CONTEXT Partners in this project - PL, NL, TR, RO and IT are united by the purpose of training students to distinguish between responsible and irresponsible journalism, between real and fake news, biased opinions and objective reporting of events, about how to avoid manipulation on TV and social media, be prepared to recognize elements of manipulation in news, public speeches and social media posts. We will ensure that the project activities will contribute to this goal – to train teens in media literacy, build communication and interpersonal skills, permit the exchange of ideas among different cultures. Students work together to analyse and create media products, thus developing their team work abilities, intercultural cooperation and creativity. OBJECTIVES O1. raise awareness about the importance of critical consumption of media O2. promote media and ethical journalism as a tool to foster responsibility towards society O3. enable students to do basic (mass)media analysis and reflect on and combat manipulation practices O4. foster critical thinking and analytical thinking O5. develop interpersonal and communication skills in multicultural contexts O6. develop intercultural competences and EU awareness O7. boost students’ creativity PARTICIPANTS - students in the workgroup that are selected at the beginning of the project (minimum 24 students, aged 15-17, from various backgrounds, including at least one third of students from disadvantaged categories. Ideally, we will strike a gender balance in the group composition). They will be working in specialized groups for the local project activities and will be the basis of selection for the exchanges. Also, they will be involved in disseminations as organisers, presenters, or members of the audience, depending on the situation. In the exchanges, we will have 96 students. - 32 teachers (foreign language, social studies, media studies, philosophy) will participate as accompanying teachers and 10/11 teachers will participate in the joint-staff training event. MAIN ACTIVITIES C1-C4 - student exchanges, C5 – joint staff training event C1 – NL – Media – yesterday and today. C2 – RO – Media and its power to control minds. C3 – IT – The rise of social media, the decline of truth? C4 – PL – From consumers to creators of media. C5 – TR – Media Education in high schools. METHODOLOGY - Before exchanges, students work in groups on presentations and surveys on the topic of each event, take interviews of journalists on different topics. - During the exchanges they participate workshops, attend lectures, visit media companies, work in groups to analyse articles, news reports, create their own news and articles, create posters, exhibitions, do debates on hot topics related to media – social media, fake news, biased reports, reflections of minority groups in the media etc. - During C4, after having improved their ability to analyze media information critically, they learn about the steps to create an e-newspaper. They start work on it and publish it online - During C5 – teachers meet to establish a methodology for initiation of media clubs and on the collection of lessons for different subject in which media is used as a teaching material. Students continue collaboration through the e-newspaper. The newspaper activity will be continued in the future by members of the newly-established media clubs. RESULTS Outcomes: the knowledge, skills and attitudes acquired by students and detailed in each exchange description and as planned through the objectives, effective cooperation among students and among teachers, increased self-confidence, ability to work in multicultural settings, ability to express and defend ideas, improved awareness of similarities and differences among countries, improved cooperation with local media representatives. Outputs: students’ presentations, media articles and videos, workshop materials created by specialists, surveys conducted by students before each exchange on the specific topic, news reports created by sts, collages, video interviews, project dissemination platforms, teachers’ guide for the use of media in class, methodology for setting up media clubs, 5 media clubs. Final outputs: e-newspaper created and run by students during the project which will extend beyond the project, teachers’ guide for use of media in teaching, methodology to start media clubs. IMPACT - all the schools will cover a need identified in the beginning and turn it into an opportunity for future development of local projects - students become more actively engaged in the life of the community and will write articles about local issues - teachers become more active and more engaged in the school activities - schools extend their after-school club offer - schools enlarge their European collaboration network - schools promote a positive image in their local communities
CONTEXT Partners from PL, NL, TR, RO and IT intended to train students to distinguish between responsible and irresponsible journalism, real and fake news, biased opinions and objective reporting of events, avoiding manipulation on TV and social media, preparing to recognize elements of manipulation in news, public speeches and social media posts.We planned the activities to contribute to this goal – to train teens in media literacy, build communication and interpersonal skills, permit the exchange of ideas among various cultures.Students worked together to analyse and create media products, develop their team work abilities and intercultural cooperation and creativity. OBJECTIVES O1.raise awareness about the importance of critical consumption of media O2.promote media and ethical journalism as a tool to foster responsibility towards society O3.enable students to do basic (mass)media analysis and reflect on and combat manipulation practices O4.foster critical thinking and analytical thinking O5.develop interpersonal and communication skills in multicultural contexts O6.develop intercultural competences and EU awareness O7.boost students’ creativity PARTICIPANTS - students in the workgroup who were selected at the beginning of the project (minimum 24 students, aged 15-20, from various backgrounds, including at least one third of students from disadvantaged categories). - 32 teachers (foreign language, social studies, media studies, philosophy) participated as accompanying ones and 15 teachers participated in the joint-staff training event. ACTIVITIES C1-C4 - student exchanges, C5–joint staff training event C1 – NL – Media yesterday and today. C2 – RO – Media and its power to control minds. C3 – IT – The rise of social media, the decline of truth? C4 – PL – From consumers to creators of media. C5 – TR – Media Education in high schools. METHODOLOGY Before exchanges, students worked in groups on presentations and surveys on the topic of each event, took interviews of journalists on different topics.During the exchanges the participants took part In workshops, lectures, visited media companies, worked in groups to analyse articles, news reports, created their own news and articles, created posters, exhibitions, completed debates on hot topics related to media – social media, fake news, biased reports, reflections of minority groups in the media etc. During C4, after improving their ability to analyse media information critically, they learnt about the steps to create an e-newspaper.They started their work on it and published it online. During C5 teachers met to establish the methodology for starting media clubs and founding the set of lessons for variuos subject in which media were used as a teaching material. Students continued cooperation through the e-newspaper.The newspaper activity was continued later by members of the newly-established media clubs. Because of the pandemic in the world, the order of activities was changed to get the possibility of the project realization so that it could provide continuity of work and adjusting this possibility to the existing conditions.The C5 mobility was the first one as it gave the participants an opportunity of carrying out the project as well as solving the fears of the society.The mobilities C4, C2, C1 and C3 followed. RESULTS Outcomes: the knowledge, skills and attitudes acquired by students and detailed in each exchange description and effective cooperation among students and among teachers, increased self-confidence, ability to work in multicultural settings, ability to express and defend ideas, improved awareness of similarities and differences among countries, improved cooperation with local media representatives. Outputs: students' presentations, media articles and videos, workshop materials created by specialists were those used for carrying out the tasks, surveys conducted by students before each exchange on the specific topic, news reports created by students, collages, video interviews, project dissemination platforms, teachers' guide for the use of media in classes, methodology for setting up media clubs, 5 media clubs. Final outputs: the e-newspaper which was created and run by students during the project and which is extended beyond the project, being also the item used as a guide by teachers in the area of media operation as seen from the perspective of various countries and one’s own knowledge.Teachers' guide related to the use of media in teaching and methodology of starting media clubs. IMPACT -all the schools covered a need identified at the beginning and turned it into an opportunity for future development of local projects -students became more engaged in the life of the community and write articles about local issues -teachers became more active and more engaged in the school activities -schools extended their after-school club offer -schools enlarged their European collaboration network -schools promoted a positive image in the local communities