(... a play on words...)

Program for secondary schools (from 5th grade)

in Rhineland-Palatinate/Germany(an overview)

http://medienkompetenz.rlp.de

Media Literacy

The development of the new media gives us many possibilities, but there are also many risks.

It is important to have this competence, if you want to get along in our digital world.

It is absolutely essential, if we are looking at the world of working, but also for our society and international politics.

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Media Literacy

It is the aim of our government that all of the secondary schools get modern hard- and software (2011-2016) .

It was a great success, because in our days 70 % of the schools have already got the necessary equipment.

1 Mio € (1,4 Mio $) are planned for the project in 2013.

Media Literacy

The information, the knowledge and the education concerning media gets more and more important for our society in the future.

The new media gives us many possibilities, but there are also many risks.

Considering that many people use the new media and the Internet, we must definitely find a way to protect our children.

Media Literacy for our schools Because of the technological changes in our politics

concerning our youth, the job market, the society and the education, it is crucial to support the media competence of our students.

That‘s the reason why our government developed the program called „Medienkompetenz macht Schule“ (Media Literacy for our schools) with 10 different aspects:

The 10 different aspects

An introduction:

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1 The quality of our lessons

Due to the digital media we have the chance to make our students organize themselves, to give them the possibility to learn according to their individual needs and also to improve their social learning.

The role of e-learning, information, communication and learning together in the Internet will get more and more important in all of the subjects at school.

2 Teacher training and in-service training

The teachers involved in Rhineland-Palatinate are trained in multiple related cooperation: MOODLE (www.lernenonline.bildung-rp.de)

iMedia: (http://imedia.bildung-rp.de)

Workshops & Presentations

SWR: School television (http://www.planet-schule.de)

etc.

3 Youth media protection

Teachers are qualified to “youth media protection advisers“ at their school and also deal with issues of a modern data protection (Facebook e.g. !).

In the project "Media Scouts“ students are trained to media experts and presenters.

4 Parents

The use of mobile phone and Internet by children and young people is a major challenge for many parents.

Therefore, the schools can invite external speakers and budgets for parents training are provided.

5 Technical infrastructure

472 secondary schools (end of 2013), have been equipped with technical infrastructure (Laptop Cart, interactive whiteboards, tablets) and as needed with a standard network (MNS+ or skolelinux).

6 Education Server

The Education Server Rhineland-Palatinate (http://bildung-rp.de ) is enhanced by e-learning and communication platforms and digital learning.

Registration for training of teachers is done online (https://tis.bildung-rp.de) .

7 High quality educational software

The funded schools are equipped with a standard set of multimedia packages for teaching.

Selected open-source software is available for all.

8 Broadband connectivity

The broadband connectivity of schools is based primarily on the free provision of connection by T@school (16 000 kbit / s).

Measures to improve the accessibility of schools are in preparation.

9 Partners and joint projects

Many partners were found for participation.

In addition to facilities of the Land several companies in the media industry (Intel, Microsoft) and broadcasters (SWR) and local newspapers support the 10-point program.

10 State Pedagogical Institute and Media Competence Networks

The department „Media Literacy in Schools" in the State Pedagogical Institute, is a central point of contact to the actions of the 10-point program.

The regional media competence networks carry the offers in the area.

Media Literacy...in practice...

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