Educazione Didatica per la E-Navigation (EDEN) aims to develop children’s safer-surfing skills by appealing to their curiosity. New media will be exploited as a matter of course giving the project a novelty value and initial momentum. Constant feedback shall keep EDEN in touch with kids. Together with children, EDEN will keep abreast of potential problems in the unexplored seas of cyber-space.

EDEN’s tasks start in the classroom; selected schools will act as hubs to an Italy-wide network of safe-surf schools. Schools are the children’s natural learning environment where skills are routinely acquired. In addition, by reaching out to schools, a multitude of parents, teachers and especially children are encompassed.  Furthermore, EDEN won’t simply talk about the internet.  Instead, to teach about the internet, the internet will form an integral part of EDEN’s awareness tools, and will be the principle medium through which communication shall take place.  In this way, geographic barriers to participation simply will not exist, and integration with other European actions in this initiative is assured.

Giving children a sense of belonging to Europe will be kindled by web-based discussion groups in dedicated areas of EDEN’s web-portal, and reinforced by constant reference to present and past Safer Internet projects driving the message home that “Europe is here for you”.
 
Stimulating children’s interest and listening to them through the exploitation of new, exciting technologies, EDEN's web-portal will encourage kids to learn more and its video-streaming seminars will provide a powerful means of getting the message through.