ict and young people... the road ahead

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ICT and ICT and youngyoung peoplepeople……the road the road aheadahead

Janice Richardson


Consortium of 31 education ministries

Works with 100,000+ schools in EU

Runs 30+ projects for EC

Coordinates Insafe network


27 awareness centres across Europe

20 helplines27 youth panelspan-EU youth panel


WhatWhat isis an Insafe an Insafe awarenessawareness centre?centre?

Helpline Hotline

Youthpanel

Coordination campaign implementation

Impact assessment

Report/take downillegal content

Consult young users to customisecampaigns, promote peer advocacy

Info & adviceto young people

(& parents/teachers)

Co-funded by EC


Which sectors are involved?

Tertiary education Media Sector

Content providers Broadcasting

Government Rights Protection Sector

Telecom ISP


5 years after… what we know today

• online safety is multi-facetted, multi-sectorial• is a shared responsibility between teachers

and parents• should begin from age 4 onwards• integrates human rights and citizenship• New aspects of socialisation to meet needs

of information & knowledge society


audio-visualliteracy

traditionalliteracy

media literacy

digital literacy

What is literacy today?

“As a teacher I see the power of technology to allow students to be creativeyet at the same time I see the destructive nature of technology. Students abusing social networking and intellectual copy write.”


What is information literacy?

social literacy

Cultural literacy

“One of the major arguments that I have received from my coworkers is that cultural shifts and the proliferation of technology have created a

“flexible morality” in students.”

•Human rights

•Risk-handling

•Personal well-being

•Cultural diversity

•Volatile cultural assets

•Artistic «free-for-all »


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PrioritiesPriorities! ! Clarification of definitions/objectives/curriculum

Validation of resources, training courses, teaching programmes, registered expert organisations

Context: teaching environment is over-sanitised, lack of clarity on legal issues/responsibilities/school policies

Pedagogical approach: poorly adapted to what young people do online, lack of framework, suitable licenses…

Incident handling: poor information (e.g. on privacy, cyberbullying) & no contact data for specialised services

Blocking: no solution as it often blocks useful content

Source: teacher blogs & forums, summer 2009


WhatWhat Insafe & EUN are Insafe & EUN are doingdoing

www.teachtoday.euhttp://www.plank.lu/FTP/ESN/index.htmlhttp://www.coe.int/T/TransversalProjects/Chi

ldren/News/WildWeb_en.asphttp://dpd.eun.org/


And tomorrow…

• Socialisation – towards eCitizenship• Risk handling – metacognition• Whole school approach• Family participation

V – validationV – visibilityV - valorisation


Thank you for your attentionFor further information contact

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