Awareness& improvement of Social Media (SM)safe and rational use Erasmus Project

Project Title

Awareness& improvement of Social Media (SM)safe and rational use

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: Key Competences (incl. mathematics and literacy) – basic skills; ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Teaching and learning of foreign languages

Project Summary

Background of Project
This project answers a common need to develop these competencies in our school environment. The Internet is one of the most important additions to our lives and we take full advantage of it. Parents, struggling for existence& career, neglect their children, don’t have enough time to listen, share their joys and sorrows, guide them. Frequently young people seek refuge in the virtual world and feel the Internet makes their life easier, empowered. Being liked, acquiring skills in games, feeling equal& killing the time fills the void of adolescents with deficient social skills. This project approaches social& civic EU key competencies because our students need to understand how they can attain personal& social well-being through a healthy lifestyle. These include personal, interpersonal& intercultural competence and cover behaviors necessary to participate in an effective& constructive way in social& work life. Acquiring the civic competence will allow them to engage effectively with others in the public life, and display solidarity& interest in solving problems affecting local& wider community.
Objectives
This partnership intends, through a European cooperation, to make pupils aware of the need to rational, efficient& safe use of Social Media, preventing school abandonment. It promotes the ‘learning to learn’ key competence -the ability to organize one’s own learning, including effective management of time& information. This includes awareness of learning processes& needs. Thus, our students can gain, process and assimilate new knowledge& skills, seek and make use of guidance.
Participants
1.Regarding LTTAs: in 4 short-term student exchanges, a total of 92 pupils will take part and a total of 26 accompanying persons (teachers) will accompany them. A minimum of 3 teachers from each partner school will take part in the training for teachers organized in Turkey. From previous experience, this number is usually exceeded. Students& teachers will participate in meetings in partner countries& work in multicultural teams, according to planned activities. The partnership is a chance for all to participate, work, see, compare& learn in a multicultural environment, in a foreign country.
Methodology
All partners will involve actively: taking part in project meetings, working in multicultural teams in planned activities, evaluating project progress& impact, sharing experiences& best practices, plan next activities. Project’s coordinator will monitor fulfillment of the tasks, cooperating with the people responsible for the teams.
Results and Impact
Impact on students:
-Awareness& improvement of Social Media (SM)safe and rational use
-Knowledge of SM addiction danger& effects
-Development of social& civic skills, self-esteem, critical thinking, creativity& synthesis
-Enhancement of healthy& accountable alternatives to SM
-Hobbies importance for talent development
Teachers:
-Professional portfolio enrichment with extracurricular activities (competitions, shows, photo exhibitions, campaigns for healthy& responsible lifestyle)
-Digital skills improvement (Web 2.0 tools)
-English skills improvement
School:
-Local, ,national& international school image improvement
-Increase of attractiveness, students’ number& competitiveness, implementing new teaching strategies
-Introduction of new approaches to institutional development& resource management
-EU projects experience gain
-Extracurricular offer diversification
-European dimension’s consolidation in education, active European citizenship promotion
Wider learning community:
-Providing other schools with new teaching strategies
-Other schools’ benefits by using disseminated end products
-Promotion of lifelong learning& school application for EU projects in other schools
Community:
-Parents’ awareness of SM dangers& rational use need
-Local, national& international image promotion
-Improvement of school-community relationship, community’s confidence

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 154209 Eur

Project Coordinator

ISTITUTO COMPRENSIVO I. CALVINO & Country: IT

Project Partners

• Scoala Gimnaziala “Spiru Haret”
• Gminny Zespol Szkol w Kazimierzu Dolnym
• Escola Secundária Manuel Cargaleiro
• 14 EYLÜL ORTA OKULU