It was on the 22nd of November the Fake News Day. It was the time for presenting the project and to talk about the importance of the theme FAKE NEWS to everyone, but mostly to young people. The event engaged two experts on the theme who presented and debated with young people about the importance[…]
Fake Off is the name of the fake news app that is now publicly available here. This app is free, available in five languages and aims at making young people aware of a more responsible use of the information circulating on the Internet. To use it, simply download it from the app stores accessible for[…]
It was in Padua, Italy, that took place between September the 1st and the 7th 2019, the event that brought together about twenty young high school students from various nationalities, with the objective of working the phenomenon of false news, within the scope of the project Fake Off. The group of five Portuguese youngters traveled[…]
The third meeting of the Tichron project was held on 16th and 17th of May 2019 at the CTIC – Technology Center in Gijón. In the meeting, were gathered all the members of the partnership, CTIC – Centro Tecnológico (ES), ACCOMIP / REPOP – Association de Prise en charge concertée des obésités en Midi-Pyrénées (FR),[…]
Future Balloons colaborated in the event “Day of Critical Thinking”, held at the University of Trás os Montes and Alto Douro, on May 15th, at the School of Sciences and Technology. This event was part of the Crithinkedu project led by UTAD. More than 150 students, teachers and professionals from different schools, universities and companies[…]
The fourth meeting of the EnHance project partnership was held in Kuopio, Finland. The Eastern University of Finland hosted, on May 6th and 7th, the 12 entities that compose the alliance. The meeting served for universities to present the implementation of pilot studies with the curriculum for family and community nurses. It was also presented[…]
Future Balloons has participated in the V Congress Literacy, Media and Citizenship that took place at the University of Aveiro on the 3rd and 4th of May 2019, under the theme of Technology, Disinformation and Ethics. The purpose of the communication entitled “Promotion of the skills of adolescents in the verification of facts” was to[…]
The Annual Meeting 2019 – Primary Health Care: Challenges and Opportunities, which took place at the Higher School of Health Technology of Coimbra, took place on April 5th and 6th. At the event, several topics were discussed relevant to Higher Education and Health System. In this sense, Future Balloons participated with the presentation of a[…]