THE PROJECT
EMPOWER is designed with a clear purpose: significantly improve young people’s ability to critically assess the online and social media content they consume and create, empowering them to become responsible, confident digital citizens.
Specifically, we aim to:
Encourage knowledge sharing and peer learning among education and youth sector stakeholders to develop a Good Practice Catalogue of leading and innovative approaches to teaching media literacy and critical thinking as linked to healthy online behaviour and active citizenship. Create and promote Digital Citizenship Education Toolkit comprising open, online resources that Teachers and Educators can use with young people to explore the topic and strengthen their own skills.
Develop and widely disseminate a Teachers’ Guide to Digital Pedagogy as a user-friendly, interactive online resource to support teaching staff in developing their own digital competences and mainstreaming digital literacy skills in their teaching and youth work activities.
OUR IMPACT
To enable young people to develop the critical thinking skills to better assess the motives and interests behind online content thereby empowering them to become responsible, confident digital citizens.
GOOD PRACTICE CATALOGUE
Encourage knowledge sharing and peer learning among education and youth sector stakeholders to develop a Good Practice Catalogue of leading and innovative approaches to teaching media literacy and critical thinking as linked to healthy online behaviour and active citizenship.
DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP TOOLKIT
Create and promote Digital Citizenship Education Toolkit comprising open, online resources that Teachers and Educators can use with young people to explore the topic and strengthen their own skills.
DIGITAL PEDAGOGY COURSE
Develop and widely disseminate a Teachers’ Guide to Digital Pedagogy as a user-friendly, interactive online resource to support teaching staff in developing their own digital competences and mainstreaming digital literacy skills in their teaching and youthwork activities.
