GUIDELINE FOR PREVENTING INTERNET ADDICTIONcreated in the Comenius project Think Before You Click 2012-2014

Comenius project 2012-2014

OSNOVNA ŠOLA RODICA, Domžale, Slovenia

CEIP SON CANALS, Palma, Spain

75.YIL İLKÖĞRETİM OKULU, Burdur, Turkey

INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON

The majority of the students in the schools of the project in Slovenia, Spain and Turkey think you can get addicted to the Internet and most of them know someone who uses it too much. Generally, they agree that there are better ways to spend their free time besides the internet: meeting friends, playing sports, etc.

Most of the students uses the Internet every day. They essentially used for social networking, entertainment (music, movies) and computer games. Less than half of students uses the Internet for studying, reading or looking for useful information.

Parents are worried about any kind of effects of media on their children’s health and development and impacts of any type of media on children’s behaviour. They would like to obtain more pieces of information about helping their children to think critically about media.

Students have also suggested different solutions to the problem of internet addiction.

GUIDELINE FOR PREVENTING INTERNET ADDICTION 1

SIGNS OF INTERNET ADDICTION

excessive use of the Internet inability to stop obsessiveness not talking with friends losing focus on and interest in

other activities physical symptoms (dry eyes,

weight problems) depressed moody escaping reality declining grades isolating yourself having other health problems other behavioural changes

GUIDELINE FOR PREVENTING INTERNET ADDICTION 2

WAYS OF PREVENTING INTERNET

ADDICTION

Recognize the problem.Seek help.Talk to your friends.Disconnect the Internet. Fin other activities or clubs.Think before you click.Limit internet activities.Study and then plan some fun

activities on the Internet.Learn and teach others about

Internet addiction.

GUIDELINE FOR PREVENTING INTERNET ADDICTION 3