Welcome to Nyköpings gymnasium 

Sweden

4th - 6th of March 2014 

"Internet abuse and addiction"

Tuesday

The whole group

No, we are not addicted....

Posters from all countries

Presentation of the countries 

Sweden

Latvia 

Finland 

Iceland

Estonia

Norway

Lecture

Jenny Wallin, school nurse, gave a very important and interesting lecture about abuse on Internet. Her advice was, 

"do not feed the trolls" and be not a troll! 

With that she meant, do not write bad things about other people, 

do not click like button to harassments, do not feed the bullies.

She also talked about how too much use of computers affects our bodies.

The students are the golden generation. You make the choice who you want to be. It is your decision.

Results of the surveys

The student presented surveys about Internet usage that they had made at their schools. One interesting discussion were if the numbers were really true. The opinion from many groups were that the time young people use Internet were higher than their surveys showed.

Norwegian girls

Estonian boys

Latvian girl and boy

Swedish group

Work in groups

Start work in groups. Creative thinking, writing a script and a storyboard. 

Tourist walk and tourist information

 A walk to the town and some information about the 800 year old town Nyköping. We sat in a beautiful room in the Town Hall with bullet holes in the walls.

Taco evening

Busy cutting  

 

Hard work to get some food................

Wednesday

The day began with a visit to the IT administration department for the municipality of Nyköping.

All students get their own computer in school.
"Use your own filter in your head" when you upload images on the Internet, said IT technician Andreas Falk. 

Lecture

Johanna Arogén, social entrepreneur hold a dedicated lecture about how pictures, movies and abuse on Internet affect our minds and our self-confidence. She also talked about the gender differencies on the Internet.

Hard work making videos

Thursday - the final day

Discussions in the groups

After a long day´s work we gathered to
 have a look at the videos and hear about the groups discussions. The groups thought that there were not so big differences between what programmes they use on the Internet. For example they use social media as Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, Instagram. "We live in different countries with different languages but Internet is our united country where we use the same language and have one culture" was one of the answers.

 The groups discussed if bullying is anything they talk about in their countries. Some of the countries
thought this is a current question that is discussed in school and media, while others thought you should talk more about this in society.

The students thought that information is important to increase security on the Internet. To talk about how to behave on the Internet and be more critical.

The movie clips
The jury had to think and discuss very hard after looking at the movie clips. It was really difficult to choose the best movie they thought. All movie clips were of good quality with actors, music, film technique and topics that forced the viewer to think.

 While the jury was thinking and thinking...

the swedish class had arranged a quiz with questions all around the school. Here are the teachers from Estonia, Latvia and Finland, admiring one swedish guy.

and a quiz about music where the students were outstanding

Wake up teachers, you have to move...

Guess what the evening meal was?

The poster competition

Congratulations

The first price was to Iceland!

The second price was to Latvia

The third price was to Sweden 

The Best Movies

were made by

Latvia, Sweden, Estonia

Iceland, Finland, Norway (not in the picture)

Finland, Sweden, Estonia

And here comes the movie clips

The first price

The second price

The third price

Videos

GROUP 1 - Laura Liivak (Estonia), Camilla Valkuae (Norway), Erik Hägglund (Sweden)

"SMOKING" GROUP 2 - Maja Flink (Sweden), Veera Kaarre (Finland), Sintija Backane (Latvia)

"ALCOHOL" GROUP 3 - Ieva Igaune (Latvia), Ann-Helen Stømsnes (Norway), Rakel Ýr Jakobsdóttir (Iceland)



"DRUGS" GROUP 4 - Birta Ósk Laursen Óladóttir (Iceland), Eveliina Pulkkanen (Finland), Andra-Johanna Liba

"PASSIVE SMOKING" VIDEO

The jury which consisted of the teachers discussed the results and gave out three prices.
The FIRST price went to GROUP 3 - Ieva Igaune (Latvia), Ann-Helen Stømsnes (Norway), Rakel Ýr Jakobsdóttir (Iceland)
The SECOND price went to GROUP 1 - Laura Liivak (Estonia), Camilla Valkuae (Norway), Erik Hägglund (Sweden)
 The THIRD price went to GROUP 4 - Birta Ósk Laursen Óladóttir (Iceland), Eveliina Pulkkanen (Finland), Andra_Johanna Liba (Estonia)

The third working day in Haapsalu

The morning was busy with completing the videos and giving the last finish to their work. Dispite of the very cold weather all the participants were fit and well and eager to get their work done.

All the videos got ready before lunch. You can watch them in our blog when you choose videos from the menu below. After lunch the students had an opportunity to take part in the First Aid Workshop. The doctor who has bees working in the First Aid brigade for years told the students how to recognize if your friend has taken drugs and how to behave and how to offer help. All the students who wanted could also practice artificial respiration on the doll and got the guidance by the doctor.

The day ended with a farewell party at the school cafe where the students could taste the national festive dishes of Estonia.

The local students helped with entertainment and organized some socializing games. In the first game everyone had to cut a piece of string and while twisting it around the finger, keep telling what did they like and disliked in Estonia. It was very nice to hear that the most frequently mentioned was the friendliness and hospitality of Estonians, despite of the cold weather which was the most disliked thing here. The Estonian students suggested to come back in summer.

After that the winners got their rewards and everyone had possibility to say something about the project activities. The Swedish welcomed us to come to the next meeting in Sweden, which takes place at the beginning of March.

The next competition was a great fun, because the members of both teams had to run as quickly as they could and pick one cloth from the bag, dress very fast and run back to pass the turn to the next team member.

After all the students had dressed into strange clothes that they blindly picked from the bags they wanted to make a group fashion photo.

In the last game the students had to prove that they really had learned the names of all the participants. Half of the group was on one side of the curtain and the other half on the other side. They changed their places and when the curtain was lowered, they had to say the name of the person whom they saw. The game was played as long as nobody made any mistakes with anyone's name. When the teachers were really sure that everyone could call the others by their name we could read the project activities fulfilled and let the students go.

The days in Haapsalu passed quickly, filled with work and fun and the greatest pleasure was finding a lot of new friends.

The happy coordinators of Estonia - Heli Heimo and Enna Kallasvee passed the turn to the Swedish and wished everyone a NICE TRIP BACK HOME