Conducted by Assoc. Prof. Aynur AYTEKİN ÖZDEMİR of IMU Nursing Department, the project titled “I Am Aware of Technology Addiction” has been completed within the scope of the Cooperation in Education Implementation Protocol developed in collaboration with the Rectorate of Istanbul Medeniyet University and Kartal District Directorate of National Education.
The project team consisted of our faculty members of the Nursing Department Assoc. Prof. Aynur AYTEKİN ÖZDEMİR, Prof. Dr. Ayşe OKANLI, Assoc. Prof. Nesrin İLHAN, Assoc. Prof. Rujnan TUNA, Asst. Prof. Hacer ATAMAN, Asst. Prof. Cemile SAVCI, Asst. Prof. Berna DİNÇER and graduate student Rabia Aleyna ÇATAL and Instructor Emine BARBAROS.
Within the scope of the project, 2nd-year students of our Nursing Department, under the coaching of the faculty members, prepared drama shows about technology (screen, smartphone, computer, etc.) addiction, its results, and preventive activities in children and adolescents who increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, which involve informative themes about the content and negative impact of addiction on students, and how to achieve a healthy life style. The drama show performed on January 19, 2022 in IMU Cevizli Campus Conference Hall was viewed by 100 students from Kartal-Şehit Timur Aktemur Secondary School, the principal Emine BARBAROS, and the teachers. The project, which received positive feedback from Nursing Department students, secondary school students, and teachers, is planned to continue in the following years.
