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The Story of An enthusiastic group af students and teachers who wanted to ... have a healthy disregard for the impossible, and try something new, to enhance motivation and create something Within the curriculum! Also extra-curricular activities, and not so formal learning as a result.

An enthusiastic group af students and teachers who wanted to ...

have a healthy disregard for the impossible,

and try something new,

to enhance motivation and create something

Within the curriculum!

Also extra-curricular activities,

and not so formal learning as a result.

Central Magazine Collects People Includes People Gives resources Improves search UGC

Collects People

Includes People

Gives resources

Improves search

UGC

Enhanced by Roadmap 2008 Microsoft

E-inclusion ” MagazineFactory provides the pupils an excellent platform and an inspiring co-author community in the world of web publishing. For its part, Tidningsfabriken diminishes the digital chasm outstandingly, by changing the young people from consumers in the information society into its authors.”

” MagazineFactory provides the pupils an excellent platform and an inspiring co-author community in the world of web publishing. For its part, Tidningsfabriken diminishes the digital chasm outstandingly, by changing the young people from consumers in the information society into its authors.”

E-junior and e-senior A scenario is opening where old and young can co-work Case from Poland

A scenario is opening where old and young can co-work

Case from Poland

New Features – Google maps Embed a google map Show the world the world. New ways to embed maps and enhance collaborative activities .

Embed a google map

Show the world the world.

New ways to embed maps and enhance collaborative activities .

New Features - Social Bookmarks Easy Book-marking Sharing in Networks Promotes Your Magazine Increases Rankings Most Popular functionality Free Analytics - Provides valuable statistics about how readers are book-marking and sharing your content .

Easy Book-marking

Sharing in Networks

Promotes Your Magazine

Increases Rankings

Most Popular functionality

Free Analytics - Provides valuable statistics about how readers are book-marking and sharing your content .

New Features - Messenger MSN Web Messenger enables you to quickly and easily use basic instant messaging features on a web browser on any computer without installing any software. Microsoft

MSN Web Messenger enables you to quickly and easily use basic instant messaging features on a web browser on any computer without installing any software.

What? - a tiny little t ool for creation of web magazines. Publishing tool for a single project or continuous activities. Multi-lingual – 13 languages. Classical editorial staff concept : Editor-in-Chief Editor /Journalist

Publishing tool for a single project or continuous activities.

Multi-lingual – 13 languages.

Classical editorial staff concept :

Editor-in-Chief

Editor /Journalist

Your own Magazine! Easy publishing tool For school groups an opportunity to work as editorial staff and to publish their own webzine! Register!

Easy publishing tool

For school groups an opportunity to work as editorial staff

and to publish their own webzine! Register!

Recommendation ” MagazineFactory provides the pupils an excellent platform and an inspiring co-author community in the world of web publishing. For its part, MagazineFactory diminishes the digital chasm outstandingly, by changing the young people from consumers in the information society into its authors.” The statement of the World Summit Award, Finland.

” MagazineFactory provides the pupils an excellent platform and an inspiring co-author community in the world of web publishing. For its part, MagazineFactory diminishes the digital chasm outstandingly, by changing the young people from consumers in the information society into its authors.”

The statement of the World Summit Award, Finland.

Our users are often - Fun-Loving, Social, And Wired ... Not (weird) Social Computing aficionados strongly biased towards technology and fun stuff [Forrester, 2008]! We do not pay attention to booring things! Our users are producers 

Social Computing aficionados strongly biased towards technology and fun stuff [Forrester, 2008]!

We do not pay attention to booring things!

Our users are producers 

First Barbapa design at an age of 3.5 Would I have been considered a genius 20 years ago?

It’s all about the audience , and the “audience” is no longer merely listening X-generation => New Millennium Learners (Howe and Strauss 2000) Net Generation (Oblinger & Oblinger, 2005; Tapscott, 1999) IM Generation (Lenhart, Rainie, & Lewis, 2001) Gamer Generation (Carstens & Beck, 2005) Nintendo generation!! Homo Zappiens (Veen, 2004) => Digital Natives!

X-generation => New Millennium Learners (Howe and Strauss 2000)

Net Generation (Oblinger & Oblinger, 2005; Tapscott, 1999)

IM Generation (Lenhart, Rainie, & Lewis, 2001)

Gamer Generation (Carstens & Beck, 2005)

Nintendo generation!!

Homo Zappiens (Veen, 2004)

=> Digital Natives!

The tool Create magazine and articles Collaborative magazine – several schools in cooperation Share Web-based ”word-like” editor Picture gallery Add video Add map Instant messaging

Create magazine and articles

Collaborative magazine – several schools in cooperation

Share

Web-based ”word-like” editor

Picture gallery

Add video

Add map

Instant messaging

Contact Executive producer of MagazineFactory Christian Komonen Finnish National Board of Education/ Finnish Broadcasting Company E-mail: christian.komonen@yle.fi +358 40 710 48 16 www.edu.fi/magazinefactory

Executive producer of MagazineFactory Christian Komonen

Finnish National Board of Education/

Finnish Broadcasting Company

E-mail: christian.komonen@yle.fi

+358 40 710 48 16

www.edu.fi/magazinefactory