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From Digital to Nature

2021-2-IT02-KA210-SCH-0000488362021Small-scale partnerships in school educationfinalized
Countries: IT|TR|RO · Grant: €60,000
Digital safetyDigital skills and competencesEnvironment and climate change

Objectives

We aimed to reduce the time of the target groups spend on the internet by %5.For students;our priorities to make internet safer place for them,raise the awareness about the harmful effects of the internet and cyberbullying,learn the useful web tools and sites for their classes,be active in nature with outdoor sports and be aware of the sustainable growth of our planet.For teachers we aimed to learn about new teaching approaches by using digital tools and how to use them in the classroom.The other objective was to learn teaching strategies and methods applied in other countries as well as improving their professional skills and share best practices with other teachers.We also aimed the parents to be aware of the dangers for their children on the internet, gain basic digital skills,spend more time with their children in nature. We aimed all partner schools to have e Safety policies for students and staff,eSafety Label and Digital action Plan. Our main priorities were improving the students and teachers’ key competencies (foreign languages, using ICT), applying EU’s core values in the digital platforms to be better citizens ,contributing the social awareness about environmental issues,interacting with other cultures.

Background

This Project was written after pandemic.During the pandemic students,teachers even parents spent their times on the internet for distance learning,shopping,banking, social media,playing games,etc.They used internet and digital tools but we observed especially students had problems about their academic success,social relations.We applied need analysis survey at schools.The results of the survey was that they spent %21 in Italy,%24 in Romania and %22 İn Turkey their days on the internet and they didn’t have enough knowledge about safer internet rules and cyberbullying.They use internet but they didn’t useful web tools for their classes.They didn’t also spend their times in nature.Many teachers couldn’t use digital tools and create digital contents for their classes.School managements didn’t have enough knowledge about eSafety policies.Most parents didn't have any idea about the effects of the cyberbullying.All the target groups weren’t active in nature.So,we decided to write this Project in order to reduce %5 time on the internet,learn the safer internet rules and the effects of cyberbullying,give the importance of being active in nature.

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