EU Consumer Summit 2014 Seminar on Digital Literacy Presentation by: Muriel Santoro, Partnership building Officer 1 st April 2014
Consumer Classroom : short overview of the project
DG SANCO’s new collaborative consumer education website Target audience: secondary schools European teachers Target age: year old students Conception phase: teachers’ needs analysis based on 50 focus groups Launch on last March 15 th in English, French and German Launch on last April 2 nd in the other 18 EU official languages Croatian version will go online on February 21 st
Consumer Classroom Partners
Interschool Competitions “Create a campaign or an advertisement on sustainable consumption” Use a video, a poster or an image “Online Shopping. Know enough to make the best decisions!” Use a video, a photography or a multimedia lesson
Last year’s winning team project’s visit Commissioner Neven Mimica, in charge of consumer policy, received the students of Aniturri Bhi School on last November 25 th
Pedagogical resources section
Lots of resources from all around the EU 693 pedagogical resources passed evaluation process
Main consumer education themes
New goals for Summer additional pedagogical resources will enrich the website, including from Croatia Around a third will be provided by Consumer Classroom’s partners 3 priority themes: - Social media and Internet safety - Consumer rights - Financial literacy - Any other less represented topic
Digital literacy resources
Online shopping and advertising Galactor, the code breakers Media literacy Media Smart The Violence of Information Internet safety Through the Wild Web Woods Social media literacy 2025 Exmachina
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