Schools cannot always avoid cyber bully. If students use computers of the school, it can monitor and prevent problems. But do the students talk about this problem? Do they know how to deal with it?
Students of the secondary school Weilova in Prague responded to this problem in a creative way – by their own web site www.cyberbully.eu.
"We think that cyber bully is an important issue and it can become a big problem in the years to come. We decided to make a website which should represent our work in getting information, communication with schools in other countries. So the website is in fact international. We all hope that our effort will last also after the end of the project and anyone who will look for information about cyber bully will find our page useful,’ says Jan Cajthaml, SOS Weilova student and one of the project’s participants.
The web contains some statistics from the project’s participating secondary schools – from the Czech Republic, Northern Ireland, Sweden and Poland. Students found out that 22 per cent of their Czech colleagues already encountered cyber bully. It was 25 per cent in Sweden and Northern Ireland, but an alarming 47 per cent in Poland. 78 per cent of Czech students would be depressed after being attacked by cyber bully, only 22 per cent would ask for help.
The aim of the project was to develop a vision of the school of the future. In the final conference of the project a joint vision for the school of the future was agreed based on the group presentations by a democratic vote. One of its main features is the technology, which should facilitate personalised learning and can free the teacher to support the student. Let’s hope that the technology use in the modern school will be safe for students.
More information about the project can be found at www.challengesatschools.net
Its aim is not only to raise awareness of the issue but also to support the communication among schools in the Czech Republic and abroad. The web site is one of the products of the Challenges in Schools project organised by the British Council. The project responded to some modern problem of educational systems in Europe. It aimed to help schools deal with new emerging political, economic and societal phenomena, such as violence, bullying, drug abuse, the increasing usage of virtual communication and diverse ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds. The British Council project was undertaken in partnership with ministries of education, leading educationists, and representatives from schools in the UK and 11 countries of central and northern Europe.
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Stasa Závitkovská
Challenges in Schools Co-ordinator
stasa.zavitkovska@britishcouncil.cz
Tel.: 221 991 116
About the British Council
The British Council is the UK’s international body for cultural relations. We build engagement and trust for the UK through the exchange of knowledge and ideas between people worldwide.Our programmes cover three themes: Creative and Knowledge economy, Climate change and Intercultural dialogue. In the Czech Republic we run English language courses for all ages and levels, organise internationally-recognised UK examinations, support English language teaching and learning, collaborate on projects in areas such as education, climate security, the environment and intercultural dialogue.
