The program aims to empower the capacity of high school students’ social media skills, to boost their confidence in expressing themselves via blogging, and to improve their basic media literacy skills. The project consists of three parts, teaching the participants:
a) Creating blogs and disseminating the posts via different social media means
b) Basic writing skills
c) Writing small blog posts.
The project is designed for four months; the trainings will be conducted via Skype with bimonthly sessions and will be supported by presentations. The project is intended for a maximum of ten students.
Each training will be divided into three parts equally covering all the topics of the project. Blogging will be taught on a WordPress platform. The participants will learn how to construct text and choose a correct title. Special attention will be given to discussing topics on which the participants should write their small blog posts to practice the skills they learn as well as checking them after writing.
