Liisa Kirves, liisa.kirves@vlket.fi, viekas.fi

1. Communication Camps in Finland - Going on Vacation with the New Media Liisa Kirves liisa.kirves@vlk.inet.fi www.viekas.fi Liisa Kirves, liisa.kirves@vlk.inet.fi, www.viekas.fi

2. 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, liisa.kirves@vlk.inet.fi, www.viekas.fi

3. Basic Needs ofExistence To Do Participation and activity Understanding and objectives To Belong Commitment To Be Organised Source: Kari E. Turunen Liisa Kirves, liisa.kirves@vlk.inet.fi, www.viekas.fi

4. Competence Access Communi-cation capability Motivation Communication Capabilities Source: Marja-Liisa Viherä, 2000 Liisa Kirves, liisa.kirves@vlk.inet.fi, www.viekas.fi

5. Communication Camps • Process towards active citizenship Liisa Kirves, liisa.kirves@vlk.inet.fi, www.viekas.fi

6. School Grounds

7. Sleeping Tents and Swings

8. 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, liisa.kirves@vlk.inet.fi, www.viekas.fi

9. 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, liisa.kirves@vlk.inet.fi, www.viekas.fi

10. Flow Chart Video Restaurant Newspaper Help Point - Kiosk Radio Liisa Kirves, liisa.kirves@vlk.inet.fi, www.viekas.fi

11. Working group 2 - 3 junior leader age 14-18, min experience 3 camps 3 -5 who have experience from earlier camps 2 - 4 beginners Liisa Kirves, liisa.kirves@vlk.inet.fi, www.viekas.fi

12. Communication Equipment at the Camp • Computer network Still and/or digital cameras Scanner, printer and copy machine • Video cameras Editing machines and monitors TV and/or multimedia projector • Radio transmitter Mixer, recorders, cd-players Loud speakers, radios Pc´s and connection to Medianet (ISDN or network) • Mobile phones Phone exchange and phones, fax machines Internet connections and access Liisa Kirves, liisa.kirves@vlk.inet.fi, www.viekas.fi

13. Campers at WorkA 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, liisa.kirves@vlk.inet.fi, www.viekas.fi

14. Paella Outdoors

15. Newspaper Group

16. Printing the Newspaper

17. The newspaper is ready!

18. Radio Group

19. 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, liisa.kirves@vlk.inet.fi, www.viekas.fi

20. Finance: Camper pays: 1 000 FIM (168 EUR) for 8 days Junior leader pays: 400 FIM (67,4 EUR) Adult person pays: nothing but has to work (and drive) The Ministry of Traffic and Communication yearly 20 000 FIM (3360 ECU) Sonera air time VOLUNTARY WORK - the most important Liisa Kirves, liisa.kirves@vlk.inet.fi, www.viekas.fi

21. Internet at the camp 1993 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. Liisa Kirves, liisa.kirves@vlk.inet.fi, www.viekas.fi

22. 1998 All campers have email, most also home page 1999 Camp log to the net, registration to the camp only via web site 2000 Newspaper to the Internet 2001 Online reporting from Romania Liisa Kirves, liisa.kirves@vlk.inet.fi, www.viekas.fi

23. Internet is one tool among the others to publish a newspaper to run the radio station to get information for films, cooking and articles Internet is a delivery channel to Tietotuutti and Radio Viekas Internet is an interactive media for all campers www.viekas.fi bulletin board (chat) Romania, bus trip to WFSF conference, text and pictures online, much emails and text messages Liisa Kirves, liisa.kirves@vlk.inet.fi, www.viekas.fi

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