GSO4SCHOOL Summer School 2020
A video contest on nanotechnologies for students (11-18 year olds) around Europe is launched by the EU funded project NanoDiode. The contest is organized by the European Union of Science Journalists’ Associations (EUSJA), a partner in the NanoDiode project.
Students are asked to produce short videos on nanotechnology on the following topic:
“What kind of nanotechnologies do we want?”
Participants are invited to play the role of journalists and produce videos focusing on nanotechnology from their own unique and fresh perspective.
In their videos, students are expected to seek answers, or even new questions. They are also expected to produce material that focuses on what nanotechnology is, on the fears and expectations they have about future applications, on where would they like to see nanotechnology used and where not, what kind of applications of nanotechnology they want (or do not want) in their future.
The videos are expected to seek answers to various questions, such as:
– Which products using nanotechnology do you know? Do you think they are useful? Why?
– Do you know if you use products with nanomaterials, or products manufactured with the use of nanotechnology? If yes, name some and explain to us why you chose them. If not, is there a reason why?
– Do you think that products using nanotechnology are safe to use? Do you think that manufacturing such products is safe for workers?
– In which applications do you think that nanotechnology can be of great value for people?
– Can you imagine a future where nanotechnology would be almost everywhere?
Anyone can be interviewed; scientists, manufacturers, Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) representatives, even friends and relatives, students and teachers.
The students are free to produce any kind of videos they want. They may include narrative, interviews, lectures, animation, comics, drawings, songs, etc. in any combination.
Students from all secondary schools around Europe (ages 11-18) are invited to produce their videos and send them to the organizers until December 15 2015. Students should deliver a 2-10 minute video in English language or in the student’s native language with English subtitles, accompanied by a short description, in English, of the video as text (.txt, .doc, .odt, etc.). They can upload the video to a file transfer service (such as dropbox, wetransfer, etc.) or a video hosting service (such as youtube, vimeo, etc.) and then share or send the link to the organizers.
Students’ videos will be uploaded on NanoDiode’s Youtube channel and posted on NanoDiode’s Facebook page where the competition will take place until December 31, 2015.
In January 2016 a jury composed of partners of the NanoDiode project will choose the best videos, taking in account the people’s votes and likes in Youtube and Facebook by 50% (50% jury – 50% public) before announcing the winners. The five (5) best videos will be displayed on the NanoDiode website, Youtube channel and other social media. The producer/producers of the best video will also be awarded with a visit to a nano technology laboratory of an industrial NanoDiode partner.
Students have access to a variety of videos on nanotechnology, see for example the NanoDiode Youtube channel (http://www.youtube.com/user/nanodiode/videos)
More video examples can be found on the SixtySymbols channel (http://www.youtube.com/user/sixtysymbols/videos) and in the 94 Elements project (http://www.94elements.com/)
The organizers have prepared detailed guidelines for the video production which can be found here.
* Important notice: All video entries are to enter under the Creative Commons CC BY-NC license
Info
Who can apply: Students or group of students from all secondary schools around Europe (age 11-18)
What to deliver: a 2-10 minutes video in English language or in the student’s native language with English subtitles, accompanied by a short description, in English, of the video in text (.txt, .doc, .odt, etc.)
How to deliver it: by uploading it to a file transfer service (such as dropbox, wetransfer, myairbridge, etc.) or a video hosting service (such as youtube, vimeo, etc.) and by sharing/ sending the link to us.
Deadline: All videos and short descriptions have to be delivered by December 15, 2015.
Contact persons
Elias Aggelopoulos: eliaggel@gmail.com
Teguayco Pinto Cejas: teguayco@gmail.com
About the contest organizers:
EUSJA, the European Union of Science Journalists’ Associations, is the umbrella association of all national European science journalists’ associations. More information: http://www.eusja.org
NanoDiode is a European project for outreach and dialogues to support the effective governance of nanotechnologies. It is funded by the European Commission. More information: http://www.nanodiode.eu
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