Think Twice When You Type

Internet usage and developing ICT are inevitable parts of our lives.However,the social interaction area and its borders provided by internet are in a vast area which cannot be fully controlled and also it brings some inappropriate behaviours with it. Cyberbullying refers to unpleasant acts such as humiliation,slander,gossip,harassment,threat,embarrassment and exclusion,which an individual or group deliberately carries out on others in an electronic environment. The main objectives of the project THINK TWICE WHEN YOU TYPE were to make all parts,mainly referring to school environment -raise awareness about cyberbullying in school -create a school climate where students can feel safe -enable students to have healthy social skills to in order to prevent inclination to cyberbullying -improve the empathy feelings of our students -create a digital citizen concept -provide necessary psychological support to students who have been victims of cyberbullying -meet and learn about new cultures -take responsibility and gain selfconfidence -understand the EU policies,priorities and EU bodies -spreading the physical Cultural Heritage of Europe There were 6 participant countries in the project.The participants were selected among the staff and students who were willing to actively take part in project activities according to the objective criteria determined.During 36 months,the participants received digital awereness and safe internet usage to prevent cyberbullying.In a world where teenagers are bound with technology,of course, improving their ICT skills was another key objective of this project,like recording and creating videos,preparing presentations,films.The project also helped them to learn how to use ICT in a safe way.The teachers and students also met new and popular teaching/learning methodologies in practice.Pupils improved how to use the internet and information technology to complete various tasks and to communicate.They got better motivation to learn, improved their English,learned a few words in their partners' languages.They realized the interculturial dimension of education through correspondence on the Internet with students from other countries,but also through short-term exchanges in which some of them participated.They learned to work in a team and to support each other,how to act as guides and hosts in their schools.They changed their attitude towards other cultures,became more open.Whereas they were improving their skills,they also improved their personality and citizenship quality,evaluated current applications and to be more motivated to search,try and perform new ones.Dissemination and sustainability acts,of course,have great importance to achieve the expected benefits in a long term.Because of the listed reasons project "TTWYT" tried to reach as many people as possible. Cooperating and integrating with stakeholders such as nearby schools,local authorities,media,energy and environment companies,and parents were achieved by different activities like having regular meetings,visits,interviews,applying questionnaires and inviting/involving them to the acts in schools.To make the outcomes reach more people,virtual platforms were used effectively and documents were reachable and downloadable To summarize,TTWYTwas a project covering a number of social,educational and environmental issues that needed to be implemented with the aim of -developing social relationships with their peers without bullying both on the internet and in the school environment -raising an awareness of signs showed that their children were affected by cyberbullying for parents -to warn people about virtual bullying and to look for a solution to eliminate and correct this phenomenon -encourage people and make them capable to take action as a truly social and responsible persons on social matters -achieve the inclusion of social and real issues in the school curriculum by applying new methods The listed set goals were achieved during the three-year period of project implementation,by disseminating the results,our effort was to preserve the sustainability of theoretical values in the long term. Dissemination of the project took place gradually, simultaneously with the implementation of project tasks.The first stage was on the grounds of the participating schools, where we familiarized colleagues,pupils and parents with the goals and principles of the project. Through Facebook and the website,eTwinnig Twinspace,local newspapers and through local TV,we had the opportunity to inform the general public about our goals,plans and our work. The most important products of the project(in addition to intellectual values)created by students and teachers were -brochure VOCABULARY–a dictionary in seven languages -a collection of stylistic and art works of students called Cyberbullying -exhibitions of poster created by students at schools on theme of cyberbullying -short films,PPTpresentations created by students,story jumpers–electronic stories