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Description
The project will address the constant threats arising from fake news, cyberbullying, cyber threats and online scams against students and young people who are participating very early on social media. Such threats are an obstacle for the creation of digital citizenship. The students, in order to be capable as active citizens of tomorrow and be able to understand and effectively address the continuing threats, need to strength their digital skills. For this reason, the project aims to develop the necessary digital skills to enhance citizenship and the use of media, in particular to raise awareness and ensure the participation of beneficiaries in public affairs via media. The training will be done to 30 students aged 8 to 12 years, from the region of Attica by two instructors. At the same time, a training of 30 parents of students aged 8-12 years from the region of Attica will take place by two instructors respectively. The project will be implemented following the customization of the existing educational material developed by Cyberno (aiming to educate the beneficiaries) in order to be adapted to the need of students participating in public affairs. After the completion of the training, students as digital citizens of tomorrow will be able to be responsible for the training of other students in their schools, having the support of an educational "material" as well as the support of an instructor. After the completion of the project, the 60 participants will have developed deeper knowledge on issues related to citizens'' participation in the public affairs via the Internet and digital media. Cyberno will implement the project.
Summary of project results
The aim of the Decide project was to develop the necessary digital skills of 30 students and 30 parents of students (aged 8-12 years old) to enhance students'' participation in public life (tomorrow''s active citizens) and the use of digital media and the internet, with the ultimate goal of (1) raising awareness among the beneficiaries regarding civic participation and (2) developing interest and ensuring civic participation through the proper use of the internet and digital media.
A total of 3 project activities were carried out, as follows:
1) Customization of existing educational material to make it suitable for parents and children aged 8-12 years old. The development and customization of the material took 4 months and included the development of: 2 animated videos, 30 exercises, 2 board games, 8 posters for use in school classrooms and 8 questionnaires. 2) Parent training for parents of children aged 8-12 years. The training was delivered to parents in person and online (13 people). The activities included presentations with audiovisual material (2 animated videos) regarding the necessary digital skills needed by children and parents to be digitally active citizens and 1 board game. The digital skills developed are critical thinking online and in digital media, privacy, online safety, digital culture, digital intelligence and dealing with digital bullying. 3) Training of children aged 8-12 years. The training of children aged 8-12 years old was carried out to develop the necessary digital skills to become digitally active citizens by enhancing civic participation and the use of digital media. The project will include 30 exercises and educational material, 1 floor game and 8 questionnaires to test the improvement of students'' knowledge.
A total of 75 people (parents and children) were trained on site and online. Project promotional material (posters, leaflets) was produced with an impact on 33 parents and teachers in person and more than 500 people online. Social media accounts were created (Twitter, Facebook) with a following of more than 130 people. An online launch awareness presentation and an online launch presentation were implemented with 47 participants. Informative emails were sent out where 148 people read them and on the project''s Facebook page the updates were read by more than 500 people. 1 press release and 6 email invitations were sent out and read by 147 respectively. Finally, two project report press releases were published on the project''s social media on both the Decide project page and the Cyberno Facebook page.