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Audience: Children and Young People

Social Media Literacy

This is an Educational Toolkit for Social Media Literacy developed by an Erasmus+ project with institutions from Romania, Belgium, Italy and Portugal to encourage teachers to use and teach social media literacy in the classroom. 9 modules with activity plans, learning outcomes, training material, resources, learning take aways, infographics. Please click on the link below

Very Verified

Very Verified is an online course on Media Literacy that aims to help people evaluate the information flows in their daily lives and equip them with skills to critically navigate the digital world. This course is divided into 5 modules and can be taken as a short (up to 5min), medium (up to 15min) or

Cloud Control

This educational resource explores key learning and issues raised in the documentary Cloud Control – Who Owns Your Data. It is designed to support teaching and learning in Digital Media Literacy, CSPE and SPHE, and may be used to provide the wellbeing programme in post-primary schools. Please click on the link below to access the resource:

MyDigiSkills

MyDigiSkills is a quiz that helps people to better understand their level of digital skills based on knowledge, skills and attitude in each of the five areas of the European Digital Competence Framework for Citizens, known as DigComp. It takes around 20 minutes to complete, and people get a report on their levels of digital skills at

#ForYou: A Game about Algorithms

#ForYou is a card-based pattern-matching game that helps young people aged 13-18 to understand the role that algorithms play in their online and offline lives, and the value of their personal information to companies that use those algorithms. The game is designed to be delivered either in school or in community spaces such as homework

Casting the Net

Casting the Net is a youth-led audio series hosted by teens for teens exploring the breadth and depth of our online worlds. In each episode, young people cast the net wide to learn about the opportunities and challenges the internet brings and hear from experts from around the globe. The series focusses on topics that

CORE

This is a resource sharing platform that aims to explore the experiences of children and young people in digital communication spaces and the effects that technological changes have on children and young people. It provides a holistic overview of the current research landscapes and enables access to empirical data for re-analysis. It also offers a

Facts4all: Schools Tackling Disinformation

This course empowers primary and secondary teachers to develop and implement effective whole-school approaches to foster critical thinking and tackle online disinformation through intergenerational collaboration and community engagement. Behind the course Click on the link below to access the content: https://tinyurl.com/y3w8dyd7 Behind the course: Facts4All – Schools as community hubs against disinformation is co-funded by the