Safer internet Lidija Kralj

Children's safety on the Internet
- development of the
school curriculum
Lidija Kralj, teacher & project manager
OŠ Veliki Bukovec, Croatia
Project IPA IPA4.1.3.1.06.01.c07 financed by
European Union from European Social Fund

Generations X, Y, Z,…
• should get prepared for everyday interaction
with information and communication
technology (ICT).
• Council of the European Union included
digital competence in key competencies
which each person needs to possess in order
to adapt to the rapidly changing world.
• along with knowledge and skills, include
critical attitude toward the responsible use
of ICT.

Currently in Croatia
• Not even the minimum of children's knowledge
about appropriate and safe use of internet is
obligatory
• Only few Croatian schools has developed an
acceptable use policy regarding the use of ICT and
mobile devices in schools

UNICEF research in Croatia, 2011
• 85% of children have Internet access at
home,
• favorite activities on the Internet are seeking
entertainment, communication with friends,
• use of social networking sites
• while using the internet for research and
learning are less frequent
• 34% of children experienced some form of
electronic violence

EU Kids online, 2011
• average age of first internet use is seven,
• 93% of children aged 9 - 16 use internet
daily or several times a week
• 55% of them have public profiles with
personal information published on social
networks.
• 12% of European children say that they
have been bothered or upset by something
on the internet.

Our obligations
• Children should be prepared to use computers
and the Internet,
• get advice appropriate to their age, with
emphasis on visibility and public availability of
their personal information on the Internet,
various nasty, malicious and harmful effects
which happen in online communication
• while encouraging creativity and lifelong learning
through the exploration and learning through
the Internet.

Project Children's safety on the Internet
• 16-month European Union-funded project
• Beneficiary : OŠ Veliki Bukovec
• Partners:
• OŠ „Mato Lovrak” from Nova Gradiška,
• OŠ Popovača,
• OŠ Gripe from Split,
• OŠ „Mladost” from Osijek

Associates
• Hrvatska akademska i istraživačka mreža, CARNet
• Agencija za odgoj i obrazovanje
• Agencija za zaštitu osobnih podataka
• Udruga „Suradnici u učenju”
• Brodsko-posavska županija
• Općine Veliki i Mali Bukovec
• Gradska i sveučilišna knjižnica Osijek
• Grad i Turistički ured Nova Gradiška

•Take place in Croatia
August 2013 - December 2014.
•Budget: 326.059,60 €
•Target groups:
• directly - 220 students, 220 parents,
200 teachers
• indirectly – 2700 students and parents,
2500 teachers

The project objectives are:
• to develop learning outcome-based (Croatian
Qualifications Framework) school curriculum
area for children's safety on the Internet which
will enable holistic approach involving students,
parents and teachers on the same goal;
• to develop and implement appropriate
pedagogical and didactical model for student
centered learning which will make the most of
teachers' potentials and new technology
strength;

The project objectives are:
• to improve primary school teachers’ educational skills
and expertise so they could apply the new
methodologies for student centered learning and
principles of CROQF in their work;
• to improve students’ digital competences and
encourage children to assume responsibility for their
own safety as much as possible with focus¸on
empowerment, emphasizing responsible behavior and
digital citizenship;
• to raise students, teachers, parents and general public
awareness and understanding of issues relating to the
children’s safety online in synergy with the EU policies.

Project phases
• First 6 months - Research phase - pedagogical team
of teachers
• Next 6 months - Development phase
- all teachers are trained in 5 workshops -
cascade training
- Pedagogical team work on development and
publishing of school curriculum area
• 2 months - Testing and improvement phase
• Last 2 months - Dissemination phase

Research phase
• Pedagogical team individually &
• 2 study visits - Belgium - Insafe and European Schoolnet,
• United Kingdom, to schools which have perennial
experience in development of school curriculum and
implementation of topics about e-safety in teaching ICT
and other subjects and acceptable use policies
implemented.
• 2 workshops (Plitvička jezera and Đurđevac) related to e-
safety, EU policies and strategies, curriculum
development, determining learning outcomes and
learner-centered educational methods and strategies for
curriculum development.

Insafe, European Schoolnet, Brisel
• esafety & Kids – Veronica Donoso
• esafety label – Sylvia Hartinger
• esafety policy at an EU level – Janice
Richardson
• Legal aspects of esafety – Ellen Stassart
• Resources and youth participation – Anni
Siltanen
• Future Classroom Lab – Benjamin Hertz
Projekt IPA IPA4.1.3.1.06.01.c07 Sufinancira
Europska unija iz Europskog socijalnog fonda

UK schools - London & Bradford
• Royal Masonic School
• The Innovation Centres
• Greengates Primary School
• Bankfoot Primary School
• Samuel Lister Academy
• Digital Professionalism workshop
• 360 e-safety tool
• National Media museum

First workshop - Plitvička jezera
•e-safety, EU policies and strategies,
curriculum development
•Karl Hopwood, UK
•Igor Smud, CARNet
•Renata Ivanković, CARNet
•Gordana Sokol, Suradnici u učenju
•Igor Vulje, AZOP

Second workshop - Đurđevac
• curriculum development,
• determining learning outcomes
• learner-centered educational methods
• planned strategies for curriculum development
• Slavko Petrinšak, UF, Osijek
• Željka Knezović i Viktorija Hržica, AZOO

Mobile learning lab
•Set for each school
•Interactive whiteboard (Hitachi Starboard)
•24 tablet computers (Acer Iconia W510)
•Use in any classrom or outside
•For students aged 7 – 14 (touch & type)
•Windows 8.1 + Office 2013

School curriculum
• four courses addressing one of four age
groups in primary schools:
• students aged 7-8,
• 9-10,
• 11-12
• and 13-14.
• to enable the creation of age appropriate
contents and methods in balance with
available resources for this project.

Sets of teaching/learning materials
•Textbooks for students,
•Multimedia resources,
•Teachers' guides
•Guides for parents.
•Digital versions freely available on
petzanet.HR

Age & knowledge appropriate
•Learning objects in form of text,
hypertext, pictures, animated stories,
videos, audios, computer games, social
games, coloring pages, photos,
interactive quizzes, learning quests.
•Colorful characters - unique and
recognizable multimedia
representations.
•Responsive design

School curriculum area for
children's safety on the Internet
• vertically adjusted in five units:
• Information,
• Communication,
• Content creation,
• Safety,
• Problem solving
• as recommended in EU Framework for
Developing and Understanding Digital
Competence in Europe.

Some of the topics
• personal data protection, e-mail phishing and
scams, netiquette,
• online communication and collaboration, risks on
social networks, responsible use of mobile devices,
• sharing and authoring rights, identity theft, digital
footprints, e-portfolios and online presence,
• evaluation of information on the Internet, how to
protect computer and family,
• prevention of cyberbullying.

Projekt IPA IPA4.1.3.1.06.01.c07 financed by

Testing and evaluation
• School curriculum would be tested and evaluated
by two sides - schools which take part in project
and external advisors.
• Pilot testing will be performed with 220 students
and 220 parents - 2 classes from each participating
schools.
• After feedback and recommendations, school
curriculum would be adjusted and prepared for
publication and further implementation

International support

Awareness raising campaign
•workshops, exhibitions, lectures,
interactive round tables, articles,
radio and TV shows
•on local, regional and national level
•Connecting schools with local
community

Impact
•5 schools implemented curriculum
•2700 students
•2700 parents
•218 teachers trained
•2500 teachers in 5 counties
•planed 

The long-term project objective
•reach every single primary school in
Croatia through different national
seminars and online publication.
•Awareness raising campaign will set
model to help other schools in
establishing connection between school
and local community on common goal of
protecting children on the Internet.

petzanet.HR
Lidija.Kralj@skole.hr
@LidijaKralj

Safer internet Lidija Kralj

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