Kind Speech Campaign at the Otto-Nagel-Gymnasium in Berlin
The Kind Speech Campaign “Hasskommentare im internet” has been developed by the Otto-Nagel-Gymnasium school based Berlin. The project consisted of a 6-week plan with different aesthetical and methodical approaches of sharing our kind messages with the school community and followers of our social media accounts. In discussion with one of our intensified courses in English […]
AMeLiE international workshop in Prague
While we are preparing for a well-deserved Summer break, save the date for the AMeLiE international workshop in Prague! The workshop will take place in the framework of the biggest international event on digital transformation coming up in September – the ALL DIGITAL Summit 2022. It will take place in the Czech capital under the Presidency […]
Kind Speech Day campaigns in the Romanian partner schools have come to an end
Kind Speech Day campaigns organized in the AmeLiE partner schools from Romania have come to an end in mid-July. The campaigns were organized in all five partner schools which are involved in the implementation of the AmeLiE project activities at national level, namely: “Mihai Eminescu” National College Petroșani “Samuel von Brukenthal” National College Sibiu “Mircea […]
Disturbing levels of online abuse of athletes
Elite athletes are mainly associated with great achievements and respect. We think of them as people who take the pleasure of glory, their millions of fans, a high social status and many more elements of a life worth to admire. However, athletics is not always a joyful and safe environment. Athletes encounter hate speech and […]
Special Eurobarometer on the integration of migrants
On the occasion of World Refugee Day 2022, the European Commission published the results of a Special Eurobarometer survey on the integration of migrants in the European Union. World Refugee Day is an international day designated by the United Nations to honour refugees around the globe. It falls each year on June 20 and celebrates […]
TWITCH, the latest social network joined the European Code of Conduct
The Code of Conduct continues to attract new companies. Shortly after announcing the participation of Rakuten Viber to the Code, Twitch became the twelfth partner, joining Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, Snapchat, Dailymotion, Jeuxvideo.com, TikTok, and LinkedIn. On 20 June 2022, Twitch joined the EU Code of Conduct against illegal hate speech online. The “EU […]
Didacta 2022: AMeLiE at Europe’s largest fair for education
Last week, our German project partners Stiftung Digitale Chancen (Digital Opportunities Foundation, short SDC) took part in Didacta 2022 in Cologne – Europe’s largest fair for education – and were able to present our AMeLiE project to interested teachers and educators! “Insight, overview, outlook – didacta is the leading trade fair and continuing education event […]
The AmeLiE virtual network of teachers in Romania was expanded!
The AmeLiE virtual network in Romania was expanded in the last few weeks with the second phase of the pilot activities. During this phase, more than 25th teachers from the partner schools joined the AmeLiE virtual network and the project. Teachers accessed the AmeLiE platform and created their own accounts on the platform in order […]
Inclusive language in response to the increase of hostile communication
“You are what you communicate”. “The words I choose define who I am”. These are two out of ten principles of the Manifesto of Non-Hostile Communication created by Parole Ostili. The Manifesto is a fundamental document of the AMeLiE European network of schools and the campaign to combat hate speech in the virtual world. The […]
The AMeLiE virtual network is growing!
As the AMeLiE virtual network is growing and new members are joining by the day, in this blogpost we talk about the new developments on our platform and what to expect in the coming months. The resources Currently, there are 40 lesson plans on how to address hate speech that teachers can directly use in […]
