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Training course
18Nov

Puzzle of Diversity. Ceuta, Spain, 2022

"Puzzle of Diversity" is an training course about escape rooms that was held in Ceuta, Spain in November 2022. 

It's been 4 years since we've returned to Ceuta with our innovative escape rooms. Ceuta is a unique autonomous city in Spain, located in Africa, and the distance is not a hindrance for us.

During an exciting week, the participants had the opportunity to get to know each other, visit various escape rooms, explore the city, and learn about the theory of puzzles.

Working together, they created three educational escape rooms on important social issues, including cyberbullying, inequality, and migrants' rights.

To showcase their hard work, an open event was held, and locals were invited to play the games and learn more about human rights.

This project was implemented by Logos with support of Erasmus+  programme.

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06Nov

Solidarity power. France, Languedoc, 2022

 “Solidarity power” was a training course that happened from 28 of October to 5 of November in a place Languedoc in France.

🌍Participants from France, Poland, Estonia, Germany, Lithuania, Croatia, Italy and Portugal gathered together for one week in a nice castle Château de St Aunay to get a unique experience and to learn new things.

🧐The main aim of the training course was to give to participants knowledge and skills on how to support young people to initiate, develop, apply for, implement and follow up on ESC Solidarity Projects.

During a week participants got acquainted with such aspects of project management as budgeting, communication, team-work, project executing, monitoring, risk management, and reporting in the best way possible through examples and discussions. 

Also participants developed their coaching skills needed to coach Solidarity Projects made by young people. In the frame of coaching sessions participants worked on a goal-setting, which gave them an overview of life and steps for realizing plans. 

✍️Large part of the training time was devoted to practice in developing drafts of application forms for Solidarity Projects. Participants worked on developing a project starting from the beginning, so from the designing and trying to go to all its stages and creating the ESC application form. 

This experience for participants was not only about learning more about the ESC Project. It was a great opportunity to discover new cultures, learn more about beautiful countries, meet incredible people and discover something new about yourself.

One of the results of the training course was a guide developed by participants about the Solidarity Projects. This guide covers such topics:

  • What is a Solidarity Project
  • Project management tools
  • Coaching information and tools

The guide is available here

🤝This project was organized by Logos NGO in partnership with organization AMITIE FRANCO RUSSE LANGUEDOC “AFR”.

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30Oct

Skepsis. More than just tools. France, 2022

The "Skepsis. More than just tools" is a 7-days training course on critical thinking that was held in France, in October 2022. 

The training course involved participants from 6 countries: France🇫🇷, Poland🇵🇱, Malta🇲🇹, Spain🇪🇸, Croatia🇭🇷, Latvia🇱🇻

The project aimed to increase critical thinking skills among youth leaders, youth workers and NGO activists and their stakeholders through learning about tools and methods to improve critical thinking and by creating tools and workshops which later would be used in local communities.

We had a lot of activities devoted to raising critical thinking and media literacy skills. We spent these days learning, сhilling, visiting Carcassonne castle, playing games, getting to know each other cultures  and more other interesting things. 

We would like to express our gratitude to all the partners involved and the hosting organization, Amitie Franco Russe Languedoc and to Erasmus+ for this project to happen.

At the project participants worked in several groups creating various materials connected with critical thinking. Below you can see the results of their work:

Tools:

1. Quiz on how to differentiate misconceptions from real facts.

Link: https://create.kahoot.it/share/misconceptions/64e5446f-da1f-4357-bad2-cb2b55f84708  

2. Video that presents logical fallacies.

Link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1PkyTOST8CrVGthyXujuSwXYgU3a0OPHT 

 

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15Jul

Critical thinking — Youth against propaganda. Toila, Estonia. 2022

The "Critical thinking - Youth against propaganda!" is a 7-days long training course that took place in Toila, Estonia and was devoted to the issue of developing critical thinking and media literacy skills.

We were in amazing country Estonia 🇪🇪. And there we were talking more about propaganda, fake news, disinformation. Popular topic, as usual. We had a possibility to implement various of activities, even to visit a local media. So that was a nice practical opportunity to see how news creation process looks from inside. 

As a result:

  • We increased critical thinking skill among participants of training course and their stakeholders;
  • We improved quality of youth work in partner organisations;
  • We created 6 tools and workshops about critical thinking for youth workers which can later be applied at local communities;
  • We developed new activities within the Skepsis Movement movement to have better continuation and spreading of ideas about critical thinking.

Project was conducted by two trainers, who are working in the field of media literacy and critical thinking, Veronika Kurkina and Viktoriia Nuzhdova. 

Thanks to hosting and participation organizations:

Progress Center Estonia Associació Cultura Creativa CreativePlus FORUM 16 Giovani Iddocca

Participants of the project in international teams created 5 tools for critical thinking promotion among youngsters that are open for public, below you can find more information about it:

 

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15Jun

Skepsis vs Propaganda. Sivas, Turkey, 2022

Training course "Skepsis vs Propaganda" was implemented in Sivas, in June 2022 under the funding of Erasmus+ programme.

One more project within our movement "Skepsis vs propaganda" was done! 

The idea of the project was to bring 28 young people from 8 different countries to Sivas, Turkey, and to talk more about how to deal with the amount of fake information circulating all over the Internet and how to apply your critical thinking project to it. 8 days of learning about cognitive biases, logical fallacies, misconceptions, and, of course, propaganda, disinformation, hoaxes, etc. 

During the project, participants created 7 tools, which can later help to share the knowledge of informational distortions to the target group, namely young people, youth workers, and their stakeholders. Besides that, participants discovered more about Turkish culture, especially Sivas considered to be one the most conservative city in the whole country. 

They had a possibility to look for city treasures like mosques, museums, and cafes.

As a result of the project, local volunteers came to see what kind of tools we created and how they work. 

  • Tool №1. Emotional Thinking. Workshop on identifying your emotions.

Link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1YC_O0OFSeXNwZG_gNDm3Oinnl_U4bYK4?usp=share_link 

  • Tool №2. Fake Hunter. Website on critical thinking materials. 

Link: https://bit.ly/FakeHunter 

  • Tool №3. Historical Tool. Know your history to identify fakes. 

Link: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Ton0Ipx5Rd6n3gcpRqTEwcPK9d_9Nru2/edit?usp=share_link&ouid=109711573818977678404&rtpof=true&sd=true 

  • Tool №4. Media Laborynth. A Game to promote critical thinking.

Link: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1X2dENYtRtu8cVVgevTpsQ_lu_kLpNgsI 

  • Tool №5. Perform and Debunk. Presentation. 

Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1o2aeuKh7Tut4aacYk47l_V5l6ONVN542/view?usp=share_link

  • Tool №6. Triangle. Introduction to CT

Link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1XUwjOOWF9QZ3viPrMJ4ZPqYzl0dBINkQ?usp=share_link 

  • Tool №7. Where the telescope is? Infographics.

Link: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1rDRwOqX4t9f1cE2Yy1KWSSk0Xb2LLxIU  

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01May

Rational Room. Kolin, Czech Republic, 2022

The "Rational Room" training course was held in Kolin, Czech Republic in April- May of 2022 and it was a truly unforgettable experience.

Despite the rigorous training, the days were filled with warmth and laughter as the participants bonded and learned from each other.

The focus of the course was critical thinking, and by the end of the training, each participant had gained the knowledge and skills needed to build their own escape room. The team worked together seamlessly, thanks to effective team-building activities, resulting in the creation of highly logical and engaging escape rooms.

The participants were eager to apply the new knowledge and skills they acquired during the training course to their everyday lives. The course not only provided them with the tools to build unique and challenging escape rooms, but also helped them to develop their critical thinking and problem-solving skills, which will prove to be valuable assets in their personal and professional lives.

In conclusion, the "Rational Room" training course was a highly impactful and enjoyable experience that will have a lasting impact on the participants and their future endeavors.

This project was implemented by Logos with support of Erasmus+  programme.

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16Mar

Critical Power. Spain, Vilanova de Arousa, 2022

The "Critical Power" training course, which was held in Vilanova de Arousa, Spain in March 2022, was part of the Erasmus+ program. It was conducted within the context of the Skepsis movement.

The "Critical Power" training course funded by the European Union's Erasmus+ programme, brought together 20 youth workers from Ukraine, Romania, Poland, Belarus, Georgia, Greece, Malta, and Spain to develop critical thinking skills and information analysis techniques.

The course, taught using non-formal education methods by Veronika Kurkina, an expert in fake news, was made even more relevant by the recent Russian invasion of Ukraine and the accompanying propaganda and misinformation.

Through group work and discussions, participants were able to analyze propaganda, disinformation, and misinformation techniques and learn how to fact-check information.

Here you can find verified sources about the situation in Ukraine: https://war.ukraine.ua/support-ukraine/
Different ways how you can help Ukraine from any place of the world (not only financially): https://linktr.ee/ukraine_ua

Project was organised by Logos together with partners Arousa Moza and supported by Erasmus+  programme.

Participants of the project in international teams created 4 tools for critical thinking promotion among youngsters that are open for public, below you can find more information about it:

1. How to understand what biases and framing are and how they affect our processing.

3. How to understand the knowledge of forming arguments for a conversation with person who is misinformed.

2. How to recognize fake photos and media manipulations based on them.

4. How to understand the spectrum of opinion and use it during everyday life decisions.

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13Mar

Role Play: Your Way Towards Understanding. Kolin, Czech Republic, 2022.

The "Role Play: Your Way Towards Understanding" training course is being held in Kolin, Czech Republic.

The goal of the program is to increase awareness about human rights through the use of role play.

Throughout the week, participants shared their knowledge on human rights and violations of those rights in their respective countries, providing real life examples and stories. The group made tough decisions about characters with different backgrounds and perspectives and worked to challenge prejudices and see stories from different viewpoints.

A game about critical thinking taught the participants the importance of evaluating information, data, and news from reliable sources, and to question how information is shared and presented. The group learned that it's necessary to investigate and reach transparent pieces of information to make informed decisions.

Overall, the "Role Play: Your Way Towards Understanding" training course is a unique and impactful way to raise awareness about human rights, encouraging participants to think critically, challenge prejudices, and see different perspectives.

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11Nov

Escape rooms for education: fair future without xenophobia. Poznan, Poland, 2021.

"Escape rooms for education: fair future without xenophobia" was a training course hosted and implemented by Logos. It happened on 21-28 of November 2021 in Poznan, Poland.

🎉It was 9 fabulous days of learning and exploring. Let's sum up the outcomes of our hard work. During these days, we got to know a lot about each other and our countries, learned about European values and Erasmus+, conducted two open events, engaged with locals, and, of course, built 3 unique escape rooms with educational purpose on the topic of human rights and its violation.
As the dissemination of the project we had an open event with around 50 guests, who played escape rooms, made by participants and learned about important human right issues.

🧩Escape room №1.

🎯Topic: Domestic violence
Name of the room: Love makes a house a home
Short description: There are a lot of people all over the world who are experiencing domestic violence. Women, children, men, and others. But during pandemic times, this number rose even more. Thus, the project participants want to present an escape room that will help others see the problem closer than only from the statistics and numbers. In this game, you are supposed to be in the role of neighbors who have heard that something is going on in the house, and now they need to clarify what is happening while the husband is absent.
🔗Link to the toolbox*: https://cutt.ly/fYEey0i

 

🧩Escape room №2.
🎯Topic: Freedom of speech
Name of the room: Independent speech
Short description: Violation of freedom of speech is one of today's biggest problems. Almost nothing threatens to democracy more. And our participants understood this topic perfectly. They created an escape room where you can experience which difficulties journalists face when they want to tell others. With the help of this room, players will gain knowledge about the freedom of sharing information, about the right of a person to express their personal position and view without fear of consequences.
🔗Link to the toolbox: https://cutt.ly/NYEtvo1

 

🧩Escape room №3.
🎯Topic: Xenophobia
Name of the room: Birou de resedinte
Short description: Xenophobia is not something we hear about a lot. But actually, fear of foreign things is a widespread problem, even in the EU countries. Therefore, the main goal of the escape room, which participants wanted to deliver, is to show how xenophobia works in developed countries. And they nailed it. Open toolbox to know more details; we wouldn't like to spoil the scenario:)
🔗Link to the toolbox: https://cutt.ly/QYEik5H
*With the help of the toolbox, you can fully reconstruct the escape room and spread the knowledge of human rights in your hometown. 😱

 

☝🏽Special thanks we want to say to our great partners: Amitie Franco Russe Languedoc, OPORA, Sağlam Düşüncə Gənclər Təşkilatı • SDGT, FUSION-Intercultural Projects Berlin e.V., Karas and Avrasya Genclik Gelirim Dergeni.
☝🏽And also Erasmus+ and NAWA Narodowa Agencja Wymiany Akademickiej for the funding and support of this Training Course.
Thank all of you!
Learn with Logos, learning is fun!
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21Oct

Skepsis. Learning never ends. Kolin, Czech Republic, 2021

“Skepsis. Learning never ends” is a training course that was held in Kolin, Czech republic. This project was about critical thinking and media literacy, made as a part of the international Skepsis Movement.

For 7 days participants discussed fake news and how they are spreading. How people and institutions manipulate our opinion. How countries wield propaganda and what we should do with that. We debated about active citizenship and democracy, played lots of Kahoots and got everyone a pair of beautiful Skepsis socks.

As a part of the project, participants developed some workshops, which could be used by youth workers, educators and NGO activists when educating about critical thinking and media literacy. And now we want to share them with you:

  • Fake news, Fake Photos. This workshop will let you understand how to spot fake news and fake photos. 
  • Gender stereotypes in media. You will learn about gender stereotypes on the media, recognize them, find new solutions in order to break them.
  • Manipulation during elections workshop will give you understanding which techniques are used during the elections to manipulate voters behaviour.
  • Defeating propaganda workshop will teach people about techniques of propaganda used in politics and commercials and how to not be influenced by them
  • Thanks to the Soft power in movies, TV shows workshop one will learn how soft power is used in movies and TV shows and how they influence our perception to events presented in scenes
  • Strategies for developing critical thinking. This workshop will let you understand the methods of developing critical thinking and choose the one suitable for you

This project was implemented by Logos and CEFIG together with partners E U R O S U D , CIA Gostivar, Labdaros ir paramos fondas „G vaikų pasaulis", Goodness of People Sweden, GEYC, Asociación Las Niñas del Tul with the support of the Czech National agency and Erasmus+  programme.

Each folder contains workshop description and all necessary materials, printouts. Feel free to use these tools in your work and share it with your partners!

Fake news, Fake Photos.

Gender stereotypes in media.

Manipulation during elections workshop

Defeating propaganda workshop

 

 Soft power in movies, TV shows workshop 

Strategies for developing critical thinking.

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