Games and the internet
The programme “Games and the Internet: preventing the risks of use” was created in 2014-15 and can be applied to 4th, 5th and 6th grade students. In its pilot phase it was implemented by 21 teachers on 482 pupils in 13 schools.
The main purpose of the educational material is to prevent the risks of using Games and the Internet. Its sub-objectives are to:
- exploring the opportunities and risks of using games and the internet
- developing social and personal skills that will protect them from harmful use of games & internet
- clarify basic principles of the internet and the use of digital games.
It consists of 11 two-hour experiential sessions, the implementation of which is based on the social and personal skills model that aims to shape behaviours that promote psychosocial health. It makes use of experiential learning, which enables students to become actively involved in the acquisition of knowledge, to enhance their learning capacity, to become more responsible so as to form a shared experience that can lead to actions towards social changes in the school environment.
Program structure:
- Implementation of an introductory training seminar (2 days, 11 hours) for teachers, aiming at the understanding of basic concepts of the programme on the one hand and familiarisation with experiential learning techniques on the other hand.
- Supervision team for teachers, coordinated by staff of the “ELPIDA” Prevention Centre. The aim of this team will be to support teachers in the implementation of the educational material to students. The duration of each meeting will be 2 hours, depending on the number of participants. The total number of supervisory meetings will be determined with each group.
- Parallel application of the educational material of the programme by the teachers to the students (10 two-hour sessions).