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Liisa Kirves, [email protected], www.viekas.fi
Communication Camps in Finland - Going on Vacation with the New Media
Liisa [email protected]
www.viekas.fi
Liisa Kirves, [email protected], www.viekas.fi
The message today:Theory
- basic needs of existence- communication capabilities
How we did it?-what is communication camp?-how does it work?-the finance?
Internet
Liisa Kirves, [email protected], www.viekas.fi
Participation and activity
Commitment Understandingand objectives To Belong
To Do
To Be Organised
Basic Needs of Existence
Source: Kari E. Turunen
Liisa Kirves, [email protected], www.viekas.fi
Communi-cation
capability
Communication Capabilities
Access Competence
MotivationSource: Marja-Liisa Viherä, 2000
Liisa Kirves, [email protected], www.viekas.fi
Communication Camps
• Process towards active citizenship
Liisa Kirves, [email protected], www.viekas.fi
Communications Camps • Years 1987-2001• Duration of stay: 3 - 8 days• About 90 camps, about 2200 participants• About 70 youths returned to the camp more than 10 times• At least 400 youths repeated their camp experience two or more times
There were Others in Camp also:• Children with their parents• Teachers with their students from different education levels• Social workers with their clients• People with various handicaps• Unemployed people as well as the newly employed• People from both city and countryside, age from 3 to 70 years• Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Estonian, Russian, Italian, Brazilian,
U.S.American, German, French, British, etc.
Liisa Kirves, [email protected], www.viekas.fi
Main Principles of Communication Camps
• Learning by doing
• Finishing the work
• Initiative
• Caring for others
• Taking and carrying responsibility
• Peer mentoring; We are all teachers and we are all students
• Working independently within our groups
• Teamwork
• Realising the total process while learning
• Valuing the work of others
Liisa Kirves, [email protected], www.viekas.fi
Flow Chart
Video
Newspaper
Radio
Restaurant
Help Point - Kiosk
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Working group
2 - 3 junior leaderage 14-18,
min experience 3 camps
2 - 4 beginners
3 -5 who haveexperience from
earlier camps
Liisa Kirves, [email protected], www.viekas.fi
Communication Equipment at the Camp•Computer network
Still and/or digital camerasScanner, printer and copy machine
•Video cameras Editing machines and monitorsTV and/or multimedia projector
•Radio transmitterMixer, recorders, cd-playersLoud speakers, radiosPc´s and connection to Medianet (ISDN or network)
•Mobile phones Phone exchange and phones, fax machinesInternet connections and access
Liisa Kirves, [email protected], www.viekas.fi
Campers at Work A typical day
•- on the newspaper•- in the “restaurants”•- as radio reporters•- as TV news reporters, editors, playwrights, etc.•- at “help points” where they handle organisational details while learning how to operate the electronic equipment. Their duties include: keeping a daily log, arranging effective transportation, relaying messages, establishing a camp bank with “almost-real” currency, etc. •They also maintain a kiosk where people can buy sweets, pancakes, coffee, ice cream etc
Liisa Kirves, [email protected], www.viekas.fi
Adults at the camp are:•drivers
•to a shop•for movie groups•for campers or guests to or from
bus- or railway station•audience to radio- and tv-programs•readers to a newspaper•customers to camp kiosk and restaurants
Liisa Kirves, [email protected], www.viekas.fi
Finance:Camper pays:
1 000 FIM (168 EUR) for 8 daysJunior leader pays:
400 FIM (67,4 EUR)Adult person pays:
nothing but has to work (and drive)
The Ministry of Traffic and Communicationyearly 20 000 FIM (3360 ECU)Sonera air timeVOLUNTARY WORK - the most important
Liisa Kirves, [email protected], www.viekas.fi
Internet at the camp1993 One connection, only few interested. 1994-96 Surfing, making home pages, seeking information for newspaper, restaurants, video, radio. www.viekas.fi started. Easy chat. Camp information.1997 Radio online to the Internet.
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1998All campers have email, most also home page1999 Camp log to the net, registration to the camp only via web site2000 Newspaper to the Internet2001 Online reporting from Romania
Liisa Kirves, [email protected], www.viekas.fi
Internet is one tool among the othersto publish a newspaper to run the radio stationto get information for films, cooking and articles
Internet is a delivery channel to Tietotuutti and Radio Viekas
Internet is an interactive media for all camperswww.viekas.fi
bulletin board (chat)Romania, bus trip to WFSF conference,
text and pictures online, much emails and text messages