We were working on another project and one of the partners suggested carrying out a project about eSafety, something very important nowadays when everything is related to the Internet, technology, ....
PROJECT INFORMATION
The celebration of Safer Internet Day will be an occasion to let our students reflect on the risks on the net. We would like them to stay safe on the net and avoid negative experiences. We desire to stress the importance of the net in their future careers as a source of information and in the perspective of lifelong learning. We also want to promote social cohesion and active citizenship.
aims
To keep in touch with other European students using English as a second language. To know specific vocabulary about the Internet and cyber-bullying. To avoid some risks on the net such as sexting, cyberbullying, grooming, online gambling, addiction to the Internet and social networks, ... To understand the importance of netiquette and the eTwinning code of conduct. To appreciate the net for the possibilities it offers in lifelong learning. To use new digital tools. To self-assess what they can do on the net and what the possibilities to improve themselves are.
This is the presentation of our project so that everybody can know about it.
Before starting working, everybody must know each other, so introductions came first. Students introduced themselves on the Forum following a factfile and here you can see the teachers'.
First we had to think about a title for the project, so we suggested our ideas.
We were eager to start working on our topic.
There was some brainstorming about positive/negative aspects of the Internet and later we used the results to write sentences.
In order to reflect on our use of the net, we filled in a QUESTIONNAIRE and wrote ESSAYS about the topic.
In the middle of January, teachers had their first online meeting to know each other and organize the activities.
We made word clouds using words related to the net.
In order to choose a title, all the participants suggested their ideas on the Forum. Then, there was a national competition so that there would be one title representing each team in an international competition where we would get the final one.
The winner was 'THE NET, A LIFELONG EXPERIENCE', suggested by the Italian team from Pescara.
In order to introduce our schools to the other partners, we created games about them. Then some questions were chosen to create a KAHOOT.
This is the game about our school.
These are the games about all the schools taking part in the project. You can play the final game to see how much you've learnt.
We are worried about eSafety so in order to celebrate Safer Internet Day 2021 we made posters about rules to follow and comics and memes about fake news.
The teachers had their second meeting in February to see how everything was going on and to plan new activities.
We made an INTERNET ALPHABET with words, expressions, short sentences and pictures. Then in international teams guided by the teachers, we created collaborative games: word art, puzzles, drawings, a wordsearch, a crossword, cartoons, ..... The aim was to get an ebook that would include all of them.
We filled a questionnaire about CYBERBULLYING and then we wrote some ESSAYS about the topic to think about this problem. These are the RESULTS OF THE QUESTIONNAIRE.
Once we had the title, it was time to choose a logo. Before having an international election, each team had to choose their candidate.
These are all the ones we created.
And the winner to be presented in the international competition was .... THE ONE CREATED BY CELIA M.
The winner designed by Emanuel B. from Pescara, Italy was:
The same procedures applied to choose a slogan in favour of the net.
These are the slogans suggested by our team and the vote results.
The winner was written by Candela: THE INTERNET, MORE THAN A TECHNOLOGY.
She also got a certificate for her brilliant idea.
These are all the slogans suggested by the participants.
And the winner: SURF THE NET ON THE WINGS OF KNOWLEDGE, written by the students from Telese Terme, Italy.
Then some topics were chosen to discuss on the forum. Each teacher would lead two topics and the students would choose the ones they liked to discuss. They'd also write questions about the topic to play an international Kahoot.
These were the topics:
Topics
Sexting
Digital footprint and reputation
Hatespeech
Copyright
Cyberbullying
Online teaching
Fake news
Addiction to the net
Exploring positive aspects of the net
Netiquette
The importance of the Europass digital assessment in a CV
Grooming
Safer Internet Day
Social networks and privacy
Gambling
Harrassment
Pornography
Play our KAHOOT to learn and have as much fun as we did.
And the winners had a diploma.
In April our team met online the Italian team from Pescara. We played the Kahoot about all the schools taking part in the project and the one about Tim Berners-Lee, father of the Internet.
The result? ... We had lots of fun.
Of course, on May 9th it's time to celebrate eTWINNING DAY.
We worked to celebrate eTwinning Day and Europe Day and we had a good result.
We wrote some golden rules to follow on the Net in order to make a rap song, which is a good way to remember them.
Think before you post
The Net, a lifelong experience
Don't be addicted to the Net, Use your brain!
Follow Netiquette and you will be correct!
Hatespeech doesn't teach anything
Connect, respect and protect
Funny , creative and enjoyable
Creativity is our best quality
Respect people and they´ll do the same
Respect the copyright of images
Every picture is awesome but use Creative
Commons
Be careful with strangers
Do not give the password to unknown people
Don´t do cyberbullying.
Don't believe everything you see on the
Internet, it might be fake news!
Protect yourself, protect your personal data
Don´t post personal information on social media
Don't look for inappropiate things
Don´t share your personal account
Think about what you are going to post before
posting something
