A blog created by four young
Romanians won the second prize of “The European Award for Best Content for
Kids” in the Youth Groups category.
The contest was
organized by the European Commission to celebrate the Safer Internet Day, held
on February 11 in over 100 countries all over the world, including the USA
Neelie Kroes, Vice-President
of the EC, rewarded the creators of the best online content for kids together
with INSAFE, a European network constituted by 30 national Safer Internet Centres
in EU member states and in Iceland, Norway and Russia.
“I see children and young
people doing amazing things with digital tools. We need to encourage that, help
them to be safe, and give them ways to create a better internet themselves –
and to stand up against cyber-bullies”
she said in a statement.
The contest had four
categories: Young individuals, Young people groups, Adult non-professional and
Adult professional.
First in the Youth Groups
came a video blog about Polish language, followed by the Romanian project,
while a Belgian website helping children to make movies came in third.
The Romanian blog named Little
Einsteins presents books,
movies, games and interesting facts in a friendly and accessible way for
children and has a section dedicated to adolescents too.
Created by four school
colleagues and friends aged 17 “trying to demonstrate that internet can be used for in
educational purposes”, the
blog is meant to prove that school is not the only institution that helps
children receive proper education by offering the possibility of acting
creatively beyond its gates.
The European Award for Best
Content for Kids highlights existing quality content primarily for 4-12
year-old children and encourages the production of new content that will offer
young people online opportunities to learn, play, discover and invent.
Safer Internet Day 2014 is
all about a better Internet to encourage people of all ages to create good
online content for youngsters.
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