The company offers a series of free products to support families in generating good digital habits during this period.
Santiago, June 24, 2024.- During the winter holidays, technology can be a great ally in the home, to entertain, learn and explore online safely as a family. For this reason, Google shares recommendations and digital resources – free and free – to take advantage of your free time during these weeks safely.
Parental controls. Given the availability of free time that minors and adolescents have this season, supervising online content can be a challenge for those in their care. For that, Family Link It helps families establish basic rules and controls when using screens, as well as allowing them to manage minors’ accounts. For example, by setting boundaries screen time and approve or reject requests they may send to extend said deadline; or to manage the applications you want to download on their mobile devices.
Prevent explicit content. Taking care of the type of content that minors access is also a great challenge. With Safe Search, Mothers and fathers have the possibility of restricting the results returned by the Search Engine, to protect children from inappropriate content. They can also manage search results so that violent and/or inappropriate content is limited.
Google remains committed to ensuring that its products and services protect and educate entire families when browsing the Internet. All of these efforts can be seen in detail in the Google Security Center.
“Bartolito’s adventures on the Internet.” In alliance with The Children’s Kingdom, YouTube Kids created a list of five chapters where the best-known characters of The Farm of Zeno convey messages, concepts and advice about online security and privacy, from prevent from possible traps until be nice on the internet. These teachings are presented through simple, everyday situations with Bartolito and his friends.
Spaces for chat and play. To promote friendly and responsible digital spaces, Google has the program Be Great on the Internet, Designed for children to explore the digital world safely and consciously. What can you do on this vacation? Activities, games and interactive materials, to acquire necessary skills, for example, to preserve your identity in the online world and practice good digital citizenship.
History and security, united in a single place. With Google Arts & Culture, young and old can understand how security was used many years ago, how it evolved over time, and finding devices that were used to preserve information, objects, and more. For example, what were the encryption machines, the programs of software that were used to teach, magnetic discs or more commonly called floppy disketc.
Appreciating art through technology enriches knowledge and inspires children and adolescents to learn without having to be present in each museum or gallery. In Google Arts & Culture, They can tour different exhibitions with immersive visits three-dimensional, experience how art and technology come together on a common point.
It is also possible to find a series of games for children such as puzzles, crosswords, coloring pages, among other activities to enjoy and learn about Art, History and Music.
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