1. Mr John Gerardu (GER), Adviser on Legal Protection for Children and Young People, Senate for Labour, Women, Health, Youth and Social Affairs, Bremen
2. Ms Elke Sauerteig (GER), Adviser for Media, Project manager for LandesNetzWerk Baden-Wurttemberg - for parent involvement in Media Education
3. 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
4. Ms Ulrike Behrens (GER), Media educationalist of jugendschutz.net, Project Manager for klick-tipp.de
5. Mr Niels Meggers (GER), Vice-Director, Head of Department of International Projects, IJAB – International Youth Service of the Federal Republic of Germany, Bonn,
6. Mr Daniel Poli (GER), Project Coordinator for "Jugend Online", IJAB – International Youth Service of the Federal Republic of Germany, Bonn
7. Mr Burkhard Schaefer (GER), Adviser for new media and new information- and communication technology at schools, Ministry for Education- and Communication and Culture of Rhineland-Palatine
Germany
Project descriptions
Projects for parents, teachers and youth workers
1. MEDIA LITERACY goes School (http://medienkompetenz.rlp.de) Presented by: Mr Burkhard Schaefer (GER), Adviser for new media and new information- and communication technology at schools, Ministry for Education- and Communication and Culture of Rhineland-Palatine
The use of digital media has changed the behaviour and orientation of the youth today. The ability of working with new technologies stands in contrast to the awareness of its risks. According to the changes in life, work, education and social media education is to be understood as the core competence for lifelong learning.
New media do not only bring new chances for education and learning but also a new kind of economic and personal exposure.
The project “media literacy goes school” supports the education of core competences in media literacy in four stages:
- training teachers in using new technologies in the courses
- training teachers to be media security consultants to other teachers and students
- training students in how to use new technologies in studying, secure behaviour in online communication,
- training parents in topics related to the behaviour of their children in the internet and their use of mobile communication
Internet-Address: www.medienkompetenz.rlp.de
2. www.klicksafe.de Presented by: Mr Burkhard Schaefer (GER), Adviser for new media and new information- and communication technology at schools, Ministry for Education- and Communication and Culture of Rhineland-Palatine
"Klicksafe" (www.klicksafe.de) is an important partner of the initiative "Furthering media literacy at schools". Followingan initiative by the European Commission, klicksafe.de is developing a national node in Germanyto raise public awareness on the topic of Internet safety. klicksafe.de provides thorough information on safety themes and is creating a network of existing initiatives in Germany which address questions of Internet safety.
3. Action Youth Protection Action Committee Baden-Wurttemberg (Aktion Jugendschutz Landesarbeitsstelle Baden-Wurttemberg) Presented by: Mrs Elke Sauerteig (GER), Adviser for Media, Project manager for LandesNetzWerk Baden-Wurttemberg - for parent involvement in Media Education
Aktion Jugendschutz (ajs) was founded in 1956 as a society and is an association of 19 umbrella organizations of Baden-Wurttemberg. Aktion Jugendschutz (http://www.ajs-bw.de) supports the strengthening, protection and rights of children and young people. With its activities ajs wants to impart expert knowledge, strengthen professional competencies and extend methodological strategies. Aktion Jugendschutz advises and qualifies professionals and multipliers in the fields of: youth media protection, media education, addiction prevention, violence prevention, sexual education, child protection and intercultural pedagogy.
Offers of the Section Youth Media Protection/Media Education
(http://www.ajs-bw.de/Medien-01.html)
- counselling and informing on issues of youth media protection
- counselling and informing on actual development in the media scene and on chances and risks regarding ways of media use by children and young people resulting from the development
- symposiums, further training courses
- LandesNetzWerk (network) for parent involvement in media education
- further development of media educational concepts (youth welfare services, schools)
- literature and publications
In particular parents feel uneasy and unable to cope with dealing with new media, i.e. internet, mobile phones and pc-games. They need assistance in their educational acting. Therefore, during the past years (since autumn 2000) ajs has been qualifying educational professionals (at present ca. 40 persons), who are available as consultants in different regions of the Land Baden-Wurttemberg.
The objective of their work is to inform parents on new media, to make them sensitive to risks and to get them enthusiastic about the chances so that they can effectively support their children's media use. There are offers like parents’ evenings, workshops for parents and children, discussion groups, multimedia-weekends etc.
Furthermore the consultants of the LandesNetzWerk offer further education trainings to educational professionals of nursery schools, schools or provisions of youth welfare services. Thus they multiply their professional knowledge in the field of media education and parents’ education. ajs supports and qualifies the LandesNetzWerk by means of: regular professional information and advise, annual seminars on further education, on counselling colleagues and on further development of the methodological work.
http://www.ajs-bw.de/LandesNetzWerk-fuer-medienpaedagogische-Elternarbeit.html
Projects with easy access
5. Klick-Tipps for children and parents (www.klicktips.net) Presented by: Ms Ulrike Behrens (GER), Media educationalist of jugendschutz.net, Project Manager for klick-tipp.de
Whether games, investigations for schools and leisure, whether chatting and e-mails – the Internet offers many exciting sites for children. However, children hardly know these sites. Mostly they surf on adult sites; the addresses of which can be found out on television, learned of by friends or in the schoolyard.
"Klick-Tipps" is a regularly updated selection and review of recommended web content for children, a joint project of the jugendschutz.net Foundation and Media Literacy Southwest Forum (MKFS). In cooperation with the federal television company SWR Children's Network and the German Children's Foundation “jugendschutz.net” offers this service to interested providers to present these "Klick-Tipps" on their websites.
More and more and ever younger children are using the Internet. In order to avoid that they end up on the "wrong" sites, they need a "traffic management system" which gives them access to appropriate children sites. "Klick-Tipps" offers this service.
The "Klick-Tipps" project aims to expose good sites to the children and to identify safe surfing areas. In this way children get acquainted with the Internet and learn to better deal with it. Every week "Klick-Tipps" media educators search the Internet for actual and attractive content for children. In addition, a list of children sites informs on many good Internet sites suitable for children. Those websites can be assessed and commented by children.
Internet Addresses: www.Klick-tipps.net and www.kindernetz.de
6. A Net for Children - www.ein-netz-fuer-kinder.de Presented by: Ms Ulrike Behrens (GER), Media educationalist of jugendschutz.net, Project Manager for klick-tipp.de
“A Net for Children” is a common initiative by policy makers, economy and youth media protection. It aims at creating a safe “surfing room” for children up to 14 years that enables them to learn to handle the Internet without being endangered by unsuitable contents and pictures.
7. Blindman's buff - www.blinde-kuh.de Presented by: Ms Ulrike Behrens (GER), Media educationalist of jugendschutz.net, Project Manager for klick-tipp.de
“Blindman’s buff” is the first search engine for children. It has been started as voluntary project and since 2004, it is funded by the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth. (GER), Director of jugendschutz.net, Media Educationalist and Acknowledged Expert for Youth Media Protection
8. jugendschutz.net Presented by: Ms Ulrike Behrens (GER), Media educationalist of jugendschutz.net, Project Manager for klick-tipp.de
jugendschutz.net is the cross national bureau for the protection of minors on the internet in Germany. The youth ministries of the German Federal States founded jugendschutz.net in 1997 and since 2003 jugendschutz.net is assigned to the Commission for Youth Protection in the Media (KJM) in order to achieve a consistent control of broadcasting and internet.
jugendschutz.net controls the internet for offences against the protection of minors. In order to improve the protection of minors on the internet jugendschutz.net focuses on communication and co-operation, specifically with content providers and their associations, but also with other authorities and initiatives.
The protection of minors on the internet requires international regulations and a joint approach towards illegal and harmful content. jugendschutz.net is a founding member of the International Network of Hotlines (INHOPE) and the International Network Against Cyber Hate (INACH).
In Germany the Interstate Treaty on the Protection of Minors in the Media (JMStV) lays down what is illegal on the internet and regulates what content providers are obliged to do.
Internet Adress: www.jugendschutz.net
Projects produced by children and young people
9. Netzcheckers.de – The interactive youth portal Presented by: Mr Daniel Poli(GER), Project Coordinator for "Jugend Online", IJAB – International Youth Service of the Federal Republic of Germany, Bonn
The youth portal netzcheckers.de is a supply of the „Youth online (Jugend online)-Project“, carried out by IJAB – International Youth Service of the Federal Republic of Germany and is sponsored by the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth.
By imparting media literacy and web-based youth information “Youth online” gives a new impetus to child and youth services. For this purpose the youth portal www.netzcheckers.de has been provided as an informal learning area which enables young people to try out multimedia and to get acquainted with new forms of interactive learning and communication.
The objective of this project is imparting media literacy by means of direct participation in the youth portal.
Hence netzcheckers.de regard themselves as a hands-on portal for young people. Here you can generate and download ring tones for free, create cell phone pictures or have your say via your own podcast.
The youth portal offers news and quick-witted retorts to all about love, sports, music, school, job and health. Registered users can communicate with each other, write their own articles and contribute their own ideas – in the form of editorial pieces, photo albums, picture animation, weblogs or podcasts, for example. netzcheckers.de continuously extend their choice of subjects and action modules and integrate new technological developments.
By its variety of participatory elements the project offers an opportunity to contribute and directly participate in the process of youth information to both young people without previous knowledge and experienced internet users. Therefore, the success of the youth portal results from the principle of young people informing others via a friendly multimedia approach and thus learning from each other.
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