Minus Cyberbullying; Cybersecurity Education for More Safety in Schools Erasmus Project

Project Title

Minus Cyberbullying; Cybersecurity Education for More Safety in Schools

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 : Strategic Partnerships for Schools Only

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2017

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: ICT – new technologies – digital competences; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses

Project Summary

CONTEXT/BACKGROUND OF THE PROJECT :
It’s important for both school children and their parents to understand exactly what cyberbullying is and how it can affect others. Cyber bullying is one of violent crime which has arisen with the development of technology and increasing day by day ,and has a big risk and trouble. Langholt, 2011 says as these real-life cases above have shown us, cyberbullying can be infinitely more painful than the physical wounds of actual physical bullying. Researches show that %29 of them face with cyberbullying ,%11 of them bully the others and %47 of them witness cyber bullying. In many cyber bullying cases,they are exposed to simple behaviours(%50 of them are affronted and %30 of them given a nickname)but %20 of them says that they are threatened.It is clearly seen that many victims(nearly %60 ) are negatively effected at school or home by their friends or the cyber behaviours ,they meet on virtual enviroment. Children, young people and adults spend more and more time online. The continuously growing number of social media platforms, online opportunities also increase the risks of running into inappropriate websites, images, and in the case of cyber-bullying, it also increases the risk of anonymous threats, abuse and bullying.The project through the cooperation of the international partners contribute to developing a common approach to risk-prevention, information and guidelines to families, parents, children and other relevant stakeholders. With this project, by incorporating technology in the classroom, teachers will focus on the ethical use of technology teaching students how to use technology appropriately is better than having them figure it out with no guidance.
OBJECTIVES :
*aims to equip pupils with the knowledge, understanding and skills to use information and communication technology creatively and purposefully;
*to conclude and take precaution on the security in school and society;
*to determine ”Secure school standards” and provide physical,psychological and social security;
* to guide teachers developing programmes to prevent school-bullying and cyber-bullying, to help their collegues and families understand and solve the dynamics of school-bullying and cber-bullying that they face at school;
* to create a safe school environment focusing on improving peer relationships through a school-wide approach;
* to educate teenegers about safe Internet practices.
NUMBER AND PROFILE OF PARTICIPANTS
* 7 European secondary schools from 6 countries in United Kingdom,Italy,Spain,Romania, Czech Republic and Turkey, all having curricular programmes for cybersecurity education and promoting a culture of mutual respect and a tolerance or appreciation for diversity.
* 15 teachers in the given schools committed to cybersecurity education;
* 25-30 secondary school students in each school, mostly at the age of 15.
DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES
1. Preparation
* Setting up project management, selecting students, creating website;
* Preparing project meetings and student exchanges;
* Translating local good practices into English, uploading materials to website;
2. Implementation
* Organising after-school workshops for students;
* Transnational project meetings at each school for studying good practices;
* Short-term student exchanges for experiencing extra-curricular activities in cybersecurity education
* Creating a methodological resource book and video guide and uploading them to the project website.
METHODOLOGY
*at project meetings: visiting lessons, presentations, lectures, transnational discussions, workshops and round tables, studying
teaching/learning materials and methods, curricula and educational programmes, monitoring and evaluating progress, making
surveys;
* at student exchanges: ’learning by doing’ – transnational group work/pair work, interactive transnational workshops and round
tables, visits to places of remembrance, presentations, lectures, discussions, board games, films, sports, music, dances, arts and
crafts, monitoring and evaluating progress, making surveys etc.
RESULTS AND IMPACTS:
*to teach students how to be cyber safe and savvy;
*rather than create panic over technology use or spread misunderstandings, to show students how they can use technology for the greater good;
*to establish open communication with students;
*to explore issues like technology risks, cyber safety and positive online communities;
*to suggest parents buy filtering software or special ICT equipments for younger children and teenagers;
*to encourage cybersecurity education for teachers, administrators, and counselors.
LONG TERM BENEFITS:
With the guide of counselors and experts, educating children about the possible negative effects of posting personal information online and providing training about how to remove personal information that shouldn’t be online will alleviate opportunities for cyberbullying attacks.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 129880 Eur

Project Coordinator

The BRIT School for Performing Arts & Technology & Country: UK

Project Partners

• LICEO STATALE MONTANARI
• Liceul Teoretic Bilingv Miguel de Cervantes
• mehmetçik anadolu lisesi
• IES ISBILYA
• Darica Neset Yalcin Anadolu Lisesi
• Ceskoslovanska akademie obchodni doktora Edvarda Benese, stredni odborna skola, Praha 2, Resslova 8