YOUNG MEDIA LITERATES OF EUROPE Erasmus Project

Project Title

YOUNG MEDIA LITERATES OF EUROPE

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: EU Citizenship, EU awareness and Democracy; ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Research and innovation

Project Summary

Being aware of the risks of internet addiction and that this problem cannot be solved by limitation and/or censorship, partners from Greece, Italy, Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania and Portugal came together, created and implemented the project ” YOUNG MEDIA LITERATES OF EUROPE” with a joint aim: 1- to find measures in fighting against media addiction and 2 – attracting the pupils interest in media literacy. During the project lifecycle, we had 3 TPMs in Portugal , Greece and Bulgaria and 3 LTTs in Turkey , Romania and Italy. Schools created Media Labs at their schools for the implementation of the project. Some activities that were implemented to reach success were as follows: firstly ,students created logos for the project.They made interviews with journalists and visited local media organizations to understand media production better and learn more about media usage, wrote articles, created school newspapers and prepared radio programmes at their schools. They did researches about the history of media in their countries and shared with their peers in other countries. Brochures about National Strategies against media addicition – Media Education in Europe were created after making deep searches about the topics .Students prepared a media dictionary in 6 languages and English of the most common words related to the topic .A workshop with primary students was organized where all partners’ students took active roles working with little kids about how to create an advertisement. Debates happened in all schools about ”Internet is a foe or a friend ? Students also prepared some sketches about social media addiction and performed their peers during a LTT. Shortly , students became journalists, writers, seachers, debaters, photographers, videomakers. Some outputs are: the project website, brochures (“National strategies of partner countries against media addiction” – “Media education in Europe”), a photo collage of the project meetings, a social media page, an etwinning page, videos, school newspapers, a portfolio of lesson plans on media literacy education .With the project ”YOUNG MEDIA LITERATES OF EUROPE ” students aged 13-17 ,(most of which had educational, social and economic obstacles) developed skills such as responsibility, communication, problem solving, initiative, creativity, planning, team work, flexibility, tolerance and acceptance towards different cultures. They are now more open and interested in other peoples’ culture, accepting the differences as value and not as an obstacle to a united Europe.They developed their own identities in the context consciousness local, national, European, Europeans manifesting in infancy. During the 2 years , they created brochures, e-magazines, e-newsletters and even radio programmes, which improved their ICT skills. Working at international environments and also using English while creations these materials have improved their language skills as well. They are now aware of the risks of media addiction and now they use their performance in a more useful way. They improved interest in media literacy activities help them achieve more success at school.interaction generated by the educational materials and innovative teaching, pupils experienced different learning situations. They are able to work in a non-competitive environment based on the student specific need-learning by doing. Students with disadvantaged backgrounds gained self-confidence with project activities and they find the school environment attractive. The teachers involved in the exchanges with other teachers from other countries had their methods enriched and their horizons broadened. They increased their professional skills and had the opportunity to share experiences and ideas with colleagues from other European countries; got familiar with education systems, programs and practices in partner. started to reflect on new insights and to integrate them into lessons across the curriculum in agreement with their partner schools e.g. languages, history, geography, religious education, physical education, science, drama, information technology and music. Teachers improved their language and digital skills. Learning about other cultures and lifestyles of collegues in Europe, and they experienced real interculturalism; working with other teachers in Europe, which led to the development of intercultural skills and the ability to overcome certain stereotypes and prejudices. They also developed self-esteem and are more motivated to continue to work to promote the prestige of their institution. All the projects outputs are shared on Erasmus+ Results platform, our website and etwinning as well.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 127350 Eur

Project Coordinator

Istituti Paritari Plateja Maritain ASSOCIAZIONE CULTURALE SCUOLA 3.0 & Country: IT

Project Partners

• LICEUL TEORETIC “GRIGORE MOISIL”
• Agrupamento de Escolas do Forte da Casa
• 8o GENIKO LYKEIO TRIKALON
• National High School of Mathematics and Science
• Sehit Polis Nedip Cengiz Eker Mesleki ve Teknik Anadolu Lisesi