China en Japan winnen Grands Prix op Panasonic KWN Global Contest 2017
OSAKA, Japan–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Panasonic Corporation heeft de prijzen van de Kid Witness News (KWN) Global Contest 2017 op 4 augustus uitgereikt in Tokio. De Grand Prix voor basisscholen werd gewonnen door “Een dag als kind in Beijing”, de video van de basisschool Haidian Wanquan in Beijing in China. De grand prix voor secundair onderwijs is gewonnen door “Open”, de video van de senior high school Iwaki uit de prefectuur Fukushima.
De 26 landelijke winnaars vielen bij de internationale op wegens de mate waarin ze de diverse maatschappijen en de echte leefwereld van kinderen lieten zien vanuit hun eigen perspectief. Onderwerpen varieerden van thema’s als school en familie tot personen met een beperking, een post-traumatisch stresssyndroom, sport en het plezier van video maken.
China and Japan Won the Grand Prixs in Panasonic KWN Global Contest 2017 |
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OSAKA, Japan–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Panasonic Corporation held the awards ceremony for the Kid Witness News (KWN) Global Contest 2017 on August 4 in Tokyo. This year the Grand Prix in the Primary Category was won by “One day of Beijing Kids,” the video of Beijing Haidian Wanquan Primary School of China, while the Grand Prix in the Secondary Category was won by “Open.,” the video of Fukushima Prefectural Iwaki Senior High School. This Smart News Release features multimedia. View the full release here: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170809005576/en/ The KWN Global Contest 2017 was held with 18 countries/region students as part of the KWN Global Summit 2017 Week. (Photo: Business Wire)
The 26 first-place works in each country for the global contest this year were particularly notable for the degree to which they depicted the diverse societies and real world that children live in, from their own perspective as children, dealing with themes such as school, family, persons with disabilities, patients with post-traumatic stress disorder, sports, and the joy of creating video works. “One day of Beijing Kids,” the Grand Prix-winning work in the Primary Category, by Beijing Haidian Wanquan Primary School, highlighted the hardships of children in Beijing who spend morning to night busy with study and activities. This work probes at the core of what children really want to do, as they are caught up in their own busy lives. “Open.,” the Grand Prix winner in the Secondary Category, by Fukushima Prefectural Iwaki Senior High School, was shot as a silent film without spoken dialogue to convey the message that there are things that can be communicated even without words. It shows us that communication is the best way for people to become closer to one another, with the ability to open up closed hearts even with unconscious behavior. The awards ceremony this time was held as part of the first-ever KWN Global Summit 2017 Week. KWN Global Summit 2017 was held from August 1 to 5 in Tokyo, bringing together approximately 100 representatives from 26 schools in 18 countries involved in the KWN Global Contest. The awards ceremony on August 4 announced and presented the Global Citizenship Award and six other awards, and finally the Grand Prix. At the KWN Global Summit 2017, the Kid Journalists representing various countries gathered information about their own country, other countries, and Tokyo to present their own proposal to a future society. KWN activities are currently being conducted in 18 different countries and region around the world as part of Panasonic’s educational support activities for the next generation. This is an interactive educational program in which participating schools are supplied with video equipment and the videos they produce are judged in contests every year. The children complete the entire production process themselves, from planning to investigation, filming, and editing. First launched in the United States in 1989, KWN has now been running for 28 years with a total of more than 180,000 children and their teachers taking part so far. This year’s contest stimulates children’s interest in sports under the current themes of “Environment,” “Communication,” and “Sports.” Panasonic will contribute to the development of the required qualities and skills to live in the future society and global talent. From this perspective, Panasonic will give its full support to children and youth through KWN and other activities to enable them to show all of their skills and potential as they strive toward their dreams and the future.
* The final seven nominated works can be seen on the official KWN website.
● What is KWN? * Participants: 18 countries and region (in alphabetical order)
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