Planet CRuSH Pilot Launch

After Project CRuSH ended its run in TK a year ago, the second phase of Project CRuSH, (called Planet CRuSH) began its pilot run in TK this febuary. Planet CRuSH is a program consisting of a series of lessons designed by Touch Community Services to impact and transform the cyber communities of participating schools over the long term, and to educate them in more specific internet issues.(internet pornography, internet crimes, etc)

“It teaches us to be more responsible and considerate in the internet, so that everybody can do their part so that it can be spam free” – Loh Yin Zi, 2G TK 2003

The lesson taught, called SPAM - Sending Particularly Annoying Messages sought to shed light on the ever-present problem of junk email, and how one is able to prevent oneself from being a victim of this phenomenon as well as how to take steps to lessen the severity of the problem.

“It is very useful to us. It helps us tackle the internet problems we face everyday.” – Anonymous Student, 2H TK 2003

Apart from this, the aim of the lesson also was to impact the students with positive values that would ultimately carry over from their online activities to real life.

“I did not know what exactly was SPAM and the session helped.”- Lim Sim Yee, 2H TK 2003

Of this lesson, one value taught was that of consideration. By highlighting how irritated the students were with spam in their email in-boxes, the students were in a position to reflect upon whether their internet activities were less than considerate to others.

“Planet CRuSH is definitely better than Project CRuSH. But I still feel there’s room for improvement. Overall I rate it 8/10.”- Florence Kuek, 2J TK 2003

Feedback from students surveyed revealed a very positive and encouraging response, and certainly Planet CRuSH has great potential in gradually transforming the communities of youths today into the adults of tomorrow!