{"id":1064,"date":"2014-11-18T13:09:25","date_gmt":"2014-11-18T13:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/canterburypolitics.wordpress.com\/?p=1064"},"modified":"2018-09-18T12:09:37","modified_gmt":"2018-09-18T11:09:37","slug":"kent-school-video-pitch-wins-in-parliament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/politics\/2014\/11\/18\/kent-school-video-pitch-wins-in-parliament\/","title":{"rendered":"Kent School Video Pitch Wins in Parliament"},"content":{"rendered":"

The winning idea from the \u2018Hardcopy or #Hashtag: Young People\u2019s Vision for a Digital Parliament<\/a>\u2019 workshop held at Canterbury Christ Church in September<\/a> went on to be voted the best idea at the national event in Parliament on Monday 17 November. The students from Oakwood Park Grammar School, Maidstone were up against schools from all over the country. The winning idea was a video based interactive tool \u2018One Minute Politics\u2019.<\/p>\n

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Seb and Daisy in action in Westminster<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The team made a short video, interviewing local parliamentary candidates including Minister for Sport Helen Grant, to support the idea. Sebastien and Daisy from Oakwood School said:<\/p>\n

Vloggers: With YouTube as one of the biggest sources of entertainment for young people and the huge success of vloggers like Zoella who has 2.45 million followers, we decided that the way to get 16-24 year olds involved in politics would be by getting celebs and vloggers to do a 1 minute talk about a political issue that affects them. This could be why VAT affects their fashion choices or the way their local sports teams are funded. Vloggers could even follow in Tyler Oakley’s steps by interviewing top politicians. We have already contacted some of the best known vloggers and we have already started this project by interviewing some of our local politicians ourselves and uploading the videos on the PSA Storify project and also on their website. Check it out here<\/a>!<\/p>\n

The regional workshop was organised by Dr Mark Bennister, Senior Lecturer in Politics, who was in Parliament for the national event supporting Oakwood School. \u00a0The event was part of a series of workshops, debates and activities in this year\u2019s Parliament Week.<\/p>\n

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Seb and Daisy just two months ago with Dr. Mark Bennister.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This initiative to improve digital engagement between Parliament and young people stems from the Digital Democracy Commission, launched by Speaker John Bercow in December 2013. The regional workshops and national event are supported by the Political Studies Association and Parliament Week. The ideas generated will contribute to the Digital Democracy Commission\u2019s final report.<\/p>\n

For more information contact Dr Mark Bennister mark.bennister@canterbury.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

See the politics blog at http:\/\/canterburypolitics.wordpress.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

See the storify of the workshop activities at https:\/\/storify.com\/PolStudiesAssoc\/hardcopy-or-hashtag-regional-workshops<\/a><\/p>\n

See the Oakwood Park GS video at http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/opgsdd<\/a><\/p>\n

For details of the Speaker\u2019s Digital Democracy Commission see http:\/\/www.parliament.uk\/business\/commons\/the-speaker\/speakers-commission-on-digital-democracy\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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