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The project aims at reducing to minimum the negative effects of stereotypes and disinformation from the virtual world on the students of Forestry Vocational School in Berkovitsa, which were identified during the students’ social isolation and education in an electronic environment due to Covid-19. A survey carried out in June 2020 among the students to examine their attitudes to reading showed that hardly 35% of them checked their information source, while 37% checkеd data in other sources. Coming across controversial information together with other shortages has resulted in an inadequate response to the information flow (Source: a monthly report of the school psychologist). The situation can be remedied by developing evaluation skills and critical attitude to the authenticity of information. The activities are fully in line with the project goal, i. e. promoting media literacy and civil education. The keys to achieving the goal are training students to improve their media literacy and acquire civic competence and developing a web portal for digital citizenship. The activity titled Development of a Guide with a methodology to teach/learn Media Literacy and Media Stereotypes supports teachers in their full interaction with their students in an e-environment. The project activities are planned to be implemented for 7 months and the main venue will be the Forestry Vocational School in Berkovitsa, where a simulation of a referendum will take place, as part of the training.