„"Unboxing," the act of opening packages and commenting on their contents, is one of the most popular formats on YouTube. The seminar "Unboxing Digitalization – Life in a Digitalized Society," held from June 14-18, 2021, with trainees from the Louise-Schroeder-School, also focused on this close examination and "unboxing" of content. The topic and methodology merged seamlessly, as the seminar was conducted entirely online due to the pandemic.
The digitalization of all areas of life is progressing rapidly. The Covid-19 pandemic has further accelerated this trend, for example, forcing the adoption of online seminar formats. However, this has also presented an opportunity to discard established routines and explore new approaches, such as addressing the question: "How do we want to learn, work, live, communicate, and enjoy ourselves in the future?" This challenge will continue to occupy us all – even beyond the pandemic.
How does machine learning work? What is weak and what is strong artificial intelligence?
How are algorithms written and trained? Can algorithms exclude and discriminate against people – or is it the people who write them who do so?
Based on input regarding these and other questions and their own interests, the participants developed key topics in three parallel workshop groups and, guided by lecturers, explored these topics using the medium of their workshop.
This is how the workshop groups were created Photography, comic making, and creative/staged writing Diverse results reflecting very different perspectives.
Some of them are published here:
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Photography Workshop Group
How have everyday objects and activities changed? The photo series „Contrast to digitalization“ The series showcases record players and smartphone music apps, postcards and digital mail, and more. It also explores the changing nature of logistics processes. „Digital planning versus human reality“ into focus. Mobility, and therefore cars, are also changing, as the photo series shows. „"The digital functions of a modern vehicle"“ shows.
„Anonymity written in lowercase“, „"Where does our data fly?"“, „"The data octopus"“, „"Traces Left Behind. A Collection of Data"“ As photo series, they approach places, occasions, and the handling of the distribution and/or processing of data in very different ways. „"The thing about facial recognition"“ experiments with digital facial recognition in a series of photographs. „Surveillance/Transparent Society“ Take a closer look at surveillance sites and the atmosphere associated with them.
Together, the workshop group has its photographic works as a digital exhibition Conceived and implemented on the virtual whiteboard of mural.co. The photo exhibition can be viewed here: https://app.mural.co…wannseeforum4302/…
Comic Maker Workshop Group
Maker comes from the German word "machen," meaning "to do" or "to make," and combines digital and analog building/making. This workshop thus combines... Comic drawing and the Scratch programming language experimented. Here, all participants faced the challenge of their own digital work and production once again. The participants wrote their own algorithms using a construction kit system to create interactive, playful elements from their drawings. With Scratch, they tested an open-source software developed in an educational context and They published their projects on the Scratch platform.
In a Padlet They have all made their projects available for people to try out themselves: Simply click on the project in Padlet., then the project opens in Scratch, click on the green flag there and follow the instructions on the right-hand side – have fun!
Workshop group Creative/Staged Writing
Artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things promise new opportunities for production, logistics, and communication, both locally and globally, and thus a better life and work in interconnected worlds. But what about the Digitalization in GermanyAnd what major questions and challenges are associated with it? smart devices connected? The participants of the Creative/Dramatized Writing workshop have for the Writing their own texts involves very different shifts in perspective. undertaken. In their Staging in the digital space The character names themselves indicate that playful perspectives have been adopted here, inviting further discussion. Live recording (!) From the online presentation on the last day of the seminar. Enjoy watching!
The confrontation with digitalization…
…will continue to be a topic in our seminars – both offline and online!
The seminar was supported by the Senate Department for Education, Youth and Family and took place as part of the collaboration in the program „Civic youth education in the AdB“ in the project group „Digital Media and Democracy“ instead of.
