social media

eSafety4eTwinners - web 2.0 and social media use eTwinners 4 preventing school dropout

Project Location
Country: 
Romania
City: 
Caransebes
Organization
Organization Name: 
Special School Caransebes Romania
Organization Type: 
0
Website
http://www.mentormob.com/learn/i/esafety4etwinners-project/esafety4etwinners-1-teacher-duma-cornel-lucian-special-school-caransebes-romania-founder
Project Type
Education from 16 to 18 years
Project Description
Description Frase (max. 500 characters): 
eSafety4eTwinners develop students creativity using in a safe mode new online technologies ( tools and apps web 2.0 and social media ) in XXI Century Education 4 preventing school dropout .
Project Summary (max. 2000 characters): 
In nowadays society where science and information known a spectacular development and use of new web 2.0 and social media applications is no longer regarded as an avant-garde movement our students should be able to handle in the creative use of computer and online free tools hwo represents a necessity in XXI Century Education . Interactive presentations like glogster edu and digital school lessons make a centered student who live in a learning envirolment and virtual education has become a phenomenon in education in last years. In the era of Internet and development of new technologies although my students and other students who have problems are children with special educational needs, at risk of school droppout XXI Century Skills can help them integrate into society .These technologies can stimulate discussion, open gateway to knowledge, promoting creativity and innovation for effective lifelong learning . Teacher and also students should have an entitlement to safe internet access at all times. Pulling Piaget and Papert , the use of participatory media tools in education is typically geared towards, creating a more student centered, adaptive environnement where learners can contribute to the course material, formulate and express their own insights and opinion, construct their own understanding of material by connecting concepts, to personal experience or current events, and learn from one another in collaborative environments . In the same time students are happy to learn how to integrate in a safe mode new digital technologies in their classroom ,and this may prevent early school dropout . Although there are students with special needs , if they develop digital skills easier to integrate into the labor market today as most employers require computer literacy skills when hiring. More informations in our wiki http://e-safety4etwinners.wikispaces.com/  
How long has your project been running?
10/2010
Objectives and Innovative Aspects
What are the specific objectives of the project and what are the instruments used to achieve them?: 
Through this project we want to develop XXI century skills for students using in a eSafe mode new tehnologies in education 2.0 . If we use with our students new tools and applications web 2.0 and social media we open for them gateway through knowledge . - Known and share each other culture; - Explore Web 2.0 tools and apps for education; - Acquire skills for the XXI century http://www.p21.org/ ); - Learn to communicate and work collaboratively; - Improve skill language - Students became social media curators Work process : We collaborate to chose toghether what tools and apps we will use every mounth in our project
Results
Describe the results achieved by your project How do you measure (parameters) these. (max. 2000 characters): 
Our free project was selected from 80 projects in top 10 Social Media practice by ElearningEuropa LS6 team and appear on their edited brochure made after Teacher's competition on Language Learning and Social Media use in Formal Language Learning Context http://elearningeuropa.info/en/book/full-description-practice-2  . I am very proud because our project was approved in the exhibition organized by Microsoft, MECTS and EOS on Innovative Education Forum 2012 http://bit.ly/fie2012  . I want to show everyone that although my students are with special needs they can made beautiful on-line things if we help them    http://e-safety4etwinners.wikispaces.com/ http://elearningeuropa.info/en/book/full-description-practice-2 https://www.facebook.com/groups/eSafety4eTwinners/ http://tinyurl.com/e-Safety4eTwinnersvoxopopgroup http://www.flickr.com//groups/1281160@N23/pool/show  
How many users interact with your project monthly and what are the preferred forms of interaction? (max. 500 characters): 
We was last year 7 teachers / parteners and we involved more than 100 students in our project and we collaborate on facebook, wikispaces , mixxt ...
Sustainability
What is the full duration of your project (from beginning to end)?: 
From 1 to 3 years
What is the approximate total budget for your project (in Euro)?: 
Less than 10.000 Euro
Is your project economically self sufficient now?: 
Str. Splaiul Sebesului, Bl.2 , Sc. A , Ap.1 , Caransebes, Caras-Severin
Since when?: 
03/2012
When is it expected to become self-sufficient?: 
06/2012
Transferability
Has your project been replicated/adapted elsewhere?: 
No
What lessons can others learn from your project? (max. 1500 characters): 
Web 2.0 , social media and other digital and information technologies are powerful and interesting tools, which open up new opportunities for everyone and for this reason teachers and students must know how to use it nowadays in a safe mode In the same time students are happy to came at schools where they learn about new tools and apps web 2.0 and social media and also they learn how to integrate in a safe mode new digital technologies in their classroom ,and this may prevent early school dropout .
Are you available to help others to start or work on similar projects?: 
Yes
Background Information
Barriers and Solutions (max. 1000 characters): 
Unfortunatelly the time is too short because we have only 1 hour / week to use all wonderful tools and apps who appear daily in the online word . In fact, the eSafety4etwinners provides a safe Web 2.0 learning environment while making learning fun. In line with this pan-European project, he has developed an optional course the computer my friend to teach pupils how to use web 2.0 tools safely.
Future plans and wish list (max. 750 characters): 
3 parteners we want to organize a preparatory visit for a Leonardo project this school year . We made also a blog for a good collaboration in this school year where students will post presentations, videos, and their online work . http://esafety4etwinners.blogspot.com/

studentská praxe na Facebooku // student practice on Facebook

Project Location
Country: 
Czech Republic
City: 
Brno
Organization
Organization Name: 
David Å mehlà­k
Organization Type: 
8
Specify: 
individual
Website
http://www.facebook.com/studentskapraxe
Project Type
Helping youth step in the job market
Project Description
Description Frase (max. 500 characters): 
Aim of this project is to connect young people, students with various institutions, companies, non-profits or other initiatives, via new everyday medium Facebook, in order to cooperate symbiotically.
Project Summary (max. 2000 characters): 
The name speaks for itself. It is a link connecting young people, students with various institutions or groups, companies, non-profits, ngos or other (student) initiatives in order to cooperate symbiotically. On the one hand students need to take some practice/praxis (at some schools it is compulsory) or want to gain invaluable experience, on the other, those mentioned subjects always look for fresh brains and a possibility to get some work done for free. It is an area where the majority of universities fail, the bridge between theory and practice.
How long has your project been running?
02/2010
Objectives and Innovative Aspects
What are the specific objectives of the project and what are the instruments used to achieve them?: 
As the facebook page states in the mission: collaboration/development*/participation and in products: better people. One of the objectives is to activate and motivate young people. The project tries to solve the problem with fresh inexperienced graduates on the labor market. *human resource development
Results
Describe the results achieved by your project How do you measure (parameters) these. (max. 2000 characters): 
I don't usually receive a lot of feedback (besides likes), but from time to time, somebody sends me a thank you message for posting their offer, because they got some positive replies afterwards.
How many users interact with your project monthly and what are the preferred forms of interaction? (max. 500 characters): 
According to Facebook statistics for pages called "Page Insights" I had 1,116 "Monthly Active Users" last month.
Sustainability
What is the full duration of your project (from beginning to end)?: 
From 1 to 3 years
What is the approximate total budget for your project (in Euro)?: 
Less than 10.000 Euro
Specify: 
None. My free time and energy.
Is your project economically self sufficient now?: 
Spodnà­ 2, Brno, Czech Republic
Since when?: 
02/2010
Transferability
Has your project been replicated/adapted elsewhere?: 
No
What lessons can others learn from your project? (max. 1500 characters): 
-- Young people are our future, they need to be prepared for it asap. -- Nobody can steal what is in your head, ie your education, experience.
Are you available to help others to start or work on similar projects?: 
Yes
Background Information
Future plans and wish list (max. 750 characters): 
-- my dream is that I, as a middle man, wont be necessary anymore, the page will become a platform -- recently we started talking about a polish mutation with my friend from Poland, ie foreign mutations possibly -- get more "fans" and visibility in general, more cooperation/interaction with companies