 10:00am with a handful of kids. In a few minutes, most of the others had joined in and Within 10 minutes the little ones had withdrawn to their own corner and I picked the story of the day from a book brought by Wueseter with the younger class.

The kids took turns reading from the story, Reynard's Wonderful Plan, and in the end we discovered that although he (Reynard the Fox) had a wonderful plan by his own thinking, digging a hole for someone to fall in is bad especially as you might end up falling in it.

After the book review session, we got to listen about online safety from DISI (Digital Inclusion and Safer Internet) - a Non-Profit Tech organisation which partners with the likes of Google to enlighten people, children too, on safe Internet practices.
They taught the kids to 'THINK' before posting anything on the Internet - Ask yourself;

T - Is it true?
H - Is it hurtful?
I - Is it illegal?
N - Is it necessary?
K - Is it kind?

Don't share your personal details on the Internet especially without an adult's knowledge and consent.

Overall the children were tasked with spreading their newly acquired knowledge so more people will understand Internet safety and practice it often.