Audience Ideas: School Children

I have decided to look into what kind of audience would appreciate my animation and how it would therefore fit into society. I believe that it could be used to help educate children. The government are constantly making changes to the curriculum to make the children are taught about any health and safety dangers they may be at risk to or face. These are things like bullying, strangers etc. but I do not feel like there is enough on cyber bullying.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5210886.stm

In 2006 the government recognised the growing issue of cyber bullying and the need to address it within the education system. Guidelines were publish to help the schools, parents and the pupils understand the nature of cyber bullying.
The Anti-Bullying Alliance stated that 1 in 5 pupils had been bullied over the internet or through mobile phones.This reveals the true scale of cyber bullying but it also shows how hard it is to control and change because of the technologies used to do it.

The guidelines have resulted in
- all communication technology at school is monitored and restricted,
- advice being given on how to block unwanted contact,
- how to keep the messages and emails for evidence
- the importance of never giving out personal information or posting photographs to people

From studies it was found that girls were significantly more likely to be subjected to cyber-bullying and that around a third of victims never told an adult about it.

These government changes prove that there is a place for When the Virtual Becomes Real to become an educational tool.