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CEOP has their own channel on YouTube: uk.youtube.com/ceop

Here is just one of a selection of videos you can view:

European Schoolnet has launched a video competition, targeting young people from 15 to 19 years old, to encourage reflection on privacy and data protection. Participants are invited to express their thoughts and concerns about the use of their personal information in a 30-90 second video on the theme “Surf the internet – think Privacy” and to upload it before the 15 January 2009. Representatives from winning teams will be invited in Brussels to attend the Data Protection Ceremony on 28 January 2009 at the European Parliament.

During this two-day trip in the European capital, the winners (two students and one teacher from each winning team) will notably have the opportunity to meet the Commissioner for Justice, Freedom and Security, Jacques Barrot, as well as members from the European Parliament, the Council of Europe and the European Economic and Social Committee. Among the different activities planned, they will attend a conference about Young People and Privacy and explore the city of Brussels.

The Data Protection competition invites young people to demonstrate creativity and reflection by using their video camera or mobile phones, and to express their views about online privacy and the risks generated in a 30-90” film (10 MB maximum). Have a look at the different toolkits proposed for teachers and students on the website to find guidance and advice on the subject.  All contributions shall be uploaded on the gallery ( www.dataprotectionday.eu) before 15 January 2009. As entries start coming in, you can visit the online competition gallery to rate the uploaded entries.

Trips to Brussels to celebrate the Data Protection Day on 28 January 2009, and cash prizes will reward the winners, and their videos will be featured during this high-level event.  Schools from different European countries are also invited to present twin projects and a special prize will reward the best ”tandem video”.  The Data Protection Competition is organised by European Schoolnet (www.eun.org) with the support of Microsoft.

For further information about the project, please visit our website: www.dataprotectionday.eu

This competition is only open to Shropshire maintained schools.

As we are all no doubt aware Youtube is generally blocked in schools, unfortunately this blocking stops a lot of excellent video resources being used. While at Scottish learning festival this year John Johnston said that you could use edublogs.tv, here is a short video to demonstrate how to do it.

Andy from ConnectED demonstrated an impressive little gadget that allows media from a variety of sources including vhs players to be easily converted to mpeg format.  The gadget is the ‘Pinnacle video transfer’  and what is even more impressive is that the gadget can then save directly to usb memory pens.  Hopefully this is another step in allowing us to be more creative, discerning and flexible in our use of media in the classroom.  And the cost…only £99!  Click here to see the details on ConnectED’s website.

Despite the obvious learning opportunities it offers, sometimes it’s difficult to justify buying a digital video camera for everybody.  There are limitations to using a DV camera; usually you need to connect the camera to the computer to get the video from it, and it’s unlikely that there will be enough for the whole class to use anyway.  What’s needed is a quick and easy-to-use portable device with removable storage, so while one pupil is editing their video, another can be using the camera.

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