• « We used digital storytelling to speak about radicalisation in a weak and very heterogeneous class. The projects took away the walls between the pupils. There was a groupe effect; the youngsters learned to work together, to discuss between them ». Sebastiaen Boudart, teacher French, Institut Marius Renard, Anderlecht
• « The pupils love to express themselves through the new media. They feel comfortable to use these tools. » Anke Verberckmoes, Teacher General Courses, Instituut Anneessens Funck, Brussels

Additionally they started the discussion «Digital storytelling to speak about radicalisation in schools» in the group Global Citizenship Education on Unite IT. Join us here!

It invites students, academia, civil society, workers, business and local governments to join forces in the March for Europe in Rome on March 25.

For those who believe in a strong, united and democratic Europe, it is time to stand up. Against nationalism and populism.

• For a Europe of unity against divisions and new walls.
• For a united Europe that delivers on its promises of peace, freedom, security and prosperity.
• For a Europe of solidarity and shared responsibility.
• For a Europe that protects European interests and values in the world.
• For a Europe of democracy that empowers European citizens.
• For a Europe of hope, against a Europe of fear.
• For a plan to relaunch and complete European political unity.

For more details click on the following link:

http://www.marchforeurope2017.eu/

• The call for national partners. The call is published here: http://www.i-linc.eu/web/portal/gow17
• A call for young digital changemakers to be nominated by the national partners, available here: http://www.i-linc.eu/web/portal/open-call-youngsters

Look at the event on Facebook, available here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1563995520294739/

Supported by corporations, NGOs & public authorities, the campaign is organized each year in March by Telecentre Europe (TE), an umbrella organisation that represents European networks of ICT learning centres.

Since its take-off in 2010, the Get Online Week campaign has reached more than 900.000 Europeans in more than 20.000 learning centres across Europe. Thanks to the campaign, more than 150.000 people have used the Internet for the very first time.

In 2017, Get Online Week is organized during 27 March – 2 April and challenges Europeans to learn, participate, share and create through thousands of events and activities tackling the digital transformation and its effects.

The campaign activities, trainings, and events will address the following themes:

• Cybersecurity: use technology and the internet safely, manage your (digital) identity
• eServices: learn to keep up with eServices (eGovernment, eBanking, eHealth, eCommerce)
• Employment and entrepreneurship: learn new skills for jobs and for starting businesses

In 2017, all campaign partners and stakeholders will use the I-LINC platform to share, connect and learn from each other. I-LINC is a stakeholder platform on digital skills towards employability and entrepreneurship, that will host Get Online Week updates and interactions.

To learn more about the campaign and how you can get involved, visit the website http://getonlineweek.eu/.

Our aims and objectives

BRIGHTS will promote Global Citizenship Education (GCE) in formal and non-formal education with the help of digital storytelling (DS) techniques.

The current global scenario requires education and training institutions and practitioners to assume greater responsibility than ever in helping learners of all ages and backgrounds to develop into informed, critical, socially-connected, ethical and engaged global citizens.

Global Citizenship Education employs concepts and methodologies already implemented in different fields and subjects, including human rights education, peace education, education to achieve sustainable development and education for intercultural understanding. Addressing subjects through GCE can contribute to promote social inclusion and challenge racism and stereotypes. We will combine it with digital storytelling because it has proven to be a powerful learning tool, improving creativity, digital literacy and critical thinking.

How are we going to do it?

We will train secondary school teachers and trainers working with young people (including youth workers, e-facilitators, cultural mediators etc.) on the principles of Global Citizenship Education and its application through digital storytelling. We will develop a blended training course for them with a MOOC and face-to-face workshops. As part of the training, selected teachers and trainers will directly test the methodology with young people (aged 13-19) in schools and in non-formal educational contexts. We expect a great number of interesting and reflective digital stories produced by youngsters on global challenges and subjects including human rights, peace and democratic values, intercultural dialogue, active citizenship etc.

On the policy level, we will promote and raise awareness on BRIGHTS values, objectives and activities among policy-makers and the civil society.

The project will last two years and will be implemented in 4 European countries: Belgium, Croatia, Greece and Italy.

We are proud to say that we have the best team to make BRIGHTS successful. We have four of our member organizations – the Belgian non-formal adult education centre Maks vzw, the Italian training agency Centro Studi Città di Foligno, the Centre of Technical Culture Rijeka from Croatia and the Hellenic Professionals Informatics Society from Greece, plus two recognized Open Universities: the Italian Università degli Studi Guglielmo Marconi and the Hellenic Open University from Greece. All of them have carried out different initiatives in Global Citizenship Education and Digital storytelling.

What’s next

After the kick-off meeting held in Brussels, the first stage of the project is to carry out a training need analysis to get a better understanding of the target groups’ needs to implement GCE using digital storytelling. We will interview teachers and trainers working with young people, as well as experts in GCE and other related areas. Moreover, we will launch an open call for contribution, so stay tuned if you are willing to give your opinion and provide ideas!

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