Come Out and Play
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| Location | Edessa, Pella, Greece |
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| Introduction | The project “Come Out & Play!” had an aim to outline the importance of outdoor activities and street games as means of dealing with young people’s addiction to internet and the “videophilia” phenomenon. This was achieved with a very entertaining, participatory and learning way. So, the main idea of the project was based on the street games that are or were played in various countries, usually by the older generations. 38 youngsters from 7 European countries (Italy, Romania, Hungary, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Slovakia and Greece) took part in this project that mainly examined the issues of internet and on-line gaming addiction and explored healthy ways of living. |
| Interests | The participant youngsters left their computers and smart phones aside and came out to play with each other and with the locals. They presented the outdoor games that were played in their countries, they tested and played them with the rest, exercised, cooperated with each other and entertained themselves. After the games, there were discussions and workshops, whereby the impressions from the experience of outdoor games were described, issues of addiction to internet and computers were examined and the importance of healthy behaviors and ways of living was analyzed. All activities and workshops were realized in the frame of non-formal and informal learning. |