Digital Literacy, Internet Safety, and Social Media
This course offers teachers engaging activities and learning materials to increase the digital literacy of their students in regards to mental health, cyberbullying, data privacy and spotting fake news.
Digital citizenship, footprint, fake news dictionary, bots, digital detox, personal boundaries, mental health and well-being in the digital world.
Description
- DAY 1 - WHO IS HERE AND WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM EACH OTHER?
- Introductory meeting: ice-breakers, practical arrangements, timetable, expectations and contributions.
International exchange: key principles of the different educational school systems and peer exchange of best practices - DAY 2 - DAY 4 - TRAINING TOPICS
Safety dimensions of data privacy, passwords
Digital vulnerability
Fake news, critical thinking skills
Fostering empathy development to reduce cyberbullying
Self-regulation and managing ghosting, trolling, gossip, prank, digital drama, and hate speech, FOMO
Digital citizenship: credit and copyright, storytelling ethics, reporting problems, abusive behaviours and inappropriate content
Gaming, social media, and commercial world
Cultivating safety culture in schools and with parents
Mental health
Teaching self-confidence skills in a digital world: saying NO, personal boundaries, courage for upstanding when spotting cyberbullying
+ one cultural afternoon excursion
DAY 5 - STUDY VISIT TO THE LOCAL SCHOOL
Exploring core activity domains and specialised educational approaches with teachers from the school, classroom observation
Evaluation
Certificates of attendance
Learning objectives
- becoming a digitally savvy and responsible internet user
- holistic, problem and project-based learning activities on digital literacy
- rules of conduct and work with parents in challenging situations regarding the misuse of the internet and social media with students
- understanding the digital culture of students - latest news and trends
Methodology & assessment
- demonstration of digital literacy cases
- peer learning, collaboration, group work, digital literacy project examples
Materials, digital tools & other learning resources
- online resources: sites and applications that can be used in the classroom
online platform with sessions’ summaries, and descriptions of the activities used
recommended literature for further study
shared activities from the participants
school learning materials
action plan from the participants
Certification details
Certificate of attendance
Learning Agreement
Europass
Pricing, packages and other information
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Price:500Euro
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Course package content:
- 5 days of workshop (6 pedagogical hours per day): training on the topic, peer exchange and networking, one study visit
- training materials
- coffee breaks
- one afternoon cultural excursion
- organisation and administrative costs (organisational info booklet, filled-in Learning Agreement documents and Europass, etc.)
- We offer accommodation discount for the selected hotels (not obligatory).
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Additional information:Description of the services and activities included in the course package (such as accommodation, meals, transport) or available at extra cost.
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Cancellation & changes:
FREE pre-registration - important to express the interest for us to know which courses can get confirmed.
https://www.erasmuspluscourses.com/registrationform.html
In case of unforeseen circumstances (force majeure) we accept the change of the participant OR the date.
If force majeure happens during the course, we offer support when providing the proof for absence.
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Additional information:The options and conditions for change and cancellation, and the policy in case of unforeseen circumstances (force majeure).
Additional information
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Language:English
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Target audience ISCED:Primary education (ISCED 1)Lower secondary education (ISCED 2)Upper secondary education (ISCED 3)
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Target audience type:TeacherPedagogical AdviserSchool Psychologist
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Learning time:25 hours or more
Upcoming sessions
Provider
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