This document summarizes a workshop hosted by Mediascapes and Vitaminos in Portugal in 2011. The workshop explored using digital tools in urban gardens to promote healthy eating habits and digital inclusion. Nineteen trainers and trainees attended and brainstormed ideas for implementing technologies like podcasting and augmented reality in gardens. They discussed designing future workshops on this topic. A healthy lunch was served afterwards. The workshop was part of Mediascapes' first partner meeting and allowed participants to network in an informal setting.

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MEDIASCAPES CASE STUDIES
[ Serpentina | Portugal ]
2011-2013
1. TEK GARDENS
[Urban Garden Tools]
Location
Espaço VITAMIMOS
Parque Quinta da Alagoa, Carcavelos, Lisboa,
Portugal
Timing and duration
6th
September 2011 | 2:30H
Partners VITAMIMOS
Trainer(s) Ana Pires, Ricardo Almeida, António Santos,
Ana Quintas
Audience type and
number
Mediascapes partners and trainees (19
trainers and 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
Specific
- Explore new ways of using digital
tools in urban gardens
- Raise awareness of the benefits of
adopting healthy food habits
- Promote digital inclusion
Description of the
activity
After a presentation of a set of
possibilities, for using digital tools in
urban gardens in order to increase awareness
for adopting healthy food habits and the
promotion of digital inclusion in families
settings, the dialog was open to the group
that shared experiences, gave new ideas and
explored new ways of implement it.
The result of this Brainstorming was

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compiled for use in the design of future
workshops on this topic.
A healthy lunch was prepared and served
afterwards.
Digital tools and
concepts
- Podcasting
- Augmented reality tools
- Internet of things
Materials
- Datashow
- PC´s
- Internet connection
- Smart phones
Impact
This workshop was held under the first
Mediascapes partners meeting, and it was a
very interesting exercise for the exchange
of experiences and opinions for the design
of future workshops in this context, and
also for the group members start to know
each other in an informal atmosphere.
Lessons learned
It is a topic to explore in other
activities.
Photos
http://on.fb.me/1fhRdRw
Dissemination
http://vitatek.blogspot.com
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;

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