21st Century Learning and Teaching

Insafe is a European network of Awareness
Centres promoting safe, responsible use of the
Internet and mobile devices to young people.

It's my pleasure to join you today, launching the "eSafety label" in the "Future Classroom Lab" on the occasion of Safer Internet Day.

In the last 20 years, the information and communications revolution has really taken off. The Internet gives a world of opportunity – for all our citizens, but especially children.

My goal in the EU is clear: to get Every European Digital. And that includes every student and every teacher digital, too. I don't want ICT in the classroom to be futuristic science fiction: I want it to be so commonplace, so unremarkable, so integral to learning, that people can't think of the classroom without it.

But: as we use technology more and more in the classroom, we must also use the classroom to support technology. And in particular, teach kids to use new technology safely and responsibly.

===> That is the message of Safer Internet Day, celebrated today in 70 countries across 6 continents. <===