Dexterity Club

🌍💻 This week we’re celebrating EU Code Week and getting ready for Week!

At Dexterity Club, we believe that beyond technical skills like coding, it’s equally important to develop the competencies and values that help us use technology responsibly, ethically, and healthily.

That’s why this year, our focus goes beyond code, we’re exploring what it means to raise digital citizens who can thrive in a tech-driven world.

✨ Join us in our upcoming talk with Ellevate:

Raising Digital Citizens: Helping Kids and Youth Thrive in a Tech-Driven World

We’ll be sharing insights from our most recent project with Brilliant Stars International School : Values at the Heart of Digital Citizenship, and exchanging ideas on how families and educators can guide children and young people to build a positive digital culture together.

Sign up now via https://lnkd.in/gRQFH-_G

Last week was packed with meaningful activities as we hosted Brilliant Stars International School in the Netherlands, advancing our joint project Power-Up: Values at the Heart of Digital Citizenship.

Highlights from our week:
✅ Piloting our Thinking Cards... Students explored how using digital tools they can create positive change, critically analysed stories of hope using tech for good (like MINE MARK Foundation, Squirrel Ai Learning, Helena Gualinga , and Kenmore Junior Youth Group), and shared even their own improvement ideas. We were impressed by the insights and ideas of young students we worked with.
✅ Visiting Utrecht University to explore collaboration on digital literacy, digital citizenship, and AI in education. Thanks for the insightful conversation.
✅Hosting a lively workshop in Amsterdam with parents, educators, tech experts, and two very lovely girls to unpack our framework and resources as well as to brainstorm ideas and improvements to our approach. Thanks for all the very valuable feedback!

✨ Our key takeaways:
* Educators and families are eager for tools rooted in real-world contexts and values to foster the responsible, ethical and safe use of digital technologies and collective action.
* Students engage deeply with reflection and analysing digital technologies when they are given the space to do so.
* We can’t work in silos -Cross-sector collaboration can help us build meaningful digital citizenship education.

Thank you to everyone who welcomed us and shared your insights. We are inspired and more committed than ever to co-create inclusive, values-based and forward-looking digital citizenship education.

💬 Missed us? Reach out—let’s connect!

If you're a teacher or parent or simply someone curious about how to raise children and youth with digital technologies in a responsible, safe, and healthy way - join us and be part of the conversation!

Join us on May 2 at Equals Amsterdam for a hands-on workshop on Power-up – our Erasmus+ project on digital citizenship for youth (7–18).

🔗 Register at: www.dexterity.club

🚀 Join us and Brilliant Stars International School on May 2 at Equals Amsterdam for a hands-on workshop on Power-up – our Erasmus+ project on digital citizenship for youth (7–18).

If you're a teacher or parent or simply someone curious about how to raise children and youth with digital technologies in a responsible, safe, and healthy way - join us and be part of the conversation!

🔗 Register: www.dexterity.club

👀 This morning we came across a BBC Global Story episode from a few months ago — but the topic is very current.

🎧 “Will Australia's social media ban for under-16s work?” looks at Australia’s plan to block young people from using social media. France has already taken similar steps, and other countries are debating it too.

It brings up some important questions: ❓ Will banning social media protect young people — or just make things more hidden? ❓ What happens when governments try to regulate before we’ve really had the right conversations?

At Dexterity, we believe that rules and regulations have their place — but we also need to help teenagers, families, and educators develop the skills and mindset to face the digital world with confidence.

That’s what we’re doing in the Power UP project — creating ways for schools and families to talk about real-life social media dilemmas like: 💬 How do I deal with pressure to get likes? 💬 What does it mean to be ‘seen’ online? 💬 Who am I on the internet, and who do I want to be?

We believe young people don’t just need protection — they need preparation. Let’s give them the tools to make good choices in digital spaces.



Stars International School

Check the BBC Global Story here:

Will Australia's social media ban for under-16s work? - The Global Story podcast, BBC World Service Why are Australian teens being kicked off social media?Click here to subscribe to our channel 👉🏽 https://bbc.in/3VyyriMAustralia will ban children under th...

💡 Did you know this week we're celebrating Digital Learning Day? 🎓🌐

Digital technologies make education accessible, equitable, and inclusive, helping millions worldwide gain valuable skills. 🌍✨
On March 19th we celebrate digital learning’s incredible impact while reflecting on how we can build stronger digital skills for the future 🚀💡
In this context, we are happy to partner with Brilliant Stars to create Power-Up, a programme dedicated to fostering responsible, ethical, and healthy digital citizens. 🚀💫

Let's celebrate digital learning’s incredible benefits while reflecting on the essential skills we still need to nurture for the future.

👉 Check out our latest blog post written by the Power-Up team for more insights! www.dexterity.club/blog

Everyone who uses the Internet is a digital citizen and therefore we all need digital citizenship education to learn how to use the digital technologies in a responsible, safe, ethical and productive way.
Learn more about this on our latest post!
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Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! 🥼👩🏼‍🔧👩🏽‍🏭👩‍🔬👩🏿‍💻👩🏾‍🚀

Thank you for inspiring us and for creating a more equitable future for us!

We celebrate with a pic of our last summer camp where many girls learned and explored computer science and technology inspiring us all with their ideas

Congratulations specially to our collaborators and partners .ams

It was a pleasure to share about Dexterity Club, digital citizenship, digital safety, and parenting in this digital age with parents from Brilliant Stars International School in Bratislava 🇸🇰. We learned a lot from your questions, comments, and insights. Thank you for sharing your parent community space with us!
We hope to see you soon again!

Once again, with the support of .ams, we are organizing a free event as part of the European initiative Codeweek 2022! 👩🏻‍💻🇪🇺💻

During this free workshop, kids will learn basics of coding and robotics. Don’t miss it out! You can register your kids at: https://dexterity.club

If you’re a parent, we are sure you’ve heard about the popular social media app TikTok.
According to SocialMediaToday, TikTok is set to surpass 1.5 billion active users in 2022, pulling way ahead of Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and YouTube.
In our new blog entry, you can find the aspects you need to know about children’s safety on TikTok and what steps you can take to protect them online.
Check it out! 📲📱🔐
https://www.dexterity.club/post/is-tiktok-safe-for-kids
citizenship controls

Being a parent in the digital age is much more complex than it was before the rise of technology. Parental controls are useful tools that help to protect kids' safety when they are connected to the internet. Check out our blog to discover the importance of using these controls and how to install them on your devices. 🔐👨🏽‍💻👩🏻‍💻

https://www.dexterity.club/post/the-importance-of-parental-controls