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MEDIASCAPES CASE STUDIES
[ Serpentina | Portugal ]
2011-2013
9. QR CODES
IN THE
GARDEN...!
Location
Espaço VITAMIMOS
Parque Quinta da Alagoa, Carcavelos, Lisboa,
Portugal
Timing and
duration 12th
.July 2013 | 2:30H
Partners VITAMIMOS
Trainer(s)
Ana Pires, Ana Quintas,Ricardo Almeida
Audience type and
number Families (18 trainees)
Objectives
General
- Exploring relationships among space, people,
and media in urban settings
- Exploring new ways of inter-generational and
family learning using digital technologies
- Raise awareness for adopting healthy food
habits and to implement practices that promote
environmental sustainability through
pedagogical workshops
Specific
- Identify different vegetables
- Recognize the importance of vegetables in a
healthy diet
- Disseminate healthy eating practices
- Promote QR Codes
Description of
the activity
After a guided tour to an urban garden, the
participants create QR Codes with information on
vegetables, which were then placed in the garden. An
healthy lunch was prepared by the participants.
The information about the vegetables was previously
placed in the blog of the activity

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(http://vitatek.blogspot.pt/] and the participants
just had to copy/paste it to make the QR Codes.
Documentation about QR Codes was given to
participants to take home and share with the family.
Digital tools
QR STUFF: qrstuff.com
Materials
- 6 PC´s/ Internet
- 1 Printer
- Paper
- A tutorial of the tools was given to all
participants
Impact
All participants, kids and parents, enjoyed a lot
the activity and considered it very useful and
playful. The guided tour to the garden was very
appreciated, specially by kids. Most of the
participants already knew QR Codes but didn´t knew
how easy it was to produce them.
Lessons learned
3 hours will be more suitable for the activity as it
will allow enough time to print and put the QR Codes
in the garden.
The number of PC´s, six, is enough, because while
some of the participants are doing the lunch the
others are creating the codes and vice versa.
The guided tour to the garden took about 1:30H and
it is a proper time.
Photos http://on.fb.me/15ezLf9
Dissemination
e-newsletter: http://bit.ly/1dk7vKf
Facebook Event http://on.fb.me/18YaDXl

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ABOUT MEDIASCAPES PROJECT
MEDIASCAPES aims at exploring various relationships among types of
space, media, and people, approaching such findings from a media
literacy perspective, by drawing inferences to be used in non-formal
and informal learning of adults, especially and foremost in family
settings. The Partnership intends to address issues related to the
convergence and divergence among ‘classic’ and digital cultural
forms by:
a) exploring a series of social and cultural practices involving
the use of media in the family, as reconfigured by new
cultural forms generated by digital technologies;
b) exploring relationships among space, people, and media in
urban settings, including cases of accommodation or conflict
between physical space and cyberspace;
c) drawing out implications of findings in terms of guidelines
for trainers involved in inter-generational and family
learning, and generating a collection of case studies and
best/good practices, assembled on an online resource center.
The project was held between 1st
. August 2011 and 31th. July 2013,
with the following partners:
Asociatia Epsilon III - Bucharest - RO (Coordinator)
Asociatia Grouw up Project - Focsani - RO (Partner)
Associação SERPENTINA - Lisbon - PT (Partner)
BIDA e.V.Kultur und Bildung - Suhl - DE (Partner)
Eptabeta - Castel d'Azzano - Verona - IT (Partner)
Project Website: http://mediascapes.eptabeta.com
More information? Please contact us:
www.serpentina.org
rede@serpentina.org
Ana Fontoura Pires
+351938586157

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Disclamer
This project has been funded with support from the European Commission.
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