Worldwise Students: Promoting media literacy as a tool for an inclusive school Erasmus Project

Project Title

Worldwise Students: Promoting media literacy as a tool for an inclusive school

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : School Exchange Partnerships

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2018

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: EU Citizenship, EU awareness and Democracy; Civic engagement / responsible citizenship; ICT – new technologies – digital competences

Project Summary

Our project has stimulated education which results in “worldly-wise” students. Students who are digitally equipped in a broad sense, critical, social and ethical. Students who can participate in the European Society no matter personal identity and background. Students who show open mindedness towards different cultures, nationalities, religions and ideas. Students who maintain international relationships and use emotional intelligence for better understanding. Students who can cooperate in social groups learning from each other.
Our program therefore is based on two pillars: a. cultural content b. digital literacy. The project focused on four aspects of digital literacy:
1. Instrumental digital literacy: sufficient knowledge and skills in dealing with new media
2. Media wisdom and media awareness: critical awareness of digital resources and information, especially regarding social media
3. Empathic digital literacy: learning respectful dealing with information, as cultural diversity in information, rights and feelings of individuals; developing resilience for false or subversive information flows; respect for traditional public values
4. Inclusive digital literacy: developing awareness that all groups equally can participate in the information society, promoting to close the “gap” between the digital “haves” and “have nots”.
Worldly-Wise Students is a project of five schools in four country’s: Bonaventuracollege (Leiden, the Netherlands), Liceo Piga (Villacidro, Italy), La Anunciata Ikastetxea (Pasaia, Spain), Colegio Santa Catalina de Sena (Madrid, Spain) and Convitto Nazionale “Paolo Diacon” (Cividale del Friuli, Italy).

They collaborate in this project which is intended to involve digital literacy in education of children and young adults. That means that teachers must be sufficiently equipped to this task. They should improve and expand their digital literacy, to keep up with the changing digital environment. So they will be equipped to educate their students. Our project aims to develop for three years pilot-projects for r both teachers and students to become proficient in digital literacy in the broad sense as described.
The methodology is based on two approaches:
1. Both teachers and students learn by participating in Learning Communities: teachers in a PLC (Professional Learning Community) and students in a SLC
2. For programs, projects and campaigns in developing digital literacy we apply the methodology of Design Thinking, developed at the Stanford University (USA)
During the exchanges we created an integrated program on these pillars. About 40% culture, 20% social activities and 40% workshops on the for points above. In these tow year we develloped a distinct set of workshops were international groups of students could train these skills.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 155397 Eur

Project Coordinator

Bonaventuracollege SGM voor Gym. Ath. Havo Vmbo & Country: NL

Project Partners

• SANTA CATALINA DE SENA-FUNDACIÓN EDUCATIVA FRANCISCO COLL
• CONVITTO NAZIONALE “PAOLO DIACONO”
• LA ANUNCIATA IKASTETXEA – FUNDACIÓN EDUCATIVA FRANCISCO COLL
• Liceo Classico “E. Piga”