JONAVA JERONIMAS RALYS GYMNASIUM

A WEEK OF SAFE INTERNET – February, 2015

First of all, students in IT lessons and also with their class teachers examined certain topics:

Privacy in the Internet. Pictures in the Internet. How to protect yourself in the Internet. Social media. How to know what content in the Internet is

inappropriate. Safe use of the Internet.

Later where was an opportunity to watch a live broadcast in the library from national conference from the capital of Lithuania Vilnius. Conference topic was about operating results and challenges of Safer Internet Centre.

Also, students were able to try to solve tests about Internet.

What they needed to do in tests?

* Wrote their name.* Wrote their gender.* Wrote the age.

And then students needed to answer 10 questions which will show if they are safe in the Internet or they are not.

What is more, there were plenty of Internet seminars in the library about:

- IT criminals - IT developments in crime - Good and safe website creation

Attending the Educational Performance Moderators (February, 2015)

Jeronimas Ralys gymnasium students also had an educational trip to Kaunas National Drama Theatre. They went to see the performance „Moderators“. This performance was chosen because it expands knowledge about the safe internet. The main focus is on the problems caused by constant usage of the social Internet sites.

Jeronimas Ralys gymnasium students and the actors of the performance “Moderators”

Actors had been interacting on the internet intensively for quite a long time and using interesting stories of various people they staged this performance. It suits every group of people, but mostly the youth, because young people are those who spend most time surfing on the Internet. In this performance students learned to be more cautious and rely less on people through Internet. Also, performance sends the message to spend less time on the internet. As one of the actors said,

„Throw a challenge for yourself – “gaze more to the sky, not to your phone“.

Discussion time with the actors

After the performance students had an opportunity to talk with actors and discuss relevant topics to the youth: about social life online, outcomes of it, about relationships on the internet and other problems. So, students achieved really good result - we learned a lot about the internet and we were encouraged to think about how much time we spend online.

This performance is related to the Comenius project at our school because the more cautious and safer we are on the Internet, the better we feel. After all, that‘s the main concern of this project!