The aim of the project is to raise the awareness on one of the most important problem of student age, 'Cyberbullying'. Our main goal is to enhance the awareness of professional school directors, educators and volunteer adults and parents of conscious and safe use of internet and interactive technologies and provide a perspective to inform students of the tragic effects of cyberbullying and detail strategies for preventing and responding to this form of abuse. This project offers the possibility to gather the knowledge and evaluate similarities between partner states. We emphasize that not only pupils will develop language skills but also the teachers will feel the need of learning languages. During the project, participants will exchange the ideas on how to develop language skills and to improve one’s own social skills. Activities for preventing bullying in children’s lives will take a new look at the ways to combat all forms of bullying, understanding bullying behaviors. Actions will be focuse on learning process and teaching others successful strategies and skills to prevent cyberbullying, creating an environment where rules of conduct are clear, children feel safe, and everyone understands that bullying will not be tolerated. According to the profiles of learners, we can offer various educational products which will make it possible each one to adapt them according to their needs and their desires. Brochure, digital dictionary, questionnaires and survey results, short films, Dvd, calendar, logo etc. During the 2-year project time all involved staff from partner schools, teachers and students in particular, preparing posters and art exhibitions, video presentations, statistical surveys at the partner schools on the topic, workshops, shows and multicultural campaigns against bullying and cyberbullying. Tools and methods proposed will result intercultural exchange of experiences, practices and theoretical reflections. We consider all pupils, teachers, stuff and local community would benefit from establishing a relationship which would help them communicate and work with pupils and teachers from other European countries. Activities can be readily adapted to meet the needs of individuals and groups as well as children of all ages. A great number of participants will be involved in it through a variety of activities. There will be students, teachers, administrative and educational staff from all partner schools, parents, as well as members of the academic and the local community. Before using the materials, review the content and activities to see students’ knowledge and beliefs about bullying. The research and the ebook begin with an examination of individual experiences, values, and beliefs around bullying, and then moves toward developing a team approach to bullying prevention and creating a bullying-free environment. The activities build on one another. The web site will be implemented throughout the Project with the contribution of all the partners. The language is English. Promoting the project in all institutions and cities; each institutuion will prepare a short description of the project: the title, the aims of the project, the criteria for pupils willing to take part in the tasks of the project, and a description of the partner institutions taking part in the project, as well. PPT presentations will be created and used along with the project leaflet to introduce the aims of the project to those interested in being involved in it. During the project the partner institutions get familiar with the educational system and working counselling methods of important antibullying campaigns of each others’ countries and the educational methods of one another. The partners will also implement new methods in their curricula that help making their schools attractive for young learners. The dissemination and the project website make the institutions known in a wider circle and help them to expand their international relationships. This project also forms the basis of other cooperation between the institutions, new Erasmus+ projects.
Bullying is complex and project strategy started with an examination of the school climate and ensuring an effective school-wide policy. All partners considered that the best tool against bullying is prevention. They proposed some project tools to create bully-free school environments. The aim of the project was to raise the awareness on one of the most important problem of student age, 'Cyber bullying'. Project partners used new teaching methodologies, strategies for preventing and responding to all form of abuse, some educational tools to approach an antibullying perspective and to treat this problem, safe use of internet. With partner’s experience and professional practices teachers involved in BULLY-FREE project shared methods and educational tools to create new ones in order to meet local needs as well as possible. Tools and methods proposed about the dangers of Internet were result intercultural exchange of experiences, practices and theoretical reflections, having an impact on students by offering them a different education prospective, new ways of learning, like critical thinking, research skills, team work, ICT competences etc. At the same time this project equipped teachers with new tools to combat many forms of violence and to introduce an European dimension in the classroom. Project activities encouraged students to come together to improve the climate of their school and to build a partnership based on the diversity. Students were able to see their roles in the school community and to prevent bullying in their school. They learnt to be more safe and secure online, that is very important for them to report and stop school violence. This project offered the possibility to gather the knowledge and evaluate similarities between partner states. During the project, participants exchanged the ideas on how to develop language skills and to improve one’s own social skills. Partner’s actions were focused on learning process and teaching others successful strategies and skills to prevent cyberbullying, creating an environment where rules of conduct are clear, children feel safe, and everyone understands that bullying is not tolerate. During the 2-year project time all involved staff from partner schools, teachers and students in particular, prepared posters and art exhibitions, video presentations, statistical surveys at the partner schools on the topic, workshops, shows and multicultural campaigns against bullying and cyberbullying. Tools and methods proposed were result intercultural exchange of experiences, practices and theoretical reflections. According to the profiles of learners, partners produced brochures, applied questionnaires, created short videos, few calendars, posters, logo contests, school antibullying campaigns, 2 newsletters, etc. We consider that all pupils, teachers, stuff and local community had a benefit from establishing a relationship which would help them communicate and work with pupils and teachers from other European countries.