About the trip to the Netherlands

Thanks to our Comenius classmates from the Netherlands we had a wonderful in Tilburg and in Amsterdam and both students and teachers treated us in the best way they could. They organised for us, and for students from all the countries that are taking part in the Comenius project, many activities,we visited many museums and had so much fun! It was a really unique experience and I hope it will stay in our memories for the rest of our lives.

A very interesting interview

Today we interviewed Evangelos Kaimakamis via skype. He is a greek doctor who works at the Concordia research base in Antarctica (http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/Concordia). As it is summer now there the temperature is 40 degrees below zero (in the winter it is -80 degrees)!!! Amazing! It made me so big impression along with the fact that the night lasts for four months and then the day for another four months!

Evangelos Kaimakamis has been for almost a year at this isolated, white desert!! What gives him courage to go on is the importance of the scientific work that is being done there. It is definitely a unique experience!

Challenges to adoption

* What is a school social media policy?

A school social media policy is a set of guidelines concerning how the students use the social media, what they may or may not publish when they are in school or they use school inetrnet.

* Do you think it is necessary for your school?

Of course it is. Social media are being used more and more in school and this requires some rules in order things to work properly.

* Should all schools have one?

A school social media policy is necessary for every school that uses internet and more specific the social media.

* Who should be responsible for creating one?

Teachers who use social media in classroom along with the headmaster should form a team that would be responsible for creating one.

* Do your other Comenius classmates have a social media school policy?

We think so because it is very important.

*Creating a school social media policy.

When using social media in school:

• Speak appropriate
• Be authentic
• Understand the meaning of society
• Respect the others
• Protect yourself

* Positive use of social media in education

Social media can be used in education so that students can communicate with each other and with the teachers. Teachers can use them in order to give assignments or additional informations to students. In addition schools can reach out to parents and keep them up-to-date. And of course both teachers and students can use them for the needs of a european project like Comenius.

* Who would you inform about this positive use?

All the teachers, the parents and the students should be informed about this positive use.

* What ways would you use to inform them?

We would organise informative campaigns. We would use posters and open discussions about the subject, where teachers, parents and students would be invited.

* Which ICT organisations cooperate with schools for Internet safety?

Childsafetyonline.net, unicef.gr

* What are the main cultural challenges to the adoptions of social media in school?

The main challenge is to overcome the fears around the social media. Parents and teachers are worried about bullying, about neglecting making the homeworks for the sake of online gaming and many other things.

* Who should try to introduce social media in school?

Teachers of computing who have realise the importance of them.

* What strategies should s/he use to achieve her/his goal?

He should explain the benefits of the proper use, give the students many examples and guide them step by step to their use.

Thessaloniki

                                         
 Cassander founded the city of Thessaloniki in 315 BC, the settlement twenty-five hamlet between Axios and Aeneas, and made metropolis of Macedonia.Obviously the town would "inhabited" and mythological traditions, but not many details are known. Everything you know is mainly from the works of arts and secondarily from literary sources.

Ηι, my name is Diko Panagiota and i live in Thessaloniki , Greece . My favourite hobby is listening to music and playing basketball. loves animals and nature., and I have a one brother . My  favorite lesson is the mathematics and music . That is me!!!


                                     
                           

                                

hello!!my name is alexandros bazopoulos.i am 13 years old.i live in Thessaloniki with my small brother and with my parents.in my free time i play football and i listen to music.i love to meeting new people.My favourite subject is maths.

Hello ! My name is Anastasis Karatzas .I live in greece and i like to play football . I'm 13 years old , I like listening to music in my free time and I hope to have some fun in that two years of the project

Hello! my name Jim and I am 13 years old I'm part of the Comenius project. I live in Tessaloniki  (Greece). I have one little sister and a rabbit. I love working out in the street, not in a gym (street workout). At first, i joined the project because of the trips, but then I realised that I would have a really good time with all this stuff we're doing. at the end of the Comenius project I think I wil have done a very good practise for my english and i will have a very good experience 

John Kazantzidis

Hi, everybody! 

My name is John Kazantzidis and I am 13 years old. I live in Thessaloniki, the second biggest city in Greece. I have 2 brothers and 1 sister. I have black belt in Kung Fu and I am training in Kick Boxing. In my free time I do parkour. I decided to participate in this project because I think it’s really interesting to meet people from other countries and learn about their culture and their habits.