edutainment development center
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Center for the development of Education and Entertainment Technologies in Lavrion Technological and Cultural Park. Dr. Antonis Livieratos. Edutainment Development Center. Edutainment? ….a form of entertainment designed to educate as well as to amuse… - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Edutainment Development Center
Center for the development of Education and Entertainment Technologies
in Lavrion Technological and Cultural Park
Dr. Antonis Livieratos
The Focus
Edutainment?….a form of entertainment designed to
educate as well as to amuse… Example: World Food Power video game
teaches children about the logistical challenges of delivering food aid in a major humanitarian crisis.
"Communicating with children today means using the latest technology" (Neil Gallagher, WFP’s Director of Communications)
The Focus
Why Edutainment?100 to 135 companies of Global Fortune 500 that will adopt by 2012 gaming for learning purposes
Source: The Apply Group
46 million of children are gamers today in the US
Source: NPD Group 4 million of people have played Food Force in the game’s first yearSource: United Nation Food Program
The Target
Why a cluster in Edutainment?
BUSINESS
RESEARCH EDUCATION
In order to enable the development of edutainment activities we need to create a friendly environment were: Culture meets technology Business meets research Education meets
entertainment
Creative Individuals
The Area
Why an Edutainment Center in Lavrion Technology and Cultural Park (LTCP)?
The LTCP is pioneer project of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) that undertook the responsibility to transform a 19th century mining complex to a technology and cultural park.
Airport
Lavrion Technology Park
Athens City Center
Cape Sounion
The National Technical University of Athens- rehabilitated soils polluted by the mining activities- rehabilitated the 1/3 of a large ‘Brownfield’- is managing today a technology and cultural park
The Area
LTCP: A monument of industrial architecture open to innovation and the local society
The Area
The Objective
Rehabilitation Project for the creation of a new pole for development in Lavrion Technological and Cultural
Park:“New Technologies in education and entertainment”
The Objective
BUSINESS
RESEARCH EDUCATION
Creative Individuals
The Objective
To create a local competitive advantage by:
Bringing together researchers, scientists and artists to cooperate in the field of edutainment
Orienting research and education towards the needs of the edutainment Industry
Making science and technology more attractive to young people through the development of an up-to-date, attractive, entertaining, pedagogic material and the design of innovative educational programs
Creating synergies with the tourist sector where the territory is strong at
The Actions
Cluster ‘Edutainment’ Infrastructure for TV and Cinema studios Digital projection hall Master's program in “Edutainment technologies” Edutainment Summer Camp for Kids Business Incubation for ‘Creative Industries’
Expected Results
• Developing a new industryA new pole of development in activities that combine culture and technology, research and
industry
• Create a cultural identityEnrichment of local and European cultural identity through the promotion of the area’s
distinguished cultural value
• Boost entrepreneurship Promotion of entrepreneurship through appropriate infrastructure and networking
• Create employmentNew job creation in the field of creative industries
• Increase viabilityDevelopment of self-sustain projects entailing knowledge-intensive activities