ICT and young people…
the road ahead
Janice Richardson
www.saferinternet.org

Consortium of 31 education ministries
Works with 100,000+ schools in EU
Runs 30+ projects for EC
Coordinates Insafe network
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27 awareness centres across Europe
20 helplines
27 youth panels
pan-EU youth panel
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What is an Insafe awareness centre?
Co-funded by EC
Coordination
campaign implementation
Impact assessment
Helpline Hotline
Report/take down
Info & advice Youth illegal content
to young people panel
(& parents/teachers)
Consult young users to customise
campaigns, promote peer advocacy
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Which sectors are involved?
Tertiary education Media Sector
Content providers Broadcasting
Government Rights Protection Sector
Telecom ISP
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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
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What is literacy today?
digital
literacy
audio-visual traditional media
literacy literacy literacy
“As a teacher I see the power of technology to allow students to be creative
yet at the same time I see the destructive nature of technology. Students
abusing social networking and intellectual copy write.”
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What is information literacy?
•Cultural diversity
•Volatile cultural assets
Cultural
literacy •Artistic «free-for-all »
social literacy •Human rights
•Risk-handling
•Personal well-being
“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.”
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Learning to learn
Digital literacy
AV-Media literacy
Learning to do
Learning to be
Social literacy
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eCitizenship
4 pillars of education
Cultural literacy
Lrng to live together

Priorities!
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
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What Insafe & EUN are doing
www.teachtoday.eu
http://www.plank.lu/FTP/ESN/index.html
http://www.coe.int/T/TransversalProjects/Chi
ldren/News/WildWeb_en.asp
http://dpd.eun.org/
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And tomorrow…
• Socialisation – towards eCitizenship
• Risk handling – metacognition
• Whole school approach
• Family participation
V – validation
V – visibility
V - valorisation
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Thank you for your attention
For further information contact
Janice.richardson@eun.org
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www.europeanschoolnet.org
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