📍 Location: Konya, Türkiye
📅 Dates: 5th-9th May
🌐 Project Title: Web Wizards: Safe and Fun Digital Adventures
🤝 Partner Countries: Türkiye 🇹🇷 – Italy 🇮🇹 – Bulgaria 🇧🇬
🎯 Programme Type: Erasmus+ KA210-SCH – Small-scale Partnerships in School Education
✨ A Week of International Learning on Digital Safety in Turkey
As part of our Erasmus+ project, a comprehensive 5-day international training event was held in Konya, Türkiye. The event brought together students, teachers, and families from three partner countries, focusing on developing digital awareness, responsible online behavior, and intercultural collaboration.
The week’s theme was “Raising Conscious Digital Citizens”, aiming to strengthen knowledge, skills, and practices for safe internet use and digital literacy across all participants.
👨🏫 Who Attended and What Was Covered?
👦 For Students:
Recognizing phishing and social engineering threats
Password management & secure browsing practices
Digital ethics and online behavior
Understanding digital footprints and long-term online impact
Media literacy: distinguishing facts from fake news
Creative digital communication and interactive activities
👩🏫 For Teachers:
Integrating digital safety strategies into classroom teaching
Designing safe and inclusive digital content
Media literacy and guiding students against misinformation
Collaborating with families to build safer digital environments
Sharing and learning from good practices among partner countries
👨👩👧 For Families:
Guidance on children’s safe internet use
Digital parenting strategies and parental control tools
Supporting positive and educational internet habits at home
Building family agreements for digital use
Strengthening family bonds in the digital era
📢 Dissemination and Community Impact
During the week, students designed posters, videos, and presentations to reflect what they had learned. These outputs were showcased at the closing day exhibition and will be shared on school websites, social media channels, and local education platforms.
Teacher workshops and family seminars were also documented, and results will be published on the project’s official channels. Local media coverage in Türkiye further amplified the visibility of the project, ensuring the outcomes reached a broader audience.
🎯 Key Outcomes of the Event
✔ Strengthened students’ confidence in safe and responsible internet use
✔ Enhanced teachers’ skills in applying digital literacy methods
✔ Empowered families in guiding children’s digital habits
✔ Fostered intercultural understanding and peer collaboration
✔ Contributed to raising awareness on digital citizenship at local and regional levels
📌 Looking Ahead
This training week in Türkiye marked a significant step towards empowering young people, teachers, and families with digital literacy and safety skills. The lessons learned and collaborations built will continue to expand the project’s impact, ensuring sustainable practices for safer digital environments across Europe.
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