vítám ! Sveikas! Witac! Wilkommen!

1. vítám ! Sveikas! Witac! Wilkommen!

2. CrimCity Partner Meeting 28th-29th April 2005

3. Partners • University of Salford • Centre for Virtual Environments (CVE) • Salford Innovation Park (SIP) • Universitat of Potsdam (UP) • Institute of Future Studies (IFS) • Greater Manchester Police • Vytauto Didziojo Universitas (VDU) • Oskar Kammer Schule (OKS) • Policejni Akademie (PA)

4. The Programme Day 1 • Welcome • Partner Presentations (5 mins) • Tour of CVE • Overview of the Project Lunch • Presentation of Crimcity Workshop • Review of Deliverables & Partner Roles

5. Programme – Cont’d Day 2 • Crimcity Workshop Lunch • Review of Workshop • Planning for Local Workshops • Activities & Programme for next 3 months

6. Centre for Virtual Environments • 5 Minute overview • Research • Teaching • Enterprise • Facilities • Reality Centre • Cave • Workbenches • Tour

7. CrimCity - Objectives • Extend the concept of CrimCity to other member states • Propose design or behavioural solutions • Develop a computer based interactive learning experience • Develop a network of teachers and schools in the partner countries to promote the use of VE as an educational tool • Create a website to support and disseminate the results • Share experiences of street crime and develop innovative learning tools

8. OUTCOMES • A collection of VEs - 1 interactive product multiple elements • New curricula materials – • A tool to support community empowerment • Teacher Training (workshops & packages) – 6 new packages

9. Outcomes – cont’d • Involvement and Training of community groups and agents • 5 local workshops • 3 international workshops/conference • Website: use of VEs & street safety and citizenship • Models for VEs: tool for learning and teaching strategies • Pedagogical and didactical framework • an improvement in key skills for at least 120 beneficiaries aged between 14-19. (Assessment tool) • Development of VE learning activities ICT across the curriculum • Articles and publicity (min 20)

10. Partners’ Roles/Responsibilities All • implement a new technique for looking at issues of street crime and design with local partners • test the technical content of the VE and be involved in testing with local students (exc Cz) • input into the VE content and translation • work with local teachers, and provide information for teacher training materials

11. Partner Roles – Cont’d Salford University & GMP • promote best practice and lessons learnt nationally and internationally • identify application of VE to curriculum Universitat Potsdam • evaluation of school materials • develop teacher training materials • lead on evaluation with support from all partners

12. Partner Roles – Cont’d IFS • documentation of development and implementation process of the learning activities • research into the learning processes in virtual (3d) environments • raising awareness of street crime more widely by giving access to the CrimCity VE to a broad public, including pupils, teachers, politicians and interested people on a large 3d-environment (Cave) • live collaboration Cave-to-Cave

13. Dissemination • Web presence: use of VE in schools – all languages- hosted by IFS - accessible by the public All partners • Leaflets and posters distributed to students, teachers, parents and professionals in the fields of educational technology describing the project, and its outcomes. All partners • Press releases All partners locally - IFS to lead • Open day events in the participating schools All partners • Conferences & Symposia focused on educational issues IFS, UP US • Technical papers and articles for teaching journals IFS, UP US • Pedagogical Papers UP, IFS, VDU • Presentation in large 3d-environment to teachers, trainers, pupils and parents IFS & US • Plenary Conference – educators and specialists throughout the EU • FTP service for distributing educational material and guidelines developed IFS • Transnational communication platform to pioneer the use of VE in classrooms • Presentation of developments and experiences to key organisations which will support transnational project and the National Agencies. US supported by all partners

14. Finance • Staff 289,132 • Equipment 12,000 • Consultancy 36,100 • Travel/Subs 27,992 • Overheads 12,000 • Total 377,224 • Grant 254,686 • Match Fund 122,538

15. Review of Workplan & Timescales • See Table……….. • Contractual Position – signed agreements

17. Crim City Workpackages Workpackage 1 Design Stage • Workshop one at Salford University. All partners to participate in design exercise • Develop local partnerships • Provide partners with materials and training • Devise framework for reporting results • Revise workplan and detailed responsibility

18. Crim City Workpackages Workpackage 2 Case studies and practical experience • Partners undertake a paper based exercise in respective states with local partners • Salford team to provide support and advice to partners with regard to recognising differences between local partnerships • Develop framework for the VE applications, content and interactivity

19. Crim City Workpackages Workpackage 3 Technical outline and development • All partners to provide examples and education content of current learning materials. • Workshop 2 at ???? To include all partners. • Framework and design • Content creation 3d worlds • Interactivity

20. Crim City Workpackages Workpackage 4 Content and materials development • Pedagogy and didactic materials developed • Teacher trainer packs and exercises for users • Testing

21. Crim City Workpackages Workpackage 5 Final conference and dissemination • Final conference to be held at ???? • Disemination exercise to include publication of results and work undertaken by partners. Webpages developed by Salford as a discussion forum. • launch and demo.