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A cyberbully won’t stop until its mindset is dropped.

2021-1-SE02-KA152-YOU-0000094882021Mobility of young peoplefinalized
Countries: SE|MK|PL|RS|EL|ES|PT · Grant: €42,462
Prevention of bullyingDigital safetyInformation and communication technologies (ICT)

Objectives

The project "A cyberbully won’t stop until its mindset is dropped" was born from the need to explore new strategies in order to analyze cyberbullying which often takes place on the internet and social networks. The strong motivation behind the Youth exchange was to address the influence and impact of social media such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube on the life of young people because social media are prominent parts of life for many young people today. Cyberbullying is a very present reality in our schools and in our universities, and for this reason, we wanted to learn new skills in order to stop or prevent this phenomenon. We wanted to develop better use of the internet and improve our experience in the use of social networks through non-formal education and focusing on the most important aspects of cyberbullying. The main aim of the Youth Exchange "A cyberbully won’t stop until its mindset is dropped" was to increase young people’s awareness of the danger and negative effects of cyberbullying and hate speech online. We also wanted to empower young people to be leaders in their local community and to open critical debate on the impact of social media. Objectives of youth exchange were: - To raise awareness in the community of the existence of online risks while addressing cyberbullying and hate speech online; - To raise awareness of participants on the influence of social media on behaviour with a special focus to be paid to self-esteem and self-confidence; - To increase participant’s competencies to protect personal information and reputation - To increase participant’s knowledge on how to improve the use of the internet and use social media in a positive way for their own benefit; - Development of functional and critical digital literacy and internet safety skills; - To develop participant’s competencies such as communication in English, teamwork in a mix-intercultural team, problem-solving, conflict management, and leadership skills of the participants in intercultural settings; - To develop participant’s ICT skills, by creating videos, articles, and Booklet by using new technologies); - To increase participant’s knowledge of Erasmus+ Programme and to support creating new project ideas addressing participant’s needs; - To support creating new contacts among the participants and their organizations; The Youth Exchange was implemented by youth workers and group leaders using non–formal educational methodology: presentations, group work, theatre-based activities, debates, public speaking, peer-to-peer learning, learning by doing and workshops proposed by participants. The leaders were responsible for implementing the proposed programme. The Youth Exchange "A cyberbully won’t stop until its mindset is dropped" was designed in line with European policies and it reflects the priorities of the Erasmus+ Programme. - enhancing media literacy and sense of initiative of young people; - reaching out to marginalized young people; - encouraging intercultural dialogue and diversity;

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