DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP Erasmus Project

Project Title

DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP

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 2019

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Cooperation between educational institutions and business; Intercultural/intergenerational education and (lifelong)learning; ICT – new technologies – digital competences

Project Summary

CONTEXT
We all talk about citizenship and how important it is to be a good citizen. However, we have reached a point in which we spend most of our lives online, accessing information which lies one click away, interacting with people we don’t even know on a regular basis. Given this context, we believe that teaching students about how to be good digital citizens is imperative – they all have to learn about rights and duties, about threats and privacy aspects which can keep them safe from an otherwise potentially dangerous environment.
Digital Citizenship is a concept which helps teachers and parents to understand what students/children should know to use technology appropriately. Digital Citizenship is more than just a teaching tool; it is a way to prepare students for a society full of technology.
So we have decided to join our efforts and resources to enable students to learn about these aspects in a multicultural environment. In addition, we want to see what the position and the practice of each school is in terms of technology usage in class or outside classes. Schools in this partnership form a heterogeneous group – there are schools with a broader experience in technology usage, schools which train students in the field of computer science and also schools in which the use of technology is still at its dawn.
OBJECTIVES
By implementing this project, we aim to achieve the following objectives:
– teach students concepts related to digital citizenship
– introduce new teaching methods in the practice of teachers
– promote appropriate and responsible use of technology among students
– enable students to cooperate and develop digital materials on the topic
– improve students’ digital literacy and skills
– improve students’ communication and collaboration skills
– enable the exchange of practices in terms of technology use in schools
– enable and promote intercultural awareness and develop values of tolerance and respect
– increase students’ and teachers’ level of motivation
– produce changes in the regular practices in each of the partner schools.
ACTIVITIES
In order to strengthen our cooperation and be able to attain these goals, we are planning to include in our project five transnational meetings, namely student exchanges. During these exchanges, we intend to bring students together to collaborate and create materials on the above-mentioned topics.
They will not be only spectators in the process, but they will get actively engaged in the activities, so as to make the learning experience more meaningful and motivating. We are going to use the “flipped classroom” method in the process. Participants will receive materials for self-study before the exchange, will acquire knowledge about the topics of the exchanges and they will work together to create materials on the duration of the exchange.
The topics are: C1 – Digital identity and digital communication
C2 – Digital rights and responsibilities; digital law
C3 – Digital etiquette
C4 – Digital commerce
C5 – Digital security
PARTICIPANTS
The project targets students and teachers in our schools. Students are from vocational or general education branches. They are 16-17 year-old boys and girls with different levels of school performance. There are also disadvantaged groups in this target, namely students facing social and economic challenges, students with learning difficulties, or students at risk of dropping out. Out of these, we will select 25 students who will actually participate in exchanges and get involved in the exchange hosted by their school.
IMPACT
Our institutions will benefit from the project from different points of view:
– teachers will identify and exchange good practices with the other teachers, observe different systems of organisations, and they will be able to transfer them into their schools
– schools will improve their image and strengthen their role in their community; they will promote their community and their area at European level; as result of the hosted exchange, schools will improve their relationship with parents and other members of the local community; they will gain more expertise in dealing with Erasmus+ projects and will be able to develop future initiatives either for KA1 or KA2.
RESULTS
We expect to obtain a set of outcomes, such as: increased digital literacy, increased collaboration among students, enhanced intercultural awareness, increased use of modern teaching methods, increased level of motivation, improved working atmosphere between students and teachers.
The outputs include the collection of materials – videos, resources, games used to teach students about the digital citizenship concepts, students’ project work on the topic during the exchanges, School guide for digital citizens, presentation materials about the schools, the countries, customs and traditions in each partner country, photos, videos etc.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 160800 Eur

Project Coordinator

Istituto di Istruzione Superiore “Enrico Fermi” & Country: IT

Project Partners

• LICEUL TEHNOLOGIC TICLENI
• 4 EPAL KAVALAS
• INSIGNARE – ASSOCIACAO DE ENSINO E FORMACAO
• Samsun Ozel Arti Bilgi Fen Lisesi