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“Knowledge Volunteer 3.0" Award - Regulations
Objectives
As we move from the the European Year for Volunteering Activities promoting Active Citizenship (2011) to the European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity Amongst Generations (2012), the Fondazione Mondo Digitale is promoting the “Knowledge Volunteers 3.0” Competition in collaboration with the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Department of Youth, with the patronage of the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy and the support of Intel Italy.
The objective of the award is to promote the educational role of schools for the development of active citizenship amongst the new generations and create a network of knowledge volunteers to share knowledge, promote and speed up the development of a democratic knowledge society.
Moreover, the competition aims to:
- fully exploit the valuable contribution provided by young tutors and school students to promote digital literacy amongst the elderly, support intergenerational exchange and fight social exclusion and the social divide;
- promote active agein and peer digital volunteering amongst the elderly.
The second edition of this competition amplifies and reformulates - at a national and international level - the first local network of young volunteers developed in Rome that was subsequently extended to other regions. The competition is open to all individuals active in digital volunteering at school or elderly meeting centres.
Categories
The competition, which is subdivided into six categories, presents awards to experiences of excellence in the field of digital volunteering. There are six awards:
- best student tutor – digital literacy courses €500 scholarship
- best junior volunteer (student) – elderly centres €500 scholarship
- best senior volunteer – elderly centres Ultrabook Acer
- innovating teacher - Didactics for the elderly Ultrabook Acer
- author of the best podcast lesson (audio or video) Ultrabook Acer
- author of the best viral video for the volunteers network Ultrabook Acer
Special mentions will also be awarded for the best digital works of tutors and grandparents and for the virtual animation of the Phyrtual.org innovation environment.
Participation Requirements
The competition is open to all protagonists of the projects based on the intergenerational learning model designed and promoted by the Fondazione Mondo Digitale, both in Italy and in other countries. In greater detail, participants may be:
a. students (junior) of any type or level of school involved in one or more of the following activities:
• digital literacy tutor in school multimedia labs
• facilitators and digital animators at elderly centres
• virtual animators for learning and innovating communities (Phyrtual)
b. teachers who coordinate classroom activities and personalize learning modules to fit the competences and needs of the elderly
c. adults or elders (seniors) who train their peers at elderly social centres or volunteer association clubs.
Evaluation Criteria and Awards
A joint commission (Department of Youth, Ministry of Labour and Social Policy, Fondazione Mondo Digitale and Intel) will examine all the candidatures and multimedia material received and assign the awards for each category. Moreover, the most significant stories will be used as emblematic cases and future testimonials for the international “Invest in knowledge, become a volunteer 3.0” campaign to create a youth network specialized in digital literacy for the social inclusion of all categories at risk.
Participation
For the first four competition categories, candidatures of excellent volunteers can be presented by local agencies, schools (administrators and coordinating teachers), elderly centres (Presidents and course participants) and partner associations by completing the attached form in Italian or English (for candidatures from other countries). The candidature should be supported by documents, videos, photographs, interviews, recommendations and other material.
Completed forms must be mailed to the Fondazione Mondo Digitale no later than April 15, 2012 by mail, fax or e-mail:
KNOWLEDGE VOLUNTEER 3.0 AWARDS
Fondazione Mondo Digitale
via del Quadraro 102
00174 Roma, Italia
Fax +39 06 4200 0442
For sections 5 and 6 (Podcast Lessons and Viral Videos), each participant may present up to 2 videos for each category. Videos must be no longer than 90 seconds, including titles and endtitles. If present, soundtracks must be original or without copyright. There will be no expenses reimbursed for the production of videos. Participants must declare that they relinquish all rights for the use, distribution and publication of videos to the Fondazione Mondo Digitale that will use them for institutional, non-profit purposes. Two digital copies of all audio and video material must be sent, together with the completed application form (in Italian or English) to:
Address
KNOWLEDGE VOLUNTEER 3.0 AWARDS
Fondazione Mondo Digitale
via del Quadraro 102
00174 Roma, Italia
The Awards Ceremony will be held on May 11, 2012 at the Campidoglio (Sala Giulio Cesare) in Rome.
The Regulations and Application Form [pdf, in Italian]
