Creator Euro Welcome to Euro Creator, your gateway to a year of Creativity And Innovation The European Year of Creativity and Innovation 2009 aims to promote Creativity with Digital Media and promote the benefits of its use in teaching and learning EuroCreator is an educational initiative designed to encourage students and teachers throughout Europe to create at least one piece of media. To support this initiative, the EuroCreator website has been developed to facilitate educators and recognise and reward the creativity of young people. EuroCreator offers a pan European platform for students and educators to get creative and share their work. The website will be delivered in 10 European languages and offers certification from the EU Commissioner for Education, Youth & Culture, Ján Figelʼ ‘....priorities include sectorally targeted objectives such as: awakening and reinforcing creativity and innovation or developing innovative pedagogic approaches involving the creative arts and science in schools’ Delivered in 10 European languages Certification from the EU Commissioner Offer a Safe & Moderated online environment Highlights include ... Online teacher support material Full Technical Cross-platform solution
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Welcome to Euro Creator, your gateway to a year of Creativity And Innovation
The European Year of Creativity and Innovation 2009 aims to promote Creativity with Digital Media and promote the benefits of its use in teaching and learning
EuroCreator is an educational initiative designed to encourage students and teachers throughout Europe to create at least one piece of media. To support this initiative, the EuroCreator website has been developed to facilitate educators and recognise and reward the creativity of young people. EuroCreator offers a pan European platform for students and educators to get creative and share their work.
The website will be delivered in 10 European languages and offers certification from the EU Commissioner for Education, Youth & Culture, Ján Figelʼ
‘....priorities include sectorally targeted objectives such as: awakening and
reinforcing creativity and innovation or developing innovative pedagogic approaches involving the
creative arts and science in schools’
Delivered in 10 European languages Certification from the EU Commissioner
Offer a Safe & Moderated online environment
Highlights include ...
Online teacher support materialFull Technical Cross-platform solution
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Euro Creator Website - www.eurocreator.euTwo Specific Audiences
Students: The students media is uploaded by the teacher, they then receive positive feedback about their submission from one of the EuroCreators team members. They also receive a signed certificate from the EU Commissioner Jan Figel congratulating them on their work.
Teachers: Training will be offered through video exemplars and “how to” tutorials for teachers who have never before participated in media related activities. For the experienced media related teacher excellent exemplars are made available to guide them on their way.
ProcessEuroCreator is designed to be inclusive and user-friendly with a straight forward participation process. 4 step process
1. A teacher or a student hears about the EuroCreator Project.They visit www.eurocreator.eu - they choose their preferred language
• The students are encouraged to view and interact with media which been submitted by other schools. They can view the content from their locality or from across Europe
• Teachers are encouraged to visit the “Teacher Section” - Where they can watch video tutorials to help them get started.
2. The Teacher decides that they would like to participate in the project and fills in a brief online sign up form.
3. EuroCreator will validate the school, and deliver via email, the teacherʼs username and password.
4. The teacher and the students begin participation in the project.
Creativity begins in a safe environment ...
EuroCreator has put together an excellent Validation System to ensure safe and appropriate content is published onto the site.
The process begins in the classroom where the students and teachers create a piece of media. Once finished, the teacher uploads the content for review by the EuroCreator Team.
EuroCreator reviews the content and offers feedback to the students via email.
If the content does not pass the process the media is sent back to the school to resubmit with guidelines on why resubmission is required.
EuroCreator offers Teachers and Students the ability to create and share media on any media device, completely free of charge
Your complete Creative Solution
Content on the EuroCreator Website can be uploaded and
viewed from almost any device with a simple
click of a button.
These devices include mobile phone,
blackberry, iphone/ipod, PSP, PDA, Palm, Laptop and many many more ...
Shareon any device
for free
ShareAnywhere
Not only does EuroCreator allow you to use any device to view or upload your content, it also gives you the power to share your media on other websites
including your own schoolʼs homepage.
Teachers & Students can safely “embed” their own media creations on social networking sites such as Facebook & Bebo, or even on their own schoolʼs
website, because EuroCreator does all the work for you!
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Certification
Eurocreator is supported by the European Commision, in this the European Year Of Creativity & Innovation. The student will receive a signed certificate from the EU Commissioner Jan Figel congratulating them on their work. Ján Figelʼ is the EU Commissioner for Education, Training, Culture and Youth
This is to certify that, as part of the 2009 Year of Creativity and Innovation
Jill Smith
Has successfully participated in:
The EuroCreator project
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JÁN FIGAL’
European Commission responsible for Education, Training, Culture and Youth
Date:
Supported by
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IADT - Higher Education partner, specialising in Creative Arts & Media- National Film School- FIS Implements National and International Young Peoples Projects
BCS - International Partners1.5 million participants in entry level qualifications in the UKRegistered Charity
