July 17, 2009
ONLINE SAFETY: New Ofcom campaign launched
Ofcom has today launched a campaign to help keep children safe online during the summer holidays.
The internet offers a range of opportunities for fun, learning and development at the click of a mouse, but it’s important that parents, carers and children have the right skills and information to help keep them safe online.
· Two-thirds of 5-7 year olds now use the internet at home, rising to over three-quarters of 8-11 year olds and over four-fifths of 12-15s.
· Of these, one fifth of 5-7 year olds use the internet without an adult present, as do almost half of 8-11 year olds and two-thirds of 12-15s.
· 12-15 year olds say they spend an average of nearly 14 hours a week online.
· Over a third of 12-15 year olds say they mostly access the internet in their bedroom. During this time they could encounter inappropriate or even potentially harmful content.
Find out what you can do to help children enjoy the internet safely this summer by watching or reading Ofcom’s guide to show parents and carers how to use parental controls and filters to manage their children’s access to digital TV and internet content. The guide also encourages parents and carers to talk to their children about what they do on the internet and how to use it safely.
The video and guide can be found here:
July 16, 2009
NEWS / PROJECTS: Nunavut's budding filmmakers
Nunavut's budding filmmakers
Kassina Ryder - Northern News Services - Published Wednesday, July 15, 2009
RANKIN INLET - Youth from across the Kivalliq region gathered in Rankin Inlet's community learning centre the week of July 6 to participate in a media workshop designed to promote healthy living.
The Inuusivut Workshops have been travelling throughout Nunavut since January 2008, according to trainer Qajaaq Ellsworth.
"The Inuusivut project kind of focuses on helping young people to promote mental health, we use multimedia as a way to help young people express themselves," Ellsworth said. He said participants learn photography and filmmaking skills to create photo slideshows and short films, as well as learning editing software.
"We've trained over 100 young people in photography and film production," Ellsworth said.
full article
Kassina Ryder - Northern News Services - Published Wednesday, July 15, 2009
RANKIN INLET - Youth from across the Kivalliq region gathered in Rankin Inlet's community learning centre the week of July 6 to participate in a media workshop designed to promote healthy living.
The Inuusivut Workshops have been travelling throughout Nunavut since January 2008, according to trainer Qajaaq Ellsworth.
"The Inuusivut project kind of focuses on helping young people to promote mental health, we use multimedia as a way to help young people express themselves," Ellsworth said. He said participants learn photography and filmmaking skills to create photo slideshows and short films, as well as learning editing software.
"We've trained over 100 young people in photography and film production," Ellsworth said.
full article
EVENTS: 8th World Young Reader Conference
Participants who sign up by 31 July for the 8th World Young Reader Conference (27-30 September in Prague) will have free access to a webinar on strategies of Total Youth Think scheduled for 7 August.
The session will be conducted by Marcelo Rech, General Director for Project Management of the RBS Group in Brazil, whose flagship newspaper, Zero Hora, credits its Total Youth Think techniques for a 78% penetration rate among young people aged 20 - 29 years, and a 71% penetration rate among thise aged 15 - 19.
For more info and to register for the conference CLICK HERE
This offer applies to participants who have both registered and paid for the conference by 31 July.
The Conference is supported by Norske Skog, the Noway-based global paper producer, and the Czech Publishers Association. We also warmly thank Metro Prague, Mladá Fronta DNES and Lidove Noviny newspapers, and Futuroom Multimedia education center.
Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact Aralynn McMane, Director of Young Readership Developement at: aralynn.mcmane@wan-ifra.org
July 15, 2009
NEWS / TECHNOLOGY / INTERNET: UK Teen ‘Schools’ Investors On Youth Media Preferences
UK Teen 'Schools' Investors On Youth Media Preferences
Posted on: Tuesday, 14 July 2009, 14:57 CDT
Matthew Robson is an average 15-year-old from the UK, but a major US bank in London is looking to him for advice.
In a research note written during work experience with Morgan Stanley in London, Robson described the current state of media through the eyes of a teenager, and influential people are listening.
Edward Hill-Wood, who supervised Robson during his work experience, referred to the report as "one of the clearest and most thought provoking insights we have seen."
The report depicts the way Robson and his peers consume media – from social networking to video games. One standard they abide by is that they do not want to pay for the media they consume, he wrote.
full article
Posted on: Tuesday, 14 July 2009, 14:57 CDT
Matthew Robson is an average 15-year-old from the UK, but a major US bank in London is looking to him for advice.
In a research note written during work experience with Morgan Stanley in London, Robson described the current state of media through the eyes of a teenager, and influential people are listening.
Edward Hill-Wood, who supervised Robson during his work experience, referred to the report as "one of the clearest and most thought provoking insights we have seen."
The report depicts the way Robson and his peers consume media – from social networking to video games. One standard they abide by is that they do not want to pay for the media they consume, he wrote.
full article
July 14, 2009
NEWS / WORKSHOPS: UNICEF invites students for UNRC regional media workshops (PHILIPPINES)
UNICEF invites students for UNRC regional media workshops
by Jennifer Catan-Tilos
Dumaguete City (9 July) -- Young students in Dumaguete City who are engaged in media works are invited to participate in 3 Regional Youth Media Summits on Children's Rights, "CRC: 20 Na! Ano Na?" in Manila, Cebu and Davao between July and September 2009.
The Probe Media Foundation, Inc. (PMFI), in cooperation with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) called on young Filipino students, age 15 to 24, who belong to print, radio and video clubs/ organizations to join the workshops which provide opportunities for young and creative students to learn more and understand the UN Convention the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), its impact on the Filipino children and produce creative media outputs on these subjects.
The programme empowers young leaders and creates a network of aspiring media practitioners committed to child's rights issues under the Kabataan News Network (KNN).
Each workshop is a 3-day event with discussions, sharing and review of storytelling techniques. Hands-on sessions and actual production of articles, photo essays, radio reports, songs, artworks, video segments, and documentaries will be conducted.
full article
by Jennifer Catan-Tilos
Dumaguete City (9 July) -- Young students in Dumaguete City who are engaged in media works are invited to participate in 3 Regional Youth Media Summits on Children's Rights, "CRC: 20 Na! Ano Na?" in Manila, Cebu and Davao between July and September 2009.
The Probe Media Foundation, Inc. (PMFI), in cooperation with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) called on young Filipino students, age 15 to 24, who belong to print, radio and video clubs/ organizations to join the workshops which provide opportunities for young and creative students to learn more and understand the UN Convention the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), its impact on the Filipino children and produce creative media outputs on these subjects.
The programme empowers young leaders and creates a network of aspiring media practitioners committed to child's rights issues under the Kabataan News Network (KNN).
Each workshop is a 3-day event with discussions, sharing and review of storytelling techniques. Hands-on sessions and actual production of articles, photo essays, radio reports, songs, artworks, video segments, and documentaries will be conducted.
full article
OPPORTUNITIES: MEDEA Award for Creativity and Innovation - European Year of Creativity and Innovation 2009 (EYCI)
The MEDEA Award for Creativity and Innovation, set up to coincide with the European Year of Creativity and Innovation 2009 (EYCI), aims to specifically award creative and innovative use of media in education.Who is it aimed at?
Anyone who considers their use of media in education and training to be creative and/or innovative! This includes innovative applications of media in the classroom where pupils and teachers are working together to use media in different ways to enhance learning or trainers and facilitators in lifelong learning centres who are using media creatively to help learners explore new opportunities. It also includes groups of students who are working together on projects using media to explore and understand the world in a more creative way.
Applications are invited from people using media in a variety of ways and could include for example a submission like the one which earned 5 learners and teacher Steven Ronsijn from the secondary school Sint‐Lievenscollege, Ghent in Belgium the MEDEA Special Award 2008 at the MEDEA Awards Ceremony 2008 for their outstanding entry entitled Anti-Anti. This multimedia pervasive game was created entirely by secondary school students to sensitise students in the context of the national day against unnecessary violence. Students had to search a fictitious murderer in their school through clues provided to them in mp3‐files and video clips.
How can you enter?
This Award is open to anyone participating in the MEDEA Awards 2009. In the submission form, you will be able to indicate that you consider your entry to be particularly creative or innovative and thus that you wish to compete also for this special award. A special group of judges from the MEDEA Judging Panel will be assessing these entries separately.
Your entry need to be sent before the closing date: 30 September 2009, 12:00 Midnight (postmark will be checked).
When will the winners be announced?
Those short-listed for this Award will be notified at the beginning of November and will be invited to take part in the Awards Ceremony taking place in the beginning of December 2009. At this ceremony the final winner will be announced.
What can you win?
Prizes will include the MEDEA Creativity and Innovation Award as well as equipment and software, details to be announced later.
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