5th International Conference "Keeping Children and Young People Safe Online"
20-21 September 2011 5th International Conference “Keeping Children and Young People Safe Online” passed successfully on 20-21 September 2011 in Warsaw. The conference is organized by the Polish and German Safer Internet Centers in frames of the European Commission’s Safer Internet Programme. This year conference is held under the patronages of Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union and Neelie Kroes, European Commissioner for Digital Agenda. The Warsaw conference has brought together more than 500 representatives from the education sector, NGOs, law enforcement, government and industry. The event addressed a wide variety of issues relating to children and young people’s safety online, such as privacy and social networking sites, managing online identity, plagiarism online, educational strategies and emerging trends. Read more...
May 30, 2011 Schoolchildren and teachers of Gorayq village discussed the benefits and risks the Internet can bring
in their lives. The workshop on e-Safety was organized by Media Education Center in a distant village of Armenia’s southern province of Syunik in frames of the Kinderwall project of the Armenian Project Management Association. Read more...
Speaking For Myself: Media and Internet Literacy Trainings
regions. The project is aimed to facilitate children's participation in decision making and advocacy from local to international platforms and across different media forms. Trainees learn how to access sources, interact, search, use WEB-2 networks: blog and video blog networks, news sources, wiki systems, social networks and homepages. Media trainings focus on journalism, digital photography, writing, filming, self-editing, radio and television are designed to help children gain essential knowledge and skills to speak for themselves, protect and promote their rights, and voice their opinions on issues related to them and their lives. Read more in school blogs and web-sites, created in frames of the project
Media Education Center Participates in eNACSO
May 16, 2011, Media Education Center becomes associated member of the European NGO Alliance for Child Safety Online, eNACSO. eNACSO is a network consisting of children’s rights NGOs from across the EU working for a safer online environment for children. eNACSO's mission is to promote and support actions at national, European and international level to protect children and promote their rights in relation to the Internet and new technologies. The network shares expertise and best practice on key policy areas related to child online safety in order to become more effective in promoting a child protection focus in relation to the Internet and new and emerging technologies. Read more about eNACSO's activities...
Speaking For Myself: Internet Literacy Trainings
April 6, 2011 20 simultaneous workshops on Internet Literacy held on April 6, 2011 in 
Armenia's 20 secondary schools in frames of Speaking for Myself EU-funded project. Workshops were coordinated by teachers who successfully passed Media Literacy trainings in Yerevan and Tavush region. Over 300 children between 11 and 17 discussed e-safety rules, asked questions about on-line privacy and security issues they face while using blogs, chat rooms and social networks. For the first time teachers wrote stories about safe and responsible usage of digital technologies in their school web-sites and blogs, newly-created in frames of the project. They suggested own strategies on how to make the Internet safer and secure place for youngsters. Read their stories below.
EU-funded 'Speaking for Myself' project is implemented by Mission East, Brifge of Hope in partnership with Media Education Center and Internews Armenia. In frames of the project Media Education Center conducts Media and Internet Literacy trainings for Armenia's 31 secondary schools. Teachers and students acquire hands-on experience in photography & publishing, learn how to access sources, interact, use WEB-2: blog and video blog networks, news sources & social networks. See Photostream of the Project...
Read about April 6 workshops below...
The 8th edition of Safer Internet Day celebrated on 8 February 2011 in more than 60 countries across the world and this year. In Europe and beyond, thousands of activities organised by national Safer Internet Day committees to reflect on the way people present themselves on the web in spaces ranging from social networks and dating sites to online role-playing games such as Second Life and World of Warcraft.
Activities around the world...
Council of Europe's Internet Literacy Handbook in Armenian
January 24, 2011 Internet Literacy Handbook of the Council of Europe published in Armenian. The publication was prepared by Media Education Center with support of World Vision. The 
Handbook is a guide for teachers, parents and students which explains on getting the most out of the Internet and how to protect privacy on websites and social networks. See our web-site for the book...
