Blindfish RSE

This week I have read 3 separate stories (just on BBC) all talking about how the internet is negatively impacting the sexual health of the nation. Young get sex health warning http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-14837229 MPs told young children accessing explicit porn http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-14845299 .XXX web domain registration begins http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14821192 Now the third one might be a bit unconnected but the discussion around it all fits. What is the modern impact of all the sexual content on the internet. For one year I have been teaching on the issue of "sexting" in secondary schools. Working hard to try and help young people understand the emotional consequences of taking the risk of sharing naked or provocative pictures. This work has opened up my perspective to the much larger area of the impact of digital sexual content. Trying to do research on this topic is a lot harder then looking at STIs. Emotional and social consequences can not b...

I am putting together a lesson plan all about sexting and more generally sex and technology. This is the rough plan I have got so far. I would love hear what you all think about it. AIMS young people will understand the possible emotional consequences of online sexual activities young people will understand how to protect their reputation online young people will understand the law regarding sexting Blue String Game to show how quickly information can be spread around. Emotional intimacy of showing your body via pictures or webcams. some kind of activity to show that the online world can be as emotionally impacting as the real world How do you view the internet is it a bridge between people a bullet proof window a gapping chasm a long tunnel Get 4 student volunteers divide into pairs Sit facing each other, say one pair represnts real life one online life. say that the online group has to pretend they are divided by bullet proof glass (2 dead laptops screen cut out) give them some tasks...

Just wanted to post a quick link to a fun little flash game I found today. It's from Canada on a interesting   website (sexualityandu) made by the SOCIETY OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNAECOLOGISTS OF CANADA (SOGC). I like this game because it covers sex attitudes and sexual health questions. Sex Education game http://www.sexualityandu.ca/multimedia/games/sexfu/index_e.asp

I can now write blogs on my iPod so hopefully I will be blogging more.