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Social Networking Against Bullying

Social Networking Against Bullying

Social Networking Against Bullying

The Anti-Bullying Centre of Dublin City University will host the second international conference of Sonet-Bull, a project financed by the European Erasmus+ Programme to identify common strategies to prevent and contrast school bullying phenomena. The appointment is for November 18 at 2 pm. The initial results obtained with the on-line platform for schools, families and all other actors involved in this phenomenon will be presented during the event.    

 

Sonet-Bull is a two-year project implemented by the Greek National Agency as part of the Erasmus Plus Programme, Key Action 2 “Strategic Partnerships” to prevent and contrast school bullying. The programme, which is promoted by five partners from four European countries (Hellenic Open University, Greece - INFOREF, Belgium - Computer Technology Institute & Press Diophantus, Greece - Fondazione Mondo Digitale, Italy - Dublin City University, Anti-Bullying Centre, Ireland), is based on the concept that bullying cannot be contrasted through isolated actions, but rather requires educational strategies and innovative tools that can lead to the creation of networks and educational communities.

The project is also based on the use of the www.sonetbull-platform.eu platform to share good practices and strategies to contrast bullying. The international conference will be held on November 18, 2015, at 2 pm at the National Anti-Bullying Research and Resource Centre at Dublin City University.

 

“European Project Sonet-Bull partners are working together to develop an on-line environment that will unite pedagogic approaches such as peer-learning and crowdsourcing with social networking tools that are widely used by young men and women to create school communities on bullying issues and provide them with immediate and on-going support,” explains James O'Higgins Norman, Director of the National Anti-Bullying Research and Resource Centre in Ireland.

 

“The first version of the platform is complete and on-line. It’s a peer-learning platform that integrates social networking tools such as blogs, forums and tag clouds. Users can access educational material, consult case studies, start discussions and exchange experiences,” points out Catherine Christodoulopoulou, spokesperson for Computer Technology Institute and Press Diophantus (CTI) in Greece.

 

The platform is a strategic tool to implement a dedicated educational course for all members of school communities to adequately prevent and contrast school bullying phenomena, developing collaborations between schools and families and providing the necessary support both to victims and aggressors involved in bullying incidents.

 

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