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Name of the project: “From Screens to Skills: Equipping Youth for Lifelong Learning and Media Literacy” Youth Exchange
Date: 07th – 15th November, 2024
City/Country: Bucharest, Romania
What was the main topic of the project?
Anhelina Bachkalo – From Screens to Skills: Equipping Youth for Lifelong Learning and Media Literacy.
Sandra Tarve – Media literacy.
Emilija Timina – Equipping teenagers with essential skills for the digital age.
Miina Mi Lind – The main topic of the project was to equip teens with skills to thrive in the digital world.
Jaroslava Trifonova – Equip teenagers with the essential skills to thrive in the digital age. By fostering critical thinking, lifelong learning and media literacy.
Sofya Dolgova – Learning to learn.
What were the biggest learning moments of the event for you?
Anhelina Bachkalo – I have greatly improved my English.
Sandra Tarve – The biggest learning moment was realizing the importance of fostering critical thinking about the media youth consume. As a group leader, I saw how vital it is for young people to understand both how to use technology and how to evaluate it thoughtfully.
Emilija Timina – The most surprising thing for me was to learn about our biases, what types there are and how they influence our everyday choices.
Miina Mi Lind – The biggest learning moment for me was probably one workshop where we learned about biases. I had no idea what they were before, but after the workshop I understood more.
Jaroslava Trifonova – Group project’s presentations.
Sofya Dolgova – Absolutely everything was new for me, the people, cultures, learning to learn, communication.
Do you have any plans to continue being active in the field? If yes, in which way?
Anhelina Bachkalo – Maybe.
Sandra Tarve – Yes, I got the idea from this project that I would like to write a project by myself.
Emilija Timina – I would really like to promote the idea of critical thinking and teach people to distinguish fake news from real news, perhaps by writing some kind of project.
Miina Mi Lind – In the future i want to participate in more projects and soon maybe also training courses and solidarity corpses.
Jaroslava Trifonova – I would love to participate in Erasmus+ project in the future.
Sofya Dolgova – Yeah for sure. I would love to participate in more projects like this or become a volunteer.
Would you recommend this experience to your friends? If yes, why? If no, why not?
Anhelina Bachkalo – I definitely recommend my friends to take part in something like this because it is a very unique experience.
Sandra Tarve – Yes, I would recommend it to everyone. Those projects offer an opportunity to meet people from different countries, learn about their cultures and to improve teamwork and communication.
Emilija Timina – Of course yes! Exchange experience is unforgettable, you meet so much interesting, beautiful and kindest people. Erasmus project it’s the place where you don’t want to leave.
Miina Mi Lind – Yes, yes and a hundred times yes. I love the projects to make new friends and I also think that my friends would like to participate to meet new people and learn about cultures.
Jaroslava Trifonova – Yes, because it’s unforgettable experience.
Sofya Dolgova – Yes, absolutely! A project like this is an amazing place to improve your skills in learning topic and your confidence around new people.
Other comments or anything else you would like to share? You can answer in your mother tongue, if you want!
Sandra Tarve – Thank you for the opportunity!
Emilija Timina – If you doubt whether it is worth going to the project, then go, you will never regret the experience gained and will definitely want to come back.
Miina Mi Lind – It was really fun to be around people my age from around the world.
Jaroslava Trifonova – All the people were so nice, really miss them a lot.
This Project was financed by European Commission’s Erasmus + Programme
