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Education Network Australia (EdNA) is a prominent Australian educational online resource that works with the Education Departments in all states. At Pebble Park we believe that their nationally agreed guidelines constitute quality expectations that are applicable to our industry. All of the content on the Pebble Park website adheres to the guidelines established by EdNA. The relevant guidelines can be found here (www.EdNA.edu.au).

Pebble Park four core themes are:

•   Online Safety
•   The Environment
•   Personal Responsibility
•   Leadership

Who creates the content?

Our content is tailored specifically for Australian young people. Most of the dynamic content is written by the young people themselves and is steered towards the vision of the initiative. One of the most effective ways of learning is for students to take responsibility for their own study and discovery and to share their new found knowledge with their peers. This strategy is the cornerstone of Pebble Park. For example, in May this year over 150,000 words of content (approximately 200 pages) was produced by 86 Australian children aged 14-17 with the aim of contributing to other children.

Sometimes, expert content – material that is written by people with a lot of experience in their fields – is needed. This content is produced for us by experts on cyberbullying, futurists, and professionals from other relevant areas.

Our aim is to source content from as many sources as possible so that Pebble Park becomes a hub of focused information, relevant to our children.

Is the content moderated?

At the moment, we don’t permit live (real time) publishing of any content on the site; it must first go through our editorial team.

We’ve called on a wide panel of experts – new media gurus; education practitioners; web professionals; futurists and of course, parents and young people themselves – to help shape the Pebble Park experience. We call them the Content Advisory Panel (CAP). The CAP team are the gatekeepers of our playground. They ensure the content is high quality, relevant and safe. Occasionally, they stop suspicious content at the door.

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