Welcome to the Be MediaSmartOnline guide! Here, we focus on training for students available in multiple EU languages, and addressing various media literacy topics.
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Algorithms and Artificial Intelligence is only one among the many cards available as part of the Generazioni Connesse Educational Kit for schools, with the aim of developing digital citizenship skills among pupils. This one provides educational tips to recognise the logic of the network in the era of datafication.
- Country: Italy.
- Languages: Italian.
- Target audience: Children and young people, teachers and educators.
Educational presentation for small students of Primary School based on the book "Detective Digiduck".
- Country: Greece.
- Languages: Greek.
- Target audience: Children and young people aged 4-8.
BEE SECURE offers training for children and young people on online safety, digital literacy, and responsible internet use. These sessions are available for primary (from age 8+) and secondary school classes.
- Country: Luxembourg.
- Languages: German, French, English, Luxembourgish.
- Target audience: Children and young people.
3 turnkey sessions by the French Safer Internet Centre to address the challenges of the digital life of a young middle school student.
- Country: France.
- Languages: French.
- Target audience: Children and young people, teachers and educators.
The interactive “#Welcome 6th Grade” course by the French Safer Internet Centre makes it easy to run three workshops from 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes with 6th grade students on the main issues of digital education when entering middle school: Balancing your screen time, Managing your digital identity, Preventing cyberbullying.
- Country: France.
- Languages: French.
- Target audience: Children and young people, teachers and educators.
A compilation of instructional materials that can be used to teach students to be responsible internet users, divided by year group.
- Country: Iceland.
- Languages: Icelandic.
- Target audience: Teachers and educators.
Since 2016, Digitaler Kompass is committed to increasing media literacy in Austria and Europe as a non-profit organisation. To this end, they work at the interface of pedagogy, scientific research and journalism within and outside the education system. One focus of their work is to provide further education, particularly to economically and socially disadvantaged young people. They offer workshops, e-learning materials and webinars for schools and educational organisations.
- Country: Austria.
- Languages: German.
- Target audience: Children and young people, teachers and educators.
The project is a nationally certified project focused on prevention, education, research, intervention and awareness linked to risky behavior on the Internet and related phenomena. In recent years, the project has also been devoted to the positive use of IT in education and everyday life . The project is implemented by the Center for the Prevention of Risky Virtual Communication of the Palacký University Faculty of Education in cooperation with other organisations. It specialises in cyberbullying and sexting, cybergrooming, risks of social networks, hoaxes, spam, fake news, online addictions, the misuse of personal data in the electronic media environment. The basic starting point of the project's activity is field work with various target groups , lectures, preventive educational events, etc.
- Country: Czech Republic.
- Languages: Czech.
- Target audience: Children and young people, teachers and educators.
The Catalan Audiovisual Council (CAC) launched eduCAC in 2018; a media literacy programme that offers primary and secondary schools and families educational resources to use audiovisual content critically and responsibly. The project is supported by the Catalan Regional Ministry of Education, the Catalan Society of Journalists, the Catalan Broadcasting Corporation (CCMA) and the "la Caixa" bank foundation. It aims to encourage critical analysis of content viewed on any type of screen and sensible device use, particularly among minors.
- Country: Spain.
- Languages: Catalan.
- Target audience: Parents and caregivers, teachers and educators.
Association “Langas į ateitį” (“Window to the Future”) summarised its more than 10 years of experience, results and best practices of basic ICT skills training by developing the website www.epilietis.eu (“Lithuania’s e-Citizen”).
This website is in Lithuanian as it is aimed at Lithuanian citizens who want to improve their ICT skills and learn how to use public and private e-services. The learning material content presentation is designed for those who need encouragement and help in acquiring ICT skills: most relevant public and private e-services are presented in a simple way, along with useful links, helpful tips, learning material as well as tests for knowledge evaluation.
- Country: Lithuania.
- Languages: Lithuanian.
- Target audience: Teachers and educators.
Faketicky provides workshops for primary and secondary schools in the field of media education, critical thinking, social networks and cyberbullying. Professional training for teachers on the topic of media education and its application in teaching. Interactive workshops on critical thinking, media literacy and social networks for all ages. The possibility of great flexibility within the topics discussed. In cooperation with the Václav Havel Library, we organize debates for the general public on various social topics. We look forward to seeing you at the next debate - follow our social media for more information.
- Country: Czech Republic.
- Languages: Czech.
- Target audience: Teachers and educators.
After the end of the first 'season' of the Gen Z Academy powered by A1, an educational and entertaining project that launched in cooperation with the Centre for a Safer Internet and A1 Croatia, the second one is on the way!
In the first year of the Gen Z Academy, ten schools were visited all over Croatia, talked and advised and answered the questions of more than 500 school children in those same schools, with the same goal - to bring the first Gen Z Academy to as many young people as possible who need it the most! Workshops were held on social networks and the blog, and all posts reached more than 3,120,000 people in total.
- Country: Croatia.
- Languages: Croatian.
- Target audience: Children and young people.
- Additional notes: the exact dates and schedule for the school are being worked out.
HTML Heroes aims to teach pupils the importance of digital citizenship and online safety with the help of the HTML Heroes. A range of lessons explore themes such as being safe online, finding reliable information, privacy, chatting, playing and learning online.
- Country: Ireland.
- Languages: English, Irish.
- Target audience: Children and young people, Teachers and educators
Guide for educators and students. Media literacy can be strengthened in a variety of ways. Each teacher chooses the most useful methods and methodological techniques for the specific situation. It is important to remember that in order to strengthen media literacy, it is not enough to just talk about it; it is necessary to create a practical, active learning process based on the involvement and active participation of students, and it should be related to their lives. In our opinion, the “Learning Menu” method helps successfully achieve this goal. This tool has been developed for eight topics covered in the lesson modules and serves as a great continuation of the teacher's work with students who have completed the lesson modules (both those prepared for younger students aged 11-13 and older students aged 14-17).
- Country: Poland.
- Languages: Polish, Latvian, Romanian, English, Ukrainian.
- Target audience: Children and young people, teachers and educators.
Lectures are being carried out in dozens of schools across Croatia. The exact dates and schedule for the school are being worked out.
The topics of the lectures are:
1. The first screens (preschoolers)
2. Screens and risks (preschoolers)
3. Online challenges
4. Problematic screen use (primary and secondary school)
5. Snapchat
6. The influence of social media on mental health
7. Peer violence
8. Sexting and sextortion
9. Video games
10. Hate speech
- Country: Croatia.
- Languages: Croatian.
- Target audience: Children and young people, teachers and educators.
This lesson plan on online misinformation is designed to educate students about the pervasive issue of false information on the internet. The plan includes a variety of engaging activities, discussions, and multimedia resources to help students understand the concept of misinformation, its impact on society, and the importance of critical thinking.
- Country: Greece.
- Languages: Greek.
- Target audience: Children and young people.
Lie Detectors is an independent media literacy organisation working in various countries in Europe. Lie Detectors runs a programme where trained journalists provide workshops and resources to help students critically analyse media content and identify misleading information. In 2017-2022, Lie Detectors visited 2,350 classrooms, and trained 1,650 teachers (46,900 pupils aged 10 to 15) in 5 countries (Austria, Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg and Switzerland).
- Country: Multiple.
- Languages: English, French, German.
- Target audience: Children and young people, teachers and educators.
E-learning courses for primary schools (11-13) and secondary schools (14-17). The aim of the lesson modules is to develop young people's information literacy skills, foster a conscious and critical approach to content shared in the media, and enhance their ability to verify the accuracy of information posted online.
- Country: Poland.
- Languages: Polish, Latvian, Romanian, Ukrainian.
- Target audience: Children and young people.
Webinars for students of primary schools (11-13) and secondary schools (14-17). How do you recognise disinformation? What techniques do disinformationists use? What role does critical thinking play in countering harmful content? We will look for answers to these questions in webinars for primary and secondary school students! The webinars will be recorded and made available on the ‘Make it clear’ project website.
- Country: Poland.
- Languages: Polish.
- Target audience: Children and young people (students of primary schools (11-13) and secondary schools (14-17)), teachers and educators.
Would you like to try out Mediamanual (AT) tasks for building and deepening media skills? The workbook for secondary school levels I and II describes what students should know and be able to do in the area of media education.
- Country: Austria.
- Languages: German.
- Target audience: Children and young people, teachers and educators.
Since 2014 the SIC consortium member ARNES provides (twice a year) massive online open course (MOOC) about the safe use of the internet and digital devices for teachers, pedagogical faculties students, parents and general public. In two national projects “Dvig digitalne kompetentnosti” and “Digitrajni učitelj” ARNES runs special editions of this course targeting teachers in schools involved in the two projects. Following the years of experience with a MOOC about the safe use of the internet and digital devices for teaches, pedagogical faculties students and parents in 2019, ARNES performed further massive online open course (MOOC) about the safe use of the internet and digital devices, called "MOST-VO", for pupils of second and third levels of elementary schools. The MOOC is a complementary tool for teachers and other educators who can use it in their activities. The course covers a very wide range of online safety-related topics, adopting a child-friendly perspective, including key measures such as recognising fraud online and checking the validity of the published content, cyberbullying, screentime management, and so on.
- Country: Slovenia.
- Languages: Slovenian.
- Target audience: Children and young people, parents and caregivers, teachers and educators.
Belgian educational initiative of Mediawijs, Vlaamse Nieuwsmedia, WeMedia, Media.21, VRT NWS and MeeMoo, with the support of the Flemish Government. It is aimed at pupils from the third grade of primary education, and focuses on news and information literacy. The initiative helps teachers to integrate news and current affairs into their lessons through a wide range of news media and teaching materials, and encourages children and young people to deal with news not just critically and consciously, but also actively and creatively.
- Country: Belgium.
- Languages: Dutch.
- Target audience: Children and young people, teachers and educators.
The grant program offers a support mainly for schools, focusing on teaching digital, computer and media literacy and internet safety, with a portal offering a wide range of resources for teaching media literacy.
- Country: Czech Republic.
- Languages: Czech.
- Target audience: Teachers and educators.
In 2014, we founded the Association of Civic Education and Social Science Teachers, zs, and several reasons led us to do so. On the one hand, it was increasing the demands on our subject in the sense that the abilities and skills of our pupils were as good as possible. On the other hand, however, the hourly subsidies for teaching our subject were constantly decreasing. In many schools, we only have one hour a week on the basics of law, financial literacy, acquiring a political orientation, understanding one's own personality, the media and the international situation, because the emphasis is on other subjects. We also perceived the fluctuating level of preparedness of graduates of pedagogical universities, whose studies often do not sufficiently prepare them for the teaching profession. We were troubled by the almost non-existent communication between the teachers of our subject across the Czech Republic and insufficient methodological support in some teaching areas. However, the main reason for the establishment of our Association was something that we encountered in pupils regardless of the type of school they attend - a decrease in civic (self) awareness and the ability to navigate current social events. And because we believe that civic education and social sciences should prepare children for life in the 21st century and lead them to respect moral and legal values, we decided to do something about it. We know that we have to start with ourselves, that is why in the Association we focus on supporting teachers (on knowledge and work methods) and we are looking for ways to support their professional development and open cooperation.
- Country: Czech Republic.
- Languages: Czech.
- Target audience: Teachers and educators.
In 2020, the company Dataninja launched Open the Box in the midst of the pandemic as an innovative media, data and AI (artificial intelligence) literacy project, targeting teachers and educators to spread digital skills among 11-18-year-old students in Italy (Cf. Article in MLA Newsletter, Open the Box empowering a new generation of Italian teachers). Over the period 2020-2023, Open the Box reached 5,000 teachers, involved 30,000 students and completed 900 workshops. During the targeting phase, 250,000 teachers were reached with the digital campaigns which led to 5,000 signups for the free resources of the Open the Box platform. 2,500 teachers actively engaged in workshops, learning cafés or by providing articles for the project newsletter, of which 1,500 completed courses.
- Country: Italy.
- Languages: Italian, English.
- Target audience: Children and young people, teachers and educators.
A set of teaching activities for classes. The activities are focused on internet safety. (UPOL a e-bezpeci.cz 2022)
- Country: Czech Republic.
- Languages: Czech.
- Target audience: Teachers and educators.
Digital platform with online lectures followed by a knowledge test. It is intended for content creators but also for everyone else interested in the topic of child protection on the Internet and media literacy. The goal of this online school is to make influencers and content creators aware of the importance of responsible behaviour in the online world, to raise awareness of the importance of recognising and reporting inappropriate content on the internet, as well as how to report it, and to recognise the importance of creating positive online content and creating a positive impact.
It is intended for influencers and content creators who are followed by the population of children and young people, but also for all those who are willing to hear and learn something new and be part of change and #responsibleinfluencing.
The School of Responsible Influencing is a digital platform through which registered participants will have the opportunity to listen to six educational modules on the topic of internet security, and each module is followed by a knowledge check made up of 5-10 questions related to the module listened to.
- Country: Croatia.
- Languages: Croatian.
- Target audience: Children and young people, parents and caregivers, teachers and educators.
Comprehensive school development programme that has been operating in Poland since 2002. School with Class runs educational programmes for schools, headteachers, and teachers, helping them to introduce new ways of working that go beyond usual practices in teaching and in school relations. They organise free training, courses and webinars, and prepare ready-made lesson scenarios, educational materials, publications and guides. The School with Class Foundation was founded in 2015 in Warsaw and is a spin-off from a large and very successful nationwide initial educational programme. The Foundation has already collaborated with over 9,500 schools, 150,000 teachers and over a million students. Each year it works with a vast network of schools (over 2,500 a year) both around Poland and abroad.
- Country: Poland.
- Languages: Polish, English.
- Target audience: Children and young people, teachers and educators.
This training manual is specifically designed for middle school and high school students, providing them with the tools and knowledge to navigate the complexities of misinformation, fake news, and propaganda in the digital age. The manual is structured into easy-to-follow sections, each focusing on different aspects of media literacy and critical thinking.
- Country: Greece.
- Languages: Greek.
- Target audience: Children and young people.
Aiming to inform and raise awareness regarding the safe and responsible use of the internet, the Cyprus Safer Internet Centre offers presentations, lectures and experiential workshops for students, teachers and parents , in collaboration with various partners. The latest calendar is now available.
- Country: Cyprus.
- Languages: Greek.
- Target audience: Children and young people, teachers and educators.
Young Journalist Ireland (the new name for what was ‘Press Pass’) is a Student Journalism and News Literacy programme for Transition Year students run by NewsBrands Ireland, the industry body for Ireland’s national news publishers.
Our free school programme gives students the opportunity to gain a greater understanding of the media, how it works and who to trust by learning to do journalism themselves. Research shows that if a student knows how good journalism is made, then they are better equipped to interrogate the information that bombards them daily.
Since the programme launched in 2012, approximately 130,000 students have benefited from it. With the full support of the Department of Education, the Young Journalist Ireland programme seeks to improve news literacy and critical thinking skills while helping students to develop a deeper understanding of news media and how it communicates about the world around them.
- Country: Ireland.
- Languages: English, Irish.
- Target audience: Children and young people.
At our workshops, we teach people of all age groups to think critically and navigate in a demanding information environment. Workshops focused on information literacy on social networks and ways to move responsibly in the online world. As part of the workshops, we involve the participants in several activities, which we then reflect on together. They will practice not only argumentation, but also critical and analytical thinking. Here, the lecturer is mainly in the role of a guide who helps the participants to acquire new knowledge, skills and attitudes.
- Country: Czech Republic.
- Languages: Czech.
- Target audience: Children and young people, teachers and educators.
Educational presentation for small students of Primary School based on the book "Detective Digiduck".
- Country: Greece.
- Languages: Greek.
- Target audience: Children and young people aged 4-8.
BEE SECURE offers training for children and young people on online safety, digital literacy, and responsible internet use. These sessions are available for primary (from age 8+) and secondary school classes.
- Country: Luxembourg.
- Languages: German, French, English, Luxembourgish.
- Target audience: Children and young people.
3 turnkey sessions by the French Safer Internet Centre to address the challenges of the digital life of a young middle school student.
- Country: France.
- Languages: French.
- Target audience: Children and young people, teachers and educators.
The interactive “#Welcome 6th Grade” course by the French Safer Internet Centre makes it easy to run three workshops from 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes with 6th grade students on the main issues of digital education when entering middle school: Balancing your screen time, Managing your digital identity, Preventing cyberbullying.
- Country: France.
- Languages: French.
- Target audience: Children and young people, teachers and educators.
A compilation of instructional materials that can be used to teach students to be responsible internet users, divided by year group.
- Country: Iceland.
- Languages: Icelandic.
- Target audience: Teachers and educators.
Since 2016, Digitaler Kompass is committed to increasing media literacy in Austria and Europe as a non-profit organisation. To this end, they work at the interface of pedagogy, scientific research and journalism within and outside the education system. One focus of their work is to provide further education, particularly to economically and socially disadvantaged young people. They offer workshops, e-learning materials and webinars for schools and educational organisations.
- Country: Austria.
- Languages: German.
- Target audience: Children and young people, teachers and educators.
The project is a nationally certified project focused on prevention, education, research, intervention and awareness linked to risky behavior on the Internet and related phenomena. In recent years, the project has also been devoted to the positive use of IT in education and everyday life . The project is implemented by the Center for the Prevention of Risky Virtual Communication of the Palacký University Faculty of Education in cooperation with other organisations. It specialises in cyberbullying and sexting, cybergrooming, risks of social networks, hoaxes, spam, fake news, online addictions, the misuse of personal data in the electronic media environment. The basic starting point of the project's activity is field work with various target groups , lectures, preventive educational events, etc.
- Country: Czech Republic.
- Languages: Czech.
- Target audience: Children and young people, teachers and educators.
The Catalan Audiovisual Council (CAC) launched eduCAC in 2018; a media literacy programme that offers primary and secondary schools and families educational resources to use audiovisual content critically and responsibly. The project is supported by the Catalan Regional Ministry of Education, the Catalan Society of Journalists, the Catalan Broadcasting Corporation (CCMA) and the "la Caixa" bank foundation. It aims to encourage critical analysis of content viewed on any type of screen and sensible device use, particularly among minors.
- Country: Spain.
- Languages: Catalan.
- Target audience: Parents and caregivers, teachers and educators.
Association “Langas į ateitį” (“Window to the Future”) summarised its more than 10 years of experience, results and best practices of basic ICT skills training by developing the website www.epilietis.eu (“Lithuania’s e-Citizen”).
This website is in Lithuanian as it is aimed at Lithuanian citizens who want to improve their ICT skills and learn how to use public and private e-services. The learning material content presentation is designed for those who need encouragement and help in acquiring ICT skills: most relevant public and private e-services are presented in a simple way, along with useful links, helpful tips, learning material as well as tests for knowledge evaluation.
- Country: Lithuania.
- Languages: Lithuanian.
- Target audience: Teachers and educators.
Faketicky provides workshops for primary and secondary schools in the field of media education, critical thinking, social networks and cyberbullying. Professional training for teachers on the topic of media education and its application in teaching. Interactive workshops on critical thinking, media literacy and social networks for all ages. The possibility of great flexibility within the topics discussed. In cooperation with the Václav Havel Library, we organize debates for the general public on various social topics. We look forward to seeing you at the next debate - follow our social media for more information.
- Country: Czech Republic.
- Languages: Czech.
- Target audience: Teachers and educators.
After the end of the first 'season' of the Gen Z Academy powered by A1, an educational and entertaining project that launched in cooperation with the Centre for a Safer Internet and A1 Croatia, the second one is on the way!
In the first year of the Gen Z Academy, ten schools were visited all over Croatia, talked and advised and answered the questions of more than 500 school children in those same schools, with the same goal - to bring the first Gen Z Academy to as many young people as possible who need it the most! Workshops were held on social networks and the blog, and all posts reached more than 3,120,000 people in total.
- Country: Croatia.
- Languages: Croatian.
- Target audience: Children and young people.
- Additional notes: the exact dates and schedule for the school are being worked out.
HTML Heroes aims to teach pupils the importance of digital citizenship and online safety with the help of the HTML Heroes. A range of lessons explore themes such as being safe online, finding reliable information, privacy, chatting, playing and learning online.
- Country: Ireland.
- Languages: English, Irish.
- Target audience: Children and young people, Teachers and educators
Guide for educators and students. Media literacy can be strengthened in a variety of ways. Each teacher chooses the most useful methods and methodological techniques for the specific situation. It is important to remember that in order to strengthen media literacy, it is not enough to just talk about it; it is necessary to create a practical, active learning process based on the involvement and active participation of students, and it should be related to their lives. In our opinion, the “Learning Menu” method helps successfully achieve this goal. This tool has been developed for eight topics covered in the lesson modules and serves as a great continuation of the teacher's work with students who have completed the lesson modules (both those prepared for younger students aged 11-13 and older students aged 14-17).
- Country: Poland.
- Languages: Polish, Latvian, Romanian, English, Ukrainian.
- Target audience: Children and young people, teachers and educators.
Lectures are being carried out in dozens of schools across Croatia. The exact dates and schedule for the school are being worked out.
The topics of the lectures are:
1. The first screens (preschoolers)
2. Screens and risks (preschoolers)
3. Online challenges
4. Problematic screen use (primary and secondary school)
5. Snapchat
6. The influence of social media on mental health
7. Peer violence
8. Sexting and sextortion
9. Video games
10. Hate speech
- Country: Croatia.
- Languages: Croatian.
- Target audience: Children and young people, teachers and educators.
This lesson plan on online misinformation is designed to educate students about the pervasive issue of false information on the internet. The plan includes a variety of engaging activities, discussions, and multimedia resources to help students understand the concept of misinformation, its impact on society, and the importance of critical thinking.
- Country: Greece.
- Languages: Greek.
- Target audience: Children and young people.
Lie Detectors is an independent media literacy organisation working in various countries in Europe. Lie Detectors runs a programme where trained journalists provide workshops and resources to help students critically analyse media content and identify misleading information. In 2017-2022, Lie Detectors visited 2,350 classrooms, and trained 1,650 teachers (46,900 pupils aged 10 to 15) in 5 countries (Austria, Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg and Switzerland).
- Country: Multiple.
- Languages: English, French, German.
- Target audience: Children and young people, teachers and educators.
E-learning courses for primary schools (11-13) and secondary schools (14-17). The aim of the lesson modules is to develop young people's information literacy skills, foster a conscious and critical approach to content shared in the media, and enhance their ability to verify the accuracy of information posted online.
- Country: Poland.
- Languages: Polish, Latvian, Romanian, Ukrainian.
- Target audience: Children and young people.
Webinars for students of primary schools (11-13) and secondary schools (14-17). How do you recognise disinformation? What techniques do disinformationists use? What role does critical thinking play in countering harmful content? We will look for answers to these questions in webinars for primary and secondary school students! The webinars will be recorded and made available on the ‘Make it clear’ project website.
- Country: Poland.
- Languages: Polish.
- Target audience: Children and young people (students of primary schools (11-13) and secondary schools (14-17)), teachers and educators.
Would you like to try out Mediamanual (AT) tasks for building and deepening media skills? The workbook for secondary school levels I and II describes what students should know and be able to do in the area of media education.
- Country: Austria.
- Languages: German.
- Target audience: Children and young people, teachers and educators.
Since 2014 the SIC consortium member ARNES provides (twice a year) massive online open course (MOOC) about the safe use of the internet and digital devices for teachers, pedagogical faculties students, parents and general public. In two national projects “Dvig digitalne kompetentnosti” and “Digitrajni učitelj” ARNES runs special editions of this course targeting teachers in schools involved in the two projects. Following the years of experience with a MOOC about the safe use of the internet and digital devices for teaches, pedagogical faculties students and parents in 2019, ARNES performed further massive online open course (MOOC) about the safe use of the internet and digital devices, called "MOST-VO", for pupils of second and third levels of elementary schools. The MOOC is a complementary tool for teachers and other educators who can use it in their activities. The course covers a very wide range of online safety-related topics, adopting a child-friendly perspective, including key measures such as recognising fraud online and checking the validity of the published content, cyberbullying, screentime management, and so on.
- Country: Slovenia.
- Languages: Slovenian.
- Target audience: Children and young people, parents and caregivers, teachers and educators.
Belgian educational initiative of Mediawijs, Vlaamse Nieuwsmedia, WeMedia, Media.21, VRT NWS and MeeMoo, with the support of the Flemish Government. It is aimed at pupils from the third grade of primary education, and focuses on news and information literacy. The initiative helps teachers to integrate news and current affairs into their lessons through a wide range of news media and teaching materials, and encourages children and young people to deal with news not just critically and consciously, but also actively and creatively.
- Country: Belgium.
- Languages: Dutch.
- Target audience: Children and young people, teachers and educators.
The grant program offers a support mainly for schools, focusing on teaching digital, computer and media literacy and internet safety, with a portal offering a wide range of resources for teaching media literacy.
- Country: Czech Republic.
- Languages: Czech.
- Target audience: Teachers and educators.
In 2014, we founded the Association of Civic Education and Social Science Teachers, zs, and several reasons led us to do so. On the one hand, it was increasing the demands on our subject in the sense that the abilities and skills of our pupils were as good as possible. On the other hand, however, the hourly subsidies for teaching our subject were constantly decreasing. In many schools, we only have one hour a week on the basics of law, financial literacy, acquiring a political orientation, understanding one's own personality, the media and the international situation, because the emphasis is on other subjects. We also perceived the fluctuating level of preparedness of graduates of pedagogical universities, whose studies often do not sufficiently prepare them for the teaching profession. We were troubled by the almost non-existent communication between the teachers of our subject across the Czech Republic and insufficient methodological support in some teaching areas. However, the main reason for the establishment of our Association was something that we encountered in pupils regardless of the type of school they attend - a decrease in civic (self) awareness and the ability to navigate current social events. And because we believe that civic education and social sciences should prepare children for life in the 21st century and lead them to respect moral and legal values, we decided to do something about it. We know that we have to start with ourselves, that is why in the Association we focus on supporting teachers (on knowledge and work methods) and we are looking for ways to support their professional development and open cooperation.
- Country: Czech Republic.
- Languages: Czech.
- Target audience: Teachers and educators.
In 2020, the company Dataninja launched Open the Box in the midst of the pandemic as an innovative media, data and AI (artificial intelligence) literacy project, targeting teachers and educators to spread digital skills among 11-18-year-old students in Italy (Cf. Article in MLA Newsletter, Open the Box empowering a new generation of Italian teachers). Over the period 2020-2023, Open the Box reached 5,000 teachers, involved 30,000 students and completed 900 workshops. During the targeting phase, 250,000 teachers were reached with the digital campaigns which led to 5,000 signups for the free resources of the Open the Box platform. 2,500 teachers actively engaged in workshops, learning cafés or by providing articles for the project newsletter, of which 1,500 completed courses.
- Country: Italy.
- Languages: Italian, English.
- Target audience: Children and young people, teachers and educators.
A set of teaching activities for classes. The activities are focused on internet safety. (UPOL a e-bezpeci.cz 2022)
- Country: Czech Republic.
- Languages: Czech.
- Target audience: Teachers and educators.
Digital platform with online lectures followed by a knowledge test. It is intended for content creators but also for everyone else interested in the topic of child protection on the Internet and media literacy. The goal of this online school is to make influencers and content creators aware of the importance of responsible behaviour in the online world, to raise awareness of the importance of recognising and reporting inappropriate content on the internet, as well as how to report it, and to recognise the importance of creating positive online content and creating a positive impact.
It is intended for influencers and content creators who are followed by the population of children and young people, but also for all those who are willing to hear and learn something new and be part of change and #responsibleinfluencing.
The School of Responsible Influencing is a digital platform through which registered participants will have the opportunity to listen to six educational modules on the topic of internet security, and each module is followed by a knowledge check made up of 5-10 questions related to the module listened to.
- Country: Croatia.
- Languages: Croatian.
- Target audience: Children and young people, parents and caregivers, teachers and educators.
Comprehensive school development programme that has been operating in Poland since 2002. School with Class runs educational programmes for schools, headteachers, and teachers, helping them to introduce new ways of working that go beyond usual practices in teaching and in school relations. They organise free training, courses and webinars, and prepare ready-made lesson scenarios, educational materials, publications and guides. The School with Class Foundation was founded in 2015 in Warsaw and is a spin-off from a large and very successful nationwide initial educational programme. The Foundation has already collaborated with over 9,500 schools, 150,000 teachers and over a million students. Each year it works with a vast network of schools (over 2,500 a year) both around Poland and abroad.
- Country: Poland.
- Languages: Polish, English.
- Target audience: Children and young people, teachers and educators.
This training manual is specifically designed for middle school and high school students, providing them with the tools and knowledge to navigate the complexities of misinformation, fake news, and propaganda in the digital age. The manual is structured into easy-to-follow sections, each focusing on different aspects of media literacy and critical thinking.
- Country: Greece.
- Languages: Greek.
- Target audience: Children and young people.
Aiming to inform and raise awareness regarding the safe and responsible use of the internet, the Cyprus Safer Internet Centre offers presentations, lectures and experiential workshops for students, teachers and parents , in collaboration with various partners. The latest calendar is now available.
- Country: Cyprus.
- Languages: Greek.
- Target audience: Children and young people, teachers and educators.
Young Journalist Ireland (the new name for what was ‘Press Pass’) is a Student Journalism and News Literacy programme for Transition Year students run by NewsBrands Ireland, the industry body for Ireland’s national news publishers.
Our free school programme gives students the opportunity to gain a greater understanding of the media, how it works and who to trust by learning to do journalism themselves. Research shows that if a student knows how good journalism is made, then they are better equipped to interrogate the information that bombards them daily.
Since the programme launched in 2012, approximately 130,000 students have benefited from it. With the full support of the Department of Education, the Young Journalist Ireland programme seeks to improve news literacy and critical thinking skills while helping students to develop a deeper understanding of news media and how it communicates about the world around them.
- Country: Ireland.
- Languages: English, Irish.
- Target audience: Children and young people.
At our workshops, we teach people of all age groups to think critically and navigate in a demanding information environment. Workshops focused on information literacy on social networks and ways to move responsibly in the online world. As part of the workshops, we involve the participants in several activities, which we then reflect on together. They will practice not only argumentation, but also critical and analytical thinking. Here, the lecturer is mainly in the role of a guide who helps the participants to acquire new knowledge, skills and attitudes.
- Country: Czech Republic.
- Languages: Czech.
- Target audience: Children and young people, teachers and educators.
Be MediaSmartOnline: guide to media literacy initiatives in Europe
Based on the extensive and resourceful materials collected in the mapping exercise of the EU media literacy landscape, and on the consultation of the network of Safer Internet Centres all across Europe, this guide collects together the many media literacy programmes, actions, trainings, campaigns and other initiatives currently available across Europe. Currently, it features over 170 entries!