FACTS VET Force: Empowering VET Teachers and Students Against Disinformation

OO)To upskill VET teachers and trainers competences in disinformation, deepfake and fakenews, to guide their students in active participation to foster civic engagment and EU values SO1)To identif...

OO)To upskill VET teachers and trainers competences in disinformation, deepfake and fakenews, to guide their students in active participation to foster civic engagment and EU values SO1)To identify, summarize and provide the good practices and fact checking platforms and AI in a engaging way for VET teachers, trainers and students SO2)To train VET students through cometitions to become discerning consumers of online information SO3)To promote fact-checking concepts through awareness campaigns

The main activities will be: A1. Management A2. FACTS VET Force Booklet tested by at least 100 VET teachers A3. FACTS VET Force Competition in Porto involving 4 VET students and 1 teacher per country A4. Final Dissemination Events in each country of the consortium with the participation of the associated partners (cutting edge entrepreneurs associations, directors and inspectos of education associations, VET schools, pulbic bodies,etc.) Project website to share the activities results.

-VET teachers highly trained about disinformation, deepfake and fakenwes and in how to use AI fact-checking platfforms to effectively guide their students in the digital world. -An enganging booklet with inovative tools, activities and methodologies -VET students empowered with transversal and critical skills to assess and discern online information making them informed and responsible consumers -An educational community more aware and sensitized to the importance of fact-checking