Seminar program

"Effective youth work and media protection needs media literacy”
Towards an active citizenship

The seminar is organized by the Finnish Society on Media Education together with the Ministry of Education in Finland. The seminary will be held in Helsinki the 1-4th of September.

Seminar location & accomodation: Hotel Scandic Marski, Mannerheimintie 10


Monday, 1st of September, Arrival

16.45 Gathering in the hotel lobby (German delegation)

17.00 German working group meeting at youth media centre Hatfactory, Lönnrotinkatu 30 C

18.10 Gathering in the hotel lobby (Estonian)

18.30 Cocktails at the youth media centre Hatfactory, Lönnrotinkatu 30 C

Welcoming words Mr. Olli Saarela, Director (Youth Policy Division, Ministry of Education)

Practical information Ms. Hanna Wahlman, Seminar Coordinator (Finnish Society on Media Education)

Tour around the Hatfactory

Cioccolato (Working group: Jenna Niemelä, Milla Niemelä, Antti Mustonen,
Jonna Laasonen, Susanna Isokääntä, Jaime Laakso), 6 min.
A short film from Finnish children´s movie festival, My Movie Event

19.30 Departure for the restaurant

20.00 Dinner at restaurant Juuri, Korkeavuorenkatu 27


Tuesday, 2nd of September:

9.30 Opening of the seminar

Ms. Sonja Kangas, Moderator
Welcoming words

Ms. Riitta Kaivosoja, Director General (Ministry of Education, Department for Cultural, Sport and Youth Policy)

Ms. Sara Sintonen, Chair (Finnish Society on Media Education)

Practical information Ms. Hanna Wahlman

9.45 National policies regarding media literacy and youth media protection

FINLAND
Measures of the Finnish Government
Mr. Kimmo Aaltonen, Counsellor for Cultural Affairs (Youth Policy Division, Ministry of Education)

GERMANY
The national media protection in general and the national situation in youth media protection
Mr. Martin Döring (GER), Adviser for Youth Media Protection and Self-Regulation in the New Media, Ministry for Education- and Communication and Culture of Rhineland-Palatine

ESTONIA
National statement and statistics
Ms. Pille Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt, Research fellow (University of Tartu, Institute of Journalism and Communication

Instructions for the working groups

12.30 Lunch and coffee

14.00 Working groups and coffee

Working group I
1. Projects for parents,teachers and youth workers
Workroom Neptune

Working group II
2. Projects with easy access
Workroom Filip I

Workgroup III
3. Projects produced by children and young people
Workroom Filip II

18.40 Gathering in the hotel lobby

19.00 Dinner at restaurant Rivoli, Albertinkatu 38


Wednesday, 3rd of September

9.30 Results of the working groups

Working group I
Projects for parents, teachers and youth workers

Working group II
Projects with easy access

Working group III
Projects produced by children and young people

11.00 National innovations in media literacy and media protection

FINLAND
Youth Work Online

Mr. Tero Huttunen, Designer, Youth Worker, Society Educator (Netari)

Mr. Matti Kari, Director of Communication, Resposible for Child Protection (Dynamoid)

GERMANY
A Net for Children

Mr. Martin Döring, Adviser for Youth Media Protection and Self-Regulation in the New Media (Ministry for Education- and Communication and Culture of Rhineland-Palatine)

Ms Ulrike Behrens, Media Educationalist of jugendschutz.net, Project Manager for klick-tipp.de.

13.00 Lunch and coffee

14.30 Results and summary

16.00 Coffee

16.30 End of seminar

18.00 Dinner at restaurant Suomi Lautasella (Suomi on the Plate), Lönnrotinkatu 13

Moderator of the seminary

The moderator of the seminary is Sonja Kangas who is a Concept Designer, working in European Game & Entertainment Technology Ltd. Sonja is one of the best known researchers of youth & digital media/games in Finland. At the EGET she is innovating new money gaming concepts utilizing the trends of social media and cross platform entertainment. She has her own blog called SOUPLALA!, which you can find on this address: http://souplala.net/

Dear participants

Dear participants of ‘Effective youth work and media protection needs media literacy’ seminary,

I’m Hanna Wahlman and will be, on behalf of the Finnish Society on Media Education, the main coordinator of the seminary held in Helsinki, Finland from the 1-4th of September 2008.

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In all problems and questions please contact me.

E-mail address: hanna.wahlman@mediakasvatus.fi
Phone: (+358) 50 501 7330

Best wishes,

Hanna Wahlman