Digital practices & eSafety by EUN Partnership aisbl

Célia Lopes, Portugal

celiabalopes — 2022-05-09 16:50:56 UTC

The biggest challenges are, for instance, students lack digital knowledge when it come to use technology for educational purposes; not all students have access to digital resources and some families do not support this learning -teaching approach because they fear the dangers that come with it.
To mitigate these obstacles, it is crucial to make students aware of the dangers of social networks and social media, so that they can work online in a safe way. I totally support the idea that teachers ought to stimulate students to share their doubts regarding the dangers of the digital/online world. The best way to protect our students is to keep them informed.

Dulce Helena, Portugal

dulcehelenamoreiramesquita — 2022-05-09 17:01:21 UTC

Em português:
Junto das famílias
: Alertar;
: Informar;
: Sensibilizar para as Fake News;
: Controlo parental

Com as crianças:
Acompanhar;
Sensibilizar para o uso correto das tecnologias;
Promover uma cultura de segurança;

In my bad English:
With the families
: Alert;
: inform;
: Raising awareness of Fake News;
: Parental control

With the children:
Be with them;
Raise awareness of the correct use of technologies;
Promote a culture of safety;

David Pereira - Portugal

2022-05-09 17:34:04 UTC

The biggest challenge is getting students to use technologies for learning in the school environment. For them, computers, tablets or mobile phones are playful tools, while at school they are confronted with their use as a work tool.
Furthermore
 there is still a large group of underprivileged students who do not have the resources and their families also do not know how to use them and cannot help their children to use them.
Students also need to know that the internet and social networks can be dangerous and they need to be made aware of their correct use. Safe internet day activities are always a precious help.
Digital is here to stay and will be more and more evolved. Teachers need to follow up properly so they don't fall behind.

Patricia

ontanon_patrici — 2022-05-09 17:50:38 UTC

For me, the biggest problem is that my students don't know how tu use ICT with an education goal. They are very used to surf on social networks, however, they do have problems when they need to search for, process or select information. As well as that, I've became aware they need more information about educative tools.

Mary Nacca from Italy

2022-05-09 19:17:07 UTC

Digital is important in school today. The elections become more exciting, attract attention and make children understand a specific use of the devices they use only to play without knowing the dangers. In fact, only by staying at school are they made aware of the rules to be followed on the web. In some areas such as in the school where I teach, not everyone has a PC at home to bring them to use for teaching: this obviously becomes a problem

Cristina Frigo from Italy

2022-05-10 03:44:07 UTC

Parents are unaware of the dangers of the internet and many allow children to go online without supervision. Only school education to give them information isn't enought.
I think we can increase training courses for parents and teachers (adults in general) about this topics

Patrick Schmitz, Germany

2022-05-10 05:50:06 UTC

Working online with children of my school poses several challenges. First, their competences in working online and their knowledge about applications and programs are very different. While some have an advanced knowledge, others have never worked with tablets or computers before. What seems most significant is that many students know their way around the internet, but lack basic computer skills (Office, typing speed etc.). Also, the kids know about issues like copyright data protection, but they do not know how to pay attention to these principles when working. One way to mitigate these problems is to firmly integrate phases of working online into the curriculum. This is what my school plans based on a media curriculum for every subject and grade.

Rita Murgila/ Timisoara/ Romania

murgilarita — 2022-05-10 05:54:50 UTC

For the students in my school, the use of technology, especially in the pandemic context in which I learned online learning, is quite easy. The problem is that many know how to use technology only as a game tool, they do not know how to use it as a working tool to help them in their collaborative and creative work. This is the point at which the etwinning and erasmus projects can intervene effectively, the students also understanding the need to protect themselves in the online system, using the internet with discernment.

Ana Paula Dias, Portugal

AnapcDias — 2022-05-10 09:15:47 UTC

Access to almost everything is immediate, fast, easy. There are virtues and benefits, but there are also problems and dangers, especially for the youngest.
The Internet, which showed the world a new world, should be an increasingly safe place. But not quite. The Internet can be good and it can be bad. And children and youth are an easy target.
The safety of young people on the Internet should be everyone's responsibility and require a comprehensive approach from governments, schools, parents, educators. Even because living online is here to stay, distance learning has already been used, and digital education is increasingly important.
In Portugal, the MiudosSegurosNa.Net Project emerged precisely to help families, schools, communities, in the responsible and safe use of new information and communication technologies by the youngest.

Zuzana Polónyová, Slovakia

2022-05-10 11:01:44 UTC

Students are fast learners when it comes to technology and new tools. It is a bit worse with teachers, especially older ones. Working with students online had several advantages and disadvantages. For instance, when you are at school, they feel they are more forced to work and you have a control over what they are doing and how. When we had a distance learning, some of them pretended they had technological problems just to avoid working. What all of them liked, interestingly, were the projects. Through eTwinning it was fun, they collaborated, created new ideas and outcomes, so I think it is in the first place to motivate students to do something which is interesting for them and give them a good grade at the end and it will work well.

Clara Morgado - AESCD Portugal

mclaramorgado — 2022-05-10 11:35:43 UTC

The right balance between the use of digital divices and e-safety is fulcral.
Studentes already used digital divices but the pandemic brought a higher use of this equipments because they were essential to communicate and also for the teaching-learning process. However, I think that there is a lot to do in what e-safety is concerned.

Glória Coelho AE S. Bento- Vizela- Portugal

gloriacoelho — 2022-05-10 14:26:04 UTC

Vivemos num mundo global, onde o digital assume grande relevo no quotidiano dos nossos alunos. Cabe a toda comunidade educativa alertar para os benefícios das tecnologias, mas também para os perigos inerentes ao digital.

A grande barreira é cativar e incentivar os alunos, na utilização do digital,enquanto ferramenta educacional.

Entendemos ser um facilitador para os alunos com necessidades educacionais, permitindo proporcionar novas práticas e desenvolver o seu potencial cognitivo, criativo e critico, quer a nível educacional, quer a nível social. Os projetos e as parcerias inscritas no eTwining são exemplos inovadores e digitais que assumem caráter positivo em toda a comunidade educativas

Sophia Kouzouli, Greece

sophiakouz1 — 2022-05-10 15:31:38 UTC

We have regular esafety sessions during our project work and lessons to help students face challenges such as

privacy risks
negative digital footprint
exposure to inappropriate content
false information
digital distractions
commercial exploitation
cyber-bullying

Margarida Castelar - Portugal

margarida_castelar — 2022-05-10 16:57:44 UTC

There are many benefits in learning with digital technologies, but also some challenges and potential risks for students and schools. During the coronavirus pandemic with national lockdowns and school closures, this use has intensified. Despite all the opportunities the digital world provides – such as playing, learning, socialising and participating in civic life – digital engagement comes with risks to children’s safety that can have real-world implications.In my opinion, the problem is trying to motivate and captivate students to use technologies in the classroom. There is still a long way to go, and the entire educational community has to be aware of the benefits as well as the associated risks.

Jose Luis García de Diego - Spain

jlgdinformatica — 2022-05-10 17:33:00 UTC

The biggest challenges are:
· Legal concerns (illegally sharing personal data, stealing financial information)

· Environmental concerns (devices quickly becoming obsolete without proper way of recycling and despising them)

· Equity in Computer Science (not all students are given equal access to a quality computer science education, and girls are often discouraged from pursuing CS careers).

· Equity in accessing information (more than half of humanity is still not online and has no access to basic lifesaving information according to UNICEF)

· Intellectual property issues

To avoid this we can arrangement the safer Internet Day at the beginning of the project.
Work as mentor or guide with pupils in Project Based Learning or Inquiry Based Learning

Zvjezdana Martinec, Croatia

zvjezdanamartinec — 2022-05-10 19:19:43 UTC

The propensity for certain behaviors, in this case the adoption of learning and teaching processes and business based on information and communication technologies is a lasting value of the school. An important outcome of the educational process is information literacy, which is becoming an inevitable part of school culture. Information literacy is followed by elements of safe behavior on the Internet, the issue of preserving the privacy of students and school staff, online violence among students, unauthorized downloading of content and the issue of copyright, which, along with fundamental values, are important elements of school culture.
The role of the School in society is to provide students with the acquisition of competencies, knowledge and skills that will enable them to live and work according to the requirements of a market economy, modern information and communication technologies, scientific knowledge and achievements.
Our vision is to become a digitally mature school that will use ICT in learning and teaching to improve the acquisition and application of new knowledge, while enabling individualized access to students and continuous development of digital competencies of staff and students.

Barbara, Rijeka - Croatia

barbarafatur — 2022-05-11 07:49:19 UTC

With my students I work a lot on cyberbullying and fake news, in addition to these other issues such as inappropriate content, privacy, copyright, ...

Elena Gigli, Montemurlo, Italy

elenagigli — 2022-05-11 11:36:03 UTC

Students face a lot of challenges when they go online.
The school must offer its students the opportunity to learn what are the potential risks of the internet. Our school has and internet e-safety policy and a coordinator for it. We organize during the school year lessons to raise students' awarness about the use of digital content.
We also have a policy against bullying and cyberbullying and we sometimes organize meetings with young people who have experienced such behaviours.
Information is the key point if we want to make out of our students aware citizens on the net.
We also organize events for parents and discuss topics such as cyberbullying and safety in social media during which external experts are invited to help families and collaborate with them in the digital education of their children.

Dijana Grgičević, Split, Croatia

2022-05-11 15:02:33 UTC

I have worked a lot with my students and I still work (lectures, workshops, projects, lectures for older students ...) on cyberbullying (which is unfortunately a trend now), fake news, data protection, internet security, copyright ... Also I give a lecture to my parents about all this. If we want students involved in technology, we must constantly educate and monitor and warn of unwanted trends.

Paula Espírito Santo

paulasanto1 — 2022-05-11 16:21:39 UTC

The biggest challenges facing children and young people when they go online are related to security.
I also need to think twice when I'm doing research, as I have some doubts on the things I'm reading. The other problem is when I need to download any software which brings "malware" and I cannot defend myself against it.
It's a wonderful but at the same time dangerous world - the internet.
To mitigate these problems one should learn about security matters.

Carlos Chavarren - Lumbier (Spain)

2022-05-11 16:27:26 UTC

We ussually speak to our students about Netiquette. This way, we explain them the importande of behave themselves on the internet. By doing this we haven't had problems so far. The points we deal are conncected with tips for:
* Sending or posting messages.
* Good behaviour when we carry out online meetings
The rules are basically:
* Avoid offensive comments
* Respect other's privacy by not sharin personal information

Ángeles Bazalo, Spain

2022-05-11 16:50:18 UTC

I usually work in class with computers and before that I have to explain the responsible use of the internet. Internet is a very complicated world to use for teenagers. We must teach how to detect false information and respect others.
Normally, eTwinning projects work on responsible use and good use of the internet.

Maria Isabel Santos, Portugal

2022-05-11 17:53:14 UTC

In the school where i work there is no way for us to be online because the network is almost non-existent and the resources are obsolete But..
Digital education is important in the training of young people in the 21st century, so that they are able to live in the virtual world, aware of its risks, challenges and opportunities. Even born in the internet age, young people don't know everything they need to surf the net safely and ethically.
Therefore, schools have a very important role: to make digital citizenship pedagogical content, which can be done transversally in different subjects.
In Portuguese classes, for example, it is possible to suggest topics for reflection on the use of the internet and digital citizenship.
In science, teachers can address issues such as happiness and unhappiness on social networks and promote empathy in the virtual world.
Even in Mathematics classes it is possible to approach the issue of digital citizenship using some experiences that demonstrate the speed with which information propagates in the digital model.

Jorge Ferreira, Portugal

2022-05-12 11:09:36 UTC

Hello everybody!
Currently, security on the internet or in the digital space involves greater information from students about the dangers of the internet, for example, bullying, pedophilia, etc. For this, at my school, conferences have been made for students using police technicians (judicial police), specialized in internet security. I think this initiative is well received by students and should be extended to parents. In addition to the conferences, the topic is addressed in various disciplines such as information technology (ICT) and citizenship.

Helena Silva - Agrupamento de Escolas Santos Simões

2022-05-12 11:50:54 UTC

In our school there are dynamic sessions of clarification and awareness about the dangers of the Internet, being carried out lectures in the classroom context by the group's psychologist in order to demonstrate the risks of misuse of these technologies.
The institutional email is supervised and whenever an etwinning project is instituted the students are explained the safety rules, copyright and creative commom licenses, as well as the rights and the use of image.
The school has a silver level digital security seal.

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Sandrine Coelho, Faro, Portugal

sandrine_coelho — 2022-05-12 16:25:18 UTC

I think that the biggest challenge with young learners is that they feel over confident and do not realize of the real danger of online games, chat apps, social media... They think that they can recognise possible stangers and they don't really value the esafety rules regarding this issue. We must continue promoting activities about esafety, engage students in projects like the Code Week or eSafer Internet Day.

Lucia C. from Pantini -Pudente, Italy

luccostanti95 — 2022-05-12 16:49:54 UTC

NETIQUETTE
This expression has become more and more widespread when talking about Internet and its use! Being aware of the risks and rules to follow when using technological tools and surfing on the net is fundamental for students, especially for the youngest!
The topic is also part of the so-called Civic Education; so teachers involved in this educational process try to make children understand the risks, the dangers and how to behave properly, not only at school, but also at home, when using media and social media!
So I can say the issue has a priority in my school as well as in schools in Italy!
Besides, in Etwinning projects it is fundamental to dedicate an initial session to this and to prepare the students to adopt a proper behaviour on the net.

Cristina Moreira Carvalho - AE Arrifana, Santa Maria da Feira - Portugal

Crismrcarvalho — 2022-05-12 18:25:04 UTC

For 21st century students, there is no other way than be 21st-century teachers. I mean that in my school technology is already being used by all teachers in classes. Technological devices and different tools are in our environment of teaching and learning approaches.
Our school has an Action Plan for Digital Development Plano de Ação para o Desenvolvimento Digital (PADDE), which means it is a priority to integrate digital technologies into our routines.
Obviously, there are regular sessions, even with police officers specialized in Internet security, that are promoted to clarify to students how to be safe while using the Internet. We also develop activities for Safe Internet Day. Students are informed about the importance of behaving on the Internet, respecting, keeping their privacy safe (image), being careful with Fake news, cyberbullying and paying attention to copyrights. Even in Citizenship and Development, this issue is debated. When working on eTwinning projects students get acquainted with Netiquette and all eSafety rules. In conclusion, providing the right information to students and monitoring what they do on the Internet ( parents are also important in this process) is crucial for the use of the Internet safely.

Renata Gal, Croatia

2022-05-12 21:21:22 UTC

The biggest challenge is making students aware of the threats to their safety when they don't use the internet responsibly. So, constant education is necessary to prevent cyberbullying and other negative aspects of online activities.

Sonia Puntas- Spain

theemeraldmiracle — 2022-05-13 10:29:45 UTC

One of the main challenges we have nowadays is that students are not aware of the risks of using the Internet and uploading private content,
At school we talk about Netiquette and e-safety in classes. We also ask them to use Creative Common Licences in their productions. Families sign a document about privacy and image rights.
We have workshops with students and with families about all these topics.

Elena M, Greece

paparouna2011 — 2022-05-13 19:04:22 UTC

Although we provide guidance for netiquette, e-safety and so on, I feel that we cannot do much. I feel powerless when I hear about the tricks used to fool children and adults, or pupils dealing with content from the dark internet. I wonder " why should there be dark intrenet/web, ?" who let's it be?

Maria Antónia Brandão - PT

2022-05-13 20:15:14 UTC

We are committed with Digital literacy. We develop a lot of activities about digital safety, digital footprint, and responsible use of social media. All students, teachers and other staff have institutional email,and we have a responsible teacher for data . How to spot fake news, licences creative commons, and authors rights are very important to us. We have a safety Label. And every year we reinforce our safety policy.

Ana Certã - Seixal, Portugal

anacerta1 — 2022-05-13 21:00:19 UTC

Every year at my school there are sessions on safe internet with the safe school police. There are also several activities to raise awareness with students, appropriate to the age group, in order to alert them to the dangers they face when they are online. However, in my opinion it is very difficult for us to control all the dangers to which they are subject.
eTwinning projects are a good way to promote internet safety activities.

Gina Mouselimi, Greece

actgreenetwinning — 2022-05-14 09:58:54 UTC

seminars for teachers, presentations to students, ethic code , celebrating esafety day,an etwinning project about media literacy are some of the activities that can help students get familiar with some of the challenges they face when they go online

Lucília Oliveira, Porto Portugal

lucimoliveira22 — 2022-05-14 12:37:35 UTC

The biggest challenges students face when they are online is realizing the dangers that the internet has. The school has a very important role here, which is to make students aware of cybersecurity. Inform and alert students about the safety and correct use of information technologies. Netiquette consists of the set of good behavior, education and communication that are applied in social networks, as well as in social life in general. General principles of good manners when we are online: Ethics and common sense; Respect, education and harmony. Alert students to privacy and data protection, copyright and safe internet.

Irene Confalone Italy

2022-05-14 16:19:25 UTC

With my students I have been working a lot on cyberbullying and fake news, in addition to these other issues such as inappropriate content. I realized that my students love it and it helps them to understand and protect themselves as well.

Sarai Sánchez-Spain

2022-05-14 18:22:59 UTC

We have iPad per student ( the use of the internet is daily).
For this, teachers, students and families have training. The use of the internet is day by day.

Romana Milovanović, Karlovac, Croatia

romanamilovanovic — 2022-05-14 19:51:34 UTC

From the beginning, I have been teaching my students digital tools and how to navigate the Internet. I attach great importance to the safety of my students. I also introduce parents to the importance of online safety. Every eTwinning project I participated in had e-security activities. We need to empower and guide students to all the pros and cons of the virtual world.

Helena Camacho, Portugal

camachomhs — 2022-05-14 23:02:53 UTC

Every year, in my school, we have sessions about esafety for students and teachers. In our classes, we teach the main dangers and alerts of net. Students are informed about safety and use correct of internet.

Lara Cipelletti, Bologna, italy

lara_cipelletti — 2022-05-15 09:33:33 UTC

All the contributions to this Padlet are very inspiring and apply to my school context. To sum up:

Challenges: false/unreliable information, digital footprint, inappropriate content exposure, cyber-bullying, overwhelming feelings and stimuli and related attention problems, commercial exploitation, privacy.

Tools: teachers’ training and awareness, work with families and other stakeholders (municipality, experts, other schools), specific projects and everyday work with students (eSafety school culture).

Alexandre Martins - EB Cruz de Argola, Portugal

zenplanet — 2022-05-15 13:29:51 UTC

In our Unit school, Agrupamento Santos Simões, there are sessions of clarification and awareness about the dangers of the Internet, carried out in the classroom context by the scholl psychologist in order to demonstrate the risks of misuses of ITC.
The institutional email is supervised and whenever an etwinning project is instituted the students are explained the safety rules, copyright and creative commom licenses,as well as the rights and the use of image. The parents are asked to give permissions of legal use of image and sound.
The school has a silver level digital security seal.

Stefania Aprea Italy

2022-05-15 15:45:37 UTC

I think the most important action is educate students to media literacy and cyber safety by proposing a lot of activities about these topics in order to give them appropriate tools to realize how to go on line.

Ana Carvalho (Portugal)

acmcarvalho — 2022-05-15 18:31:33 UTC

Today the biggest challenge is that they knw how to try to keep it safe, as we teach them in relation to the real world. We often approcah Netiquette with our students. We participate in the Nacional Seguranet challenges and in the celebrations of theSafer Internet Day, througth various lectures promoted internally and also by the Nacional Republican Guard.

Seçil Uçum/Turkey

lovelytutor39 — 2022-05-15 21:21:29 UTC

eSafety relates to what considerations should be taken into account when our students are working online.the biggest challenge is that our students can share their personal information .We organized esafer day event and raise awareness about esafety.we got silver esafety label and our school has own safe programme.We carried out a project about media literracy and disinformation.

Samuel Branco, Portugal

formacaosbranco — 2022-05-15 22:01:23 UTC

For me the biggest challenge has to do with the selection of information and understanding which sources are safe and have correct information. Then the issue of copyright, it seems that our students think that they can get hold of all the information that is on the internet. Another challenge is more related to security, they easily click where they shouldn't and access content they shouldn't or see their pirated equipment. To mitigate this we must continue to make our students aware of the various dangers they face when accessing the internet. I think that this awareness can and should be done by people with recognized authority, such as police or people from companies like Microsoft. I think it also works if it's people who've had bad experiences talking about what happened to them. In schools and at home, you can also configure a router to block access to websites with certain content.

Ana Magano - Agrupamento de Escolas da Damaia, Portugal

amagano1 — 2022-05-15 22:37:28 UTC

Like some of my fellow Portuguese teachers have stated here, we have Seguranet, which is a website for young learners. We start using it in primary years to raise awareness to all the dangerous posts and misuses of the internet and digital connections.
National competitions take place in order to promote the best practices and make sure students are actually understanding what they are being taught through digital games.
Raising awareness to cyber bullying, cyber blackmail, sharing information online, making videos and sharing them on social media has been a huge part of this digital literacy we are promoting at our school.
In a time and a place where the pandemic thrusted all teachers and students to a digital era, recognising risky online behaviour can be tricky. As teachers we cooperate with law enforcement to prepare seminars with real life examples of what has happen to other students who ignored e-safety and didn’t bother to learn the rule of law before sharing either personal information or third party personal information.
Unfortunately, students nowadays need more than theory to realize the actual risks they are taking, that is why it is very important to start teaching them netiquette from an early age. If they can operate a digital device, they need to be aware of the rules too. This is the part where we invite parents and community to attend seminars and share experiences. It is important that all stakeholders are on the same page in order to protect our children.

Abel Carenas / Spain

2022-05-16 15:07:21 UTC

Using a code of conduct for our students on the Internet, we favor that they are in a safe environment and can benefit from Internet resources.
Data protection and using copyright-free resources are two fundamental aspects that we must influence with our students in class.

Vânia Andrade, Portugal

2022-05-16 15:35:11 UTC

The students have some issues in select information and to understand which sources are safe and have correct information.
The issue of copyright, because the students think they can get hold of all the information that is on the internet.
To mitigate his our school has blocked some sites.
This year some students worked on safe internet and fake news.
We must continue promoting activities about esafety, engage students in projects like eSafer Internet Day.

Lurdes Figueiredo. Lisbon, Portugal

Lurdes_Baptista — 2022-05-16 15:51:53 UTC

The use of digital educational resources is very important, however, one must consider the digital literacy of students and teach them how to use digital tools safely.

Iñigo Morales - IESO El Cierzo (Spain)

2022-05-16 16:39:08 UTC

IMO, they still don't know how make a proper use of all the information they can get online. They need get used to reading everything but selecting just the core information. In some projects they copy and past without reading.

Another problem is concentrating. They have close at hand many options by far more interesting (for them) than looking for information about any project.

And last but not least, eSafety. They still don't know the dangers they can face online.

We work with the rules they have to follow before posting anything online, but still they spend much time alone in front of their smartphones without any supervision and that's risky

Sónia Catarino, Portugal

2022-05-16 16:43:38 UTC

In our school and in all schools that use the network provided by the Ministry of Education, some sites are blocked, so students cannot access them; however, many students have private networks faster than the school's and tend to use their own network, so they have to consider the keywords they use so as not to be directed to sites that do not relate to what they are looking for.

In terms of carrying out work, students often forget to mention the research and give due credit to the true authors (whether in terms of texts, sound or image).

In terms of data protection, we encourage students not to share private information (name, image, address, among others), not to share passwords, to be aware of the type of images they share.

In terms of time spent using the internet, we have dialogues about the daily time that each student dedicates to this, including games or social networks.

To mitigate these situations within the school, it is necessary to insist on the procedures to be used when it is necessary to use fonts, continue to talk about the code of conduct when using the internet and the safety rules for its use. Continuing the teaching of the ICT discipline - Information and Communication Technologies, promoting various activities within the scope of Safe Internet, highlighting the Day on which this is marked. Continue to take advantage of the training provided by the Public Security Police.

Continue with short-term actions aimed at teachers within the scope of digital literacy and extend them to students, employees and guardians.

It would be pertinent for parents to carry out parental control in the context of the use of the internet in their homes.

Irene Tsekou, Athens, Greece

irinakitse — 2022-05-16 17:12:05 UTC

I believe that media literacy must be a priority in school. Also, students must learn the creative aspect of technology and must be educated in the proper use of internet. Netiquettes must be taught and ways to recognise fake news.

Raquel Garijo (SPAIN)

rgarijoe — 2022-05-16 17:25:31 UTC

As other teachers mentioned, my school receives every year the visit of Police to give students tips about Netiquette and e-safety.
Dangerous messages or signs that they will make be suspicious about being fake news, tricks or scams.
To preserve the personal data, just in case people would use it to impersonate identity and never send photos or images.
To achieve a critical thinking, specially assuming some quotes or facts they add to proposals, contrast the information and the source of information.
To condenm cyberbullying attitude. Don't contribute to reinforce that behavior.

Cristina Mato, Spain

crsmato — 2022-05-16 19:11:26 UTC

Challenges:

respect of copyright
identification of fake news
cyberbullying
social media addiction
Keep a safe digital identity on social media

To mitigate these risks:

education
a strong policy about the use of internet at school, what it is acceptable and what it is not
include digital citizenship lessons in the curriculum
celebration of Safer Internet Day at school

Luísa P, Portugal

luisap36 — 2022-05-17 00:00:23 UTC

Biggest challenges:

students have no sense of danger when they are surfing the net
students believe they can't be caught when doing something nasty behind a screen
students spend too much time online and too little with friends face to face
fake news/ students believe anything they see online

Possible solutions:

share real situations where people got themselves in trouble because they weren't careful online
teach media literacy
take part in challenges creted by institutions that promote safer internet use

Kristina Strinavić, Croatia

2022-05-17 04:27:38 UTC

The biggest challenges are that children are not aware of their obligations and they do their tasks superficially. Also, they know where to find information, but they can't select and extract what is important. Safety rules should be more emphasized too and students should be taught media literacy.

Elsa Nascimento, Elvas, Portugal

elsanascimento1 — 2022-05-17 17:48:41 UTC

Challenges:

- to understand the risk of share personal data;
- to be adicted to digital networks and social media;
- the risk of be exposed to misleading information and racial, social and gender hate;
- the disconection with the real environment (family and friends);
- the potential isolation for people with social problems;
- the possibable virtual idea of them selfes, and that reflection on the personality that is in development;

Hho to solve/mitigate some of them?

- since young ages teach students digital safety rules;
- engage students using technoly with a meaning/ a propusal;
- Improve activities to work on literacy and information ( to choose the best resources oif information);
- Work in a integrative way all the problems while implementing different projects.

Melita Crnković, Croatia

melitacrnkovic — 2022-05-17 19:25:49 UTC

Social networks are a part of young people's lives. I think our students are aware of the dangers, we warn them at school, do workshops and raise awareness. The biggest problem is the protection of personal data. I think there are too many photos and personal information about young people in the media. I notice that they have been very bothered by photography lately and we should respect that.

Romina Orrù, Italy

rominaorru — 2022-05-17 20:09:15 UTC

In my school we have a protocol on online security and we carry out educational activities on the subject with students, sometimes even involving experts.The digital tools available to children have some blockages in the school, that prevent you from browsing unsafe sites. In particular, on the occasion of the Safer Internet Day we address this theme through online games, quizzes, discussions. Students thus know the importance of the protection of personal data and the dangers of surfing the Net: we encourage them not to share images and personal data and not to post anything that violates the rights of others

Roberta from Italy

2022-05-19 17:39:01 UTC

The biggest challenge is to increase students' awareness of the dangers when they go online. Digital devices can create addiction and that's another thing students should be aware of. Teachers have to help them. They have to give them specific rules and they need to be able to encourage them to become responsible digital citizens.

Valentina from Portugal

valentina_cardoso — 2022-05-19 18:43:57 UTC

I totally agree with Cristina Mato from Spain

"Challenges:

respect of copyright
identification of fake news
cyberbullying
social media addiction
Keep a safe digital identity on social media"

"To mitigate these risks:

education
a strong policy about the use of internet at school, what it is acceptable and what it is not
include digital citizenship lessons in the curriculum
celebration of Safer Internet Day at school"

author:Cristina Mato from Spain

Antonela Dragobratović, Croatia

chilmind — 2022-05-19 21:56:06 UTC

For my students, the Internet is a window to the world. It is a source of interesting informations and a place where they can meet new people or share their opinions and feelings. My students are high school students and they know a lot about esafety, nettiquet, SMART skills and cyberbulling. In my work with students, I especially emphasize citation, licensing and copyrights because they will need this knowledge for further education at the university.

Erika from Italy

erikamorelli — 2022-05-19 23:07:05 UTC

I agree with Roberta from Italy, students are addicted to social media and they have to use them properly.
In my school (secondary school) we organise meetings with psycologists and police to raise awareness about cyberbullying and risks they have to face when they are online.

Teresa (Portugal)

tmoreira11_1 — 2022-05-20 12:24:26 UTC

There are many challanges. Promoting a focus on a credible information sources is one of them.
The school can help by guiding students though the internet to carry out assignments Conducting safe internet related training for students and parents will be a positive contribution.

Biserka Zajec, Croatia

biserka_zajec — 2022-05-20 15:51:25 UTC

The biggest challenge for my students when they go online is sometimes the lack of critical thinking among studetns so they believe that everything they can find on the Internet is true. eSafety rules are very important and we should discuss them before each eTwinning project. Media litteracy should be part of every project/subject at school. Students should be warned about the dangers of the Internet: cyberbulling, stealing personal data, hacker attacks, viruses, language of hatred, fake news, conspiracy theories, ...

Carla Nunes | Castelo Branco, Portugal

carlanunes — 2022-05-20 18:10:33 UTC

Challenges:
1. Copyright issues;
2. Cyberbullying;
3. Inappropriate Content;
4. Fake news;
5. Oversharing.

Ideas on how to mitigate these risks:
1. Education and Training - a) create collaborative project works or lessons on Digital Citizenship (with your school library, for instance) to ensure that
students are aware of appropriate online
behavior, copyright questions and a safer internet; b) promote or develop campaigns and workshops;
2. Responsible Use Policies;
3. Filtering and Blocking Content ;
4. A strong e-safety policy

Rosanna Bonavita - Italy

2022-05-21 10:01:50 UTC

I think children face many challenges and dangers too, when they go online; we have different projects about bullying and cyberbullying and every year we take part in some events related to Internet Safer Day.
The biggest problems are linked with personal data protection, social media, fake news...very often children aren't aware of the risks they take just by playing or dowloading a game or accepting a challenge.
We must work more on eSafety, on rules to follow when they surf the Internet and try to involve even more parents, so that they are more vigilant about this.

Sandra Cascão, Portugal

sandracascao — 2022-05-21 18:16:50 UTC

The biggest danger that students face online is their own behavior, i.e. lack of maturity sometimes leads to compulsive deviant behavior and despite being taught internet safety since their early teens, it does not always work. Therefore, whenever the teacher uses the internet in the classroom, he must remember it´s dangers.

Silvia Sartorio, Italy

silviasartorio66 — 2022-05-22 08:27:21 UTC

_{My students are 7-8 years old, at the moment we go online together using LIM or pc with adult supervision because of there are not sufficient devices in school. At the beginning of our eTwinning projects there is always a section with games on esecurity rules, so we learn step by step by using age appropriate proposals.We are also learning the respect of copryright and keep a safe digital identity.In the last project  we built our own avatars and introduced ourselves using our registered voice.}_{I agree with the collegues that write on this padlet that to mitigate the risks is very important to educate students and to insert the media education and esafety rules in the school curriculum and promote all initiatives such as the safer internet day or to participate at the BIK agenda.}

Miriam Salinas, Spain

maburrida — 2022-05-22 17:12:34 UTC

Perhaps it is that, sometimes, they forgot that, internet, in some occasions, can be dangerous. That's why it is very important to help them by working on e-safety.

Estibaliz Saldias (Pamplona - Navarre)

e_saldias — 2022-05-22 19:35:35 UTC

My school students are from 3 to 12 y/o. So I think that our goals are:
- respect others work.
- learn to identify real and fake news.
- respect others (cyberbullying)
- manage time on internet and social medias.
- know what can be show on social media

The way we can get them is EDUCATION with their families, all on the same way. And being a good models for them.
So, first of all, we have to involve families in our project, teaching them what to do and not to do, the risks...

Lourenço (escola Patrício Prazeres)

2022-05-22 21:53:33 UTC

Nowadays kids spend most of their time online. The main risks are cyber-bullying in whatsapp groups that can reach hundreds of individuals.
I constantly raise awareness and tell them ways of protecting themselves.

PAULA MARCO (SPAIN)

2022-05-23 07:17:24 UTC

I think the most important action is educate students to media literacy and cyber safety. The students use internet and the media in different atmosphere and they need to know how to use it in a properly way.
ln my point of view, families and schools, they need to go in the same direction and we need to give them a good model.
Every year at my school there are sessions on safe internet with the safe school police. And for parents, we contact with a professional in this area, and all the parents that they want go to this meeting.

Jurgita Zakarkiene, Lithuania

2022-05-23 11:28:30 UTC

My students are 4 years old, so they are not allowed to use the Internet without my supervision. I carefully select information, educational games and online videos for them.

Danijela Antolić, Croatia

dancika37 — 2022-05-23 18:35:26 UTC

I work with students from 7 to 9 years old and we do not have enough computers for students to use technology every day, but for the needs of projects and research we go to the computer room. The biggest problem is that students think they know everything about the computer / tablet because they know how to install games on their own, so they are not sufficiently aware of the dangers of the Internet. We learn to single out important content, not to pretend to be false, not to give your information to everyone. At school, everyone works on the computer under the supervision of the teacher, and they do not bring their mobile phones to school. From the 1st grade, they have computer science classes where they learn a lot about security on the Internet.

Helena Silva - Agrupamento de Escolas Santos Simões

carlaoliveira25 — 2022-05-23 20:31:44 UTC

We have regular e - safety sessions during our project work and lessons to help students face challenges such as privacy risks, negative digital footprintnt, false information, copyright and creativecommons licenses using the site seguranet.pt, We celebrate e-safety day, and our school has e-safety label.

Anna rinaldi - Italy

2022-05-23 20:54:23 UTC

Nowdays internet represts a great opportunity but also an unknown danger. My students are from 14 to 19 and they are on line the whole day. I think that few of them realize about the dangers and it woild be a good idea to let them use it but after they get an "internet licence". They should identify the fake news, respect the copyright, protect their identity and pay a lot of attention to cyberbullying. Teachers should educate them including lessons about digital citizienship in their curricula, use internet with them and promoting safety in internet. But most of all, helping the students to look for different ways to spend their time, involving them in face to face activities.

Maria Lorenza Campanella -Italy

2022-05-23 22:31:14 UTC

The possible dangers that our students can face when using internet are:
1. using information without respecting copyright or privacy; 2. fake news and disinformation;3. cyberbullying or hate speech. 4. addiction to the web;5. inappropriate content .
To mitigate these risks it is important to talk about these problems with students, to carry out specific activities especially during the etwinning project, to share best practises with the colleagues. It is also importantb to have an eSafety policy.

María Azor-Spain

ColegioLosAbetos — 2022-05-24 09:49:22 UTC

Children are very attached to technology and are not aware of the problems that come with it. Therefore, every beginning of the school year we carry out an awareness talk and dynamics throughout the course because we must insist a lot and provide them with tools so that they can fight and become digital citizens. Among the dynamics that we carry out, one that is very effective, is also attended by parents. It is a dynamic of passwords. We also have to teach them to be literate and how to search the Internet... what's behind all those screens and give them real self-esteem. There is an awareness-raising commercial that shows very well the reality of social networks, which we use in the classroom and we hold an assembly.

Ana Abad (IES Antonio Muro - Spain)

anaabad2 — 2022-05-24 10:18:19 UTC

Students are attracted to technology and spend too much time in social networks that are full of dangers and fake news and people. We must let them know the risks they are facing and how to be aware of them.

Mateja Vilček, Croatia

2022-05-24 18:36:03 UTC

Some bad sides of Internet:
- it violates security
- data misuse
- exposure to inappropriate content
- addictive
- cyberbulling.

Students should be made aware of the dangers of the Internet and given advice on how to protect themselves. This can be achieved through workshops.

Raquel Rodríguez, Spain

2022-05-24 19:50:07 UTC

Students and families should receive more information of the dangers of using social networks.
They are not aware of the consequences of giving their personal data, sharing videos on TIK TOK..... Working about that is really important. As teachers, we should integrate this knowledge in our daily planning. These kind of contents should part of the curriculum.

Sandra Pinto - Agrupamento de Escolas Morgado Mateus - Portugal

sandracostapinto — 2022-05-24 21:39:00 UTC

I believe that the biggest challenge these days for our children and young people, as well as for their parents, when they are online, is to understand if the contents that appear to them are true or false. Nowadays the internet is full of fake news that seems to end up becoming credible because they are repeated so often. You need to be alert to these situations.

Feliciana Ladino- AE Carcavelos (Portugal)

ladinofeliciana — 2022-05-25 06:51:47 UTC

In my school we have regular e-security sessions during our project work and classes to help students face challenges such as privacy risks, negative digital footprint, false information, copyright and creativecommons licenses using the Seguranet.pt website,
We celebrate electronic security day and our school has been adopting procedures to obtain the electronic security tag. It is also a recurring practice, every year, to have safe internet sessions with the safe school police.

Anabel Mañas, Institut Sant Andreu

2022-05-25 13:58:06 UTC

Technology has arrived in our lives to stay which means the way we interact and work has changed. On the bright side, the possibility to have a digital exchange with a school which is thousands of kilometers away, and a chance for students to use English in a real context. However, the addiction to technology, the lack of privacy, cyberbullying and the misuse of social media are some of the issues we must deal with and it's not easy to handle this. In our school, the tutoring programme deals with these and other topics and we also have talks and seminars with the local police to create awareness on cyber issues among students.

Ofélia Santos, Portugal

2022-05-25 15:01:08 UTC

The challenges are the same everywhere, namely cyberbullying; protection of personal data; respect for copyright materials.
Workshops and sessions on digital citizenship are usually carried out by our school library targetting young learners. Also, internet safety is dealt with in IT lessons.

Mª do Carmo Nóbrega - Portugal

2022-05-25 17:39:51 UTC

This year, our school celebrate International Safe Internet Day between February and March. On the school platform, we create a space for awareness and sharing information with students and with teaching and non-teaching staff. We involve the disciplines of ICT and Citizenship Education. The Psychology and Guidance Service held sessions on cyberbullying and digital footprint. 9th graders prepared presentations for younger students on various aspects of digital security. A session was also held for teaching staff and non-teaching on email security. We are aware that our school community need to be prepared for these challenges, so we should continue to focus on this issue, but the overall balance was positive.

Alice Martins, Portugal

2022-05-25 20:29:25 UTC

One of the main challenges is fake news and how to separate reality from fiction. Some students are aware of this problem and try be cautious when they research online but the younger students need to be taught on how to differentiate facts from false information.

Céu Branco_Epralima, Portugal

ceubranco — 2022-05-25 21:06:12 UTC

The majority of teachers generally see progress as a good thing, but there are definite disadvantages of technology in the classroom, which range from distraction to reducing face time, and distinguishing between reliable information and misleading information. Although, with some awareness, however, most disadvantages can be overcome, like some of the surprisingly old-school thinking that helps with tech disparity.

Alice Rocha

alicereispereira — 2022-05-25 22:57:32 UTC

Main problems: many hours of screen exposure; cyberbullying; dependence on screens; publication of contents without verifying if they are true.
What we do: sessions on Internet Safety organized by Escola Segura, ICT teachers, psychologists. Theater play on the subject.

Ma Dolors Virgili, Salou, Spain

2022-05-28 08:00:27 UTC

Nowadays, technological society brings us many advantages as far as knowlegde and digital literacy are concerned, nevetheless, some cons has to be coped with. These are fake news online, cyberbullying, Internet safety and identity theft among others.
A possible solution to help students is teaching safety tips with lessons, workshops and lectures. That's why all the school community get lectures on Internet safety from the Mossos police department who give examples and answer students' questions about using internet at school or home. Whenever there are some problems with Internet, the school tries to deal with it as soon as possible with students, families and the police dpt. Although Internet gives us many advances, it also brings many negative side effects, for example it is time comsuming and children waste long hours instead of spending time outdoors and being more creative with other activities.

Rita Sousa

2022-06-01 20:20:52 UTC

Nowadays, technological society brings us many advantages,but the biggest challenges facing children and young people when they go online are related to security. There's a lack of digital literacy
And a lot of fake news, cyberbullying, and pishing
A possible solution to help students is teaching safety tips with lessons, and workshops

Paula Neves, Portugal

pcrneves70 — 2022-06-02 18:33:33 UTC

As I work in primary schools and there aren't computers for students in classrooms, the issues about Internet safety at school is to let them be aware of the internet dangers and safety rules while using it because they use my computer and when they are with me.
In order to do so I have been introducing Safer Internet Day celebration with eTwinning groups and 3rd and 4th grade students and also explaining why there is the need to protect their data and image.
As far as search work is concerned I always remind them they should use Creative Commons or always refer where they got the pictures or data.
To take part in etWinning projects parents are always asked to give permission for participation and image use.
Our middle and high school is more active as far as this issue is concerned. Students are older, already use mobile phones, can access computers at school too. so, they have IT lessons where they talk and learn about e-safety and also our school is connected with Seguranet too.

Rita Murgila/ Timisoara/ Romania

murgilarita — 2022-06-15 15:57:04 UTC

Nino Akhaladze, Georgia

ninoakhaladze2 — 2022-07-06 07:51:21 UTC

Schools have a dual responsibility when it comes to e-safety: to ensure the school’s online procedures keep children and young people safe, and to teach them about online safety, in and outside of school.

schools should foster an open environment in which children and young people are encouraged to ask any questions and participate in an ongoing conversation about the benefits and dangers of the online world.