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EENet Computer Drawing Competitions

Maria Ristkok E stonian Educational and Research Network (EENet)‏

TERENA TF-PR meeting Dublin, 27 February 2009

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Overview

 What  Why  How  Results

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What

 An annual campaign  For children and

grown-ups

 Popular in schools

 teachers use it

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Why

 Promoting IT

an d its creative usage among children & grown-ups

 Raising awareness

 Schools  Public  Decision-makers

 Eas

y m edia coverage -> Easy PR (printed press, radio)‏

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Information Dissemination

 Invitations by e-mail  Posters to schools  Press releases  Customers have

uploaded information

• n their websites

 Amplified advertising

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How

 Resources (people, time, money), programming  Prizes to winners  Collaboration with different partners  Website: info & forms  Terms & conditions, criteria  Pre-selection of pictures -> Voting -> Jury  Pics are reviewed before

publishi n g (double submissions, inappropriate drawings)‏

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EENet's Computer Drawing Competition 7  4 age groups

 Younger than 10, 11-14, 15-19, older than 19

 Attractive themes

(Inter n et, Environment, Security, Culture, My Estonia)‏

 D

e v

• t

e d t

• a

n n i v e r s a r i e s ( I n t e r n e t , E E N e t , R e p u b l i c

• f

E s t

• n

i a ) , e v e n t s (Olympic s , Song and Dance Festival, Researchers' Night)‏

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Results

 Best pictures printed on paper  Exhibitions in several places: schools, libraries,

hospitals, police dep-s, parliament, etc.

 Attractive for other inst-s and events (“2 in 1

effect”):

 European Researchers' Night  EUROSAI congress via National Audit Office

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EENet's Computer Drawing Competition 9  Interested to know

more a bout the whole thing?

 Just ask :-)‏

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Maria Ristkok maria@eenet.ee