Health Education Network "Stuck on the Internet? Never!"

The Science and Technology Museum of the University of Patras, the Department of Health Education of Primary Education of Achaia and Primary Schools of Achaia implement for the school and academic year 2017-2018, the thematic network "Stuck on the internet? Never!"

Objectives of the network:

1. Contribute to the prevention and treatment of Internet addiction.

2. Investigate the factors that lead to addiction and reckless use of the Internet.

3. Recognizing the pros and cons of the Internet.

4. The cultivation of critical thinking in the use of the positive effect of the Internet and in the avoidance of its negative effects.

 Areas to be covered by the network:

Factors that lead to Internet addiction

• The stress of inability to communicate
• How addiction alienates
• The effects of addiction
• How we can deal with addiction

Projects: Theatrical, fairy tale, at least 1 work of art, pantomime, video that deals with and renders one or more of the topics, as described above.

Activities that will include the network:

• Introductory experiential event for addiction in the school groups that participate in the Network, at the STM.
• Possibility of participation of students-teachers in one of the Educational Programs for Internet security at the STM.

• Final event for Museum Day. In the final event, the teams will exhibit and present their projects in an open event that will take place at the Science and Technology Museum.