<![CDATA[Gadget use among school-age children provides educational opportunities while also exposing students to distraction, uncontrolled screen habits, privacy risks, harmful content, cyberbullying, and online fraud. This community-service activity was conducted at SDN 14 Sungai Guntung on 19 June 2026 to strengthen students’ digital awareness. The program used interactive socialization supported by projected visual material, contextual explanations, guided questions, and discussion of common online situations. The material emphasized both positive and negative impacts of gadget use, personal-data protection, balanced daily activities, respectful online communication, and help-seeking when students encounter uncomfortable or suspicious digital experiences. Observation, activity notes, and photographic documentation were analysed descriptively. The implementation showed that visual examples were useful for organizing discussion around risks such as excessive gaming, age-inappropriate content, cyberbullying, scams, and data theft while preserving a balanced view of technology as a learning tool. No standardized pre-test or post-test data were available, so the article does not claim a numerical increase in awareness. The program contributes a preventive digital-literacy model that combines risk recognition with practical protective actions and productive technology use. Continued reinforcement by teachers and parents is necessary to turn awareness into daily habits.
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