Digital Natives and Modern Media “DIGINAME” Erasmus Project

Project Title

Digital Natives and Modern Media “DIGINAME”

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 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Early School Leaving / combating failure in education

Project Summary

Communicating, living, learning and taking part in society in a changing and developing world with the advancement of technology will only be possible with digital citizens who are more critical. Therefore, we are interested in the influence of modern (digital) media and media literacy on different schools and countries, which is indispensable in the digital world with our DIGINAME project. Modern media has become increasingly important in our daily lives, in our school life and in the business world. Our project, in general, focuses not on opportunities but also on the dangers of modern media and digital natives (digital natives > 1980) and digital immigrants (digital immigrants < 1980). We will bear in mind that today's students (digital natives) are both consumers and producers on the Internet. And we will handle students' daily lives and experiences as our starting point and focus on social, cultural and critical thinking. Digital entertainment and social networks make students become more passive, have difficulty expressing themselves, and make them feel inadequate. And this psychological state constitutes a lack of self-confidence and critical thinking. For this reason, the younger generation is unconscious and uncritical about the credibility of modern media elements. We have observed this in our school-based surveys. We do not want our students to be passive spectators; we want them to be active thinkers and to analyze and question the world. This problem is also common in our partner schools. Therefore, it is one of our special aims to educate our students on critical thinking and media literacy, and to guide them to become more intrusive individuals in our schools and communities. Modern media, on the other hand, has the potential to encourage students to find new ways of participation. Since modern media connects people around the world, it can help overcome prejudices and barriers between countries. Our Objectives For students: 1-Encouraging critical thinking and creativity to develop through digital media 2-Motivating to participate in political process and be involved in the decision-making process 3-Creating opportunities for acquiring digital and language skills and using ICT technologies 4-Self-confidence and entrepreneurship with modern communication tools 5-Overcoming prejudices between countries and assuring being tolerant by means of modern media 6-Creating awareness about the dangers of modern media For teachers: 1-Acquiring knowledge, experience and strategies related to the subject of the project 2-EU awareness, cultural interaction 3-Improving language proficiency and entrepreneurship For schools: 1-Improving the educational outcomes of young people at risk of failure due to lack of skills, trust and commitment 2-Training active citizens 3-Being a model school about the use of electronic devices and digital media 4-Enhancing institutional capacity through transnational cooperation Our project includes 5 schools from 5 different countries and some of them are our eTwinning partners. All teachers in our schools and all students between the ages of 14-18 are the participating candidates. Our project includes 1 LTT for teachers and 5 LTTs for students. Methodology: Project teams will be established in all schools. The project teams will delegate the duties related to activities, activators and organizations. And they will ensure the successful execution of the project with the distribution of tasks. In the activities to be held in the host schools, expert staff will provide training and make presentations. Demonstration, workshop, activity, note-taking, solution-focused workshop, observation review, question and answer methods will be used. Dissemination activities: All partner institutions will be in constant communication through WhatsApp grub and all participants will be responsible for dissemination. We will publish the e-book good practices booklet at www.e-diginame.org free of charge. In addition, we will present the results of our project, booklet of good practices and activities on social networking sites such as eTwinning, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter to all partners and stakeholders involved in the project. In the long run: Cooperation between schools will strengthen European profile and create a European identity between students and teachers. The project will provide opportunities for individual student and teacher exchange. Students will become more aware of their role as European citizens and their chances of a future working life in the European context. In addition to the 24 October 2012 European Parliament 'Digital Agenda for Europe', our project aims to contribute to the objectives of digital literacy and skills advice, especially the use of ICT and digital media by young people, development of ICT technologies and critical thinking, e-business and innovation skills.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 164309 Eur

Project Coordinator

Agrupamento de Escolas da Lixa & Country: PT

Project Partners

• JENSEN Gymnasium Helsingborg
• Efterskolen Solgården
• Tarsus Mesleki ve Teknik Anadolu Lisesi
• Friedensburg-Oberschule