The results of the Travel around Weblandia family video competition organized by the Russian State Children’s Library, have been summed up. The competition jury included Viktoria Bunchuk, social project manager of the Coordination Center for TLD .RU/.РФ.
Children and their parents had to give a tour around a website recommended by the Weblandia: Best websites for children and make a video about the most interesting sections, the use of its content and its user-friendliness.
The contest received entries from 200 users from 30 regions of eight federal districts of Russia. They presented over 100 videos to the jury.
Winners of the contest are:
- The Most Useful Website: About CHEREPAHI.INFO by Kira and Zlata Romanov from Ulyanovsk
- The Most User-Friendly Website: Creating the future together with the library by Lev Platunov and Elmira Shamshetdinova from Penza
- My Favorite Website: Great discoveries with Weblandia by Rinata Gareyeva, Arsen Isirailov, Aizilya Rakhimgulova, and Georgy Surkov from Nefteyugansk (Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area)
Honorable mentions went to:
- Stuck in a Bind for screenwriting and an interesting story with examples; by Maria Dobrodomova, Diana Kalinina and Yelizaveta Krukhmaleva from the village of Rakitnoye (Belgorod Region)
- LibLove for a vivid and detailed analysis of the website; by Inga Nakashidze from the village of Novy Buyan (Krasnoyarsk Territory)
- The resources of my inspiration for a convincing representation of personal experience of using your favorite site as well as popularization of reading in the blogosphere, by Sophia Merkulova from Ulyanovsk.
The winners will be awarded OZON’s electronic certificates and finalists will receive gifts and souvenirs from the contest’s partners, such as table games and puzzles from the Coordination Center.
“The Russian State Children’s Library is an old partner of the Coordination Center in social and education projects aimed at increasing the digital skills of children and teenagers. We have held joint lessons on information literacy many times, as well as cyberdictation sessions on financial IT literacy for the last two years. This is why we always try to take part in the library’s projects which are somehow connected to children’s digital art. Most videos sent for the Travel around Weblandia contest were made to a high standard and with creativity; some participants came up with stories and gave us real tours. It is obvious that each one of them uses the internet not only for entertainment and recreation, but also for gaining new knowledge,” Viktoria Bunchuk said.
The Weblandia: Best websites for children is a secure online navigator around virtual space for children. It includes almost 2,000 expert-verified websites that can be used for games, entertainment and education. Everyone will find something interesting and useful there, for example, 3D models of dinosaurs, educational online games, culinary recipes, best selections of handmade items, interactive alphabets, a complete literary analysis of works from the school curriculum, biographies of famous people, the history of archaeological discoveries, virtual tours around world museums, and useful tips for aspiring entrepreneurs.
An interview with the creators of Weblandia can be found at Smart Magazine, an online magazine of the .ДЕТИ domain.
