Luca and Andrea, two young passionate gamers, share the same group of online friends, including Anna, a schoolmate. Luca is very active and often connects even from other people’s devices with little caution. One day Luca discovers that he has been banned for violating the code of conduct, sharing inappropriate content
Luca and Andrea are two boys who love video games and share the same group of online friends, as well as a close relationship with a girl from their school, Anna. Luca is very active and often logs in from devices that don’t belong to him, without much caution. One day, Luca can no longer access his account because he’s been banned for violating the code of conduct and sharing inappropriate content. Luca discovers, through a classmate, that Andrea allegedly shared screenshots of private conversations with Anna, and he confronts him. Luca confides in a teacher, who intervenes to promote a discussion among the students. This eventually allows Andrea to reveal that he is the real culprit, driven by jealousy. The young boys manage to clear things up through the mediation of their group of friends, family, and school, but their mutual trust is damaged.
Competences addressed
| Knowledge | Skills | Attitudes |
| Factual knowledge regarding the meaning and implications of coming out in the digital world, including learning specific terms (banned account, violation of code of conduct and sharing of inappropriate content) | Understanding non-protective or dysfunctional behaviours with respect to one’s own ways of managing one’s digital identity (lack of caution in accessing and managing one’s accounts) | Greater awareness of the consequences of one’s actions online and offline |
| Factual knowledge regarding the impact of the theft of private information and subsequent sharing without consent on one’s interpersonal relationships | Become aware of the importance of responsibility in online actions and their consequences | Develop empathy by understanding the motivations and feelings of others |
| Practical knowledge aimed at creating preventive behaviours with respect to the possibility of future violations of the resolving codes of conduct in the best management of highly ambivalent situations characterised by uncomfortable emotions | Apply online security rules, promoting the critical ability to evaluate the effectiveness of one’s interventions and the importance of trust and confidentiality of online and offline information | Promote peer collaboration and the ability to mediate conflicts by developing effective communication and mediation skills |
