SRF mySchool

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Television broadcast
German title SRF mySchool
Original title School television
Country of production Switzerland
original language German
Broadcasting
cycle		 Monday to Friday
genre Educational television
First broadcast June 10, 1964

SRF mySchool is a multimedia educational offer from Swiss radio and television . Educational videos that are designed for use in schools are available on the website. Teachers can also find teaching material there in the form of summaries, teaching units and work suggestions.

The contributions are aimed at primary, secondary and high school students and cover topics relevant to the curriculum. Contributions intended for elementary school are based on curriculum 21 . These programs are broadcast on SRF 1 from Monday to Friday, from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. The majority of the contributions are in German, but a few contributions are also offered in the other national languages of Switzerland - French , Italian and Romansh . There are also English-language videos for English lessons.

Numerous articles deal with the topic of media literacy. Aspects such as data protection , fake news , social media , video games , programming languages or sexting and cyberbullying are highlighted. Topics that affect today's youth and that also appear in curriculum 21.

History of school television

School radio as a pioneer

The Swiss Radio and Television Company (SRG) introduced school radio as a radio broadcast on November 1, 1931, after the first school radio test programs had been broadcast on October 28, 1929. Together with the teachers, around twenty radio programs were produced each year. Years later, in December 1944, the Beromünster school radio commission found out about the nature and importance of television - long before the Swiss television trial began. It took another 20 years for school television to gain acceptance.

Resistances

There was lively resistance to the idea of ​​school television. Parts of the teaching staff rejected the introduction of school television. They were concerned about the child's “imaginative faculties”, which would be paralyzed by the flood of images of a “questionable thing” - television. School television will not lead people to rest, to contemplation and to reflection - on the contrary. It was also pointed out that in view of the tight schedule for the use of television in the school there was not enough time.

Numerous politicians, including the then Federal Councilor and Head of the Federal Postal and Railway Department , Giuseppe Lepori , rejected the introduction of school television. In autumn 1956, when the constitutional article on radio and television was being discussed, the Federal Council wanted to avoid any appearance of official propaganda for television. In addition, television school broadcasts are "certainly not the most urgent, not even with a definitive introduction of television".

Despite this resistance, the school radio commission succeeded in carrying out a school television attempt on June 14, 1961. The programs “Plankton” with Hans A. Traber and “Sonnenfinsternis” were broadcast. A total of 225 school classes saw these contributions. The participating teachers were asked to critically examine the experiment and then to fill out a questionnaire.

Official test series

Despite initial skepticism, the trial programs met with overwhelmingly positive approval from many educators. This paved the way for regular school television operations in German-speaking Switzerland. So three years later, on June 10, 1964, an official series of tests was launched. The first program, «The Parliament», reported in the manner of a schoolmaster on continuity and changes in Swiss democracy. The moderator Hans May was also a teacher. He sat behind a large desk and lectured into the camera.

The first Swiss school television program was thus broadcast before color television was introduced and the first commercial was run . During this pioneering period, the highly didactic programs on school television had to be viewed class by class, often in the singing hall.

Institutionalization

The series of experiments launched in 1964 was continued until a collaboration between the SRG and the Conference of Swiss Educational Directors (EDK) came about in 1981 , based on a service agreement between the institutions. School television was officially on air for the first time in 1985.

The VHS cassette was introduced in the early 1980s . It was a decisive step towards the use of school television. Only in this way could the teachers record TV reports and then show them when they wanted - regardless of the TV broadcast. This also allowed them to pause or rewind posts. From the mid-1990s, DVD gradually replaced VHS cassettes.

From 1981 the specialist magazine “Achtung Sendung” accompanied the reports on school television and supplied teaching material. This print publication appeared seven times a year . It was developed by the then editor-in-chief Felix Brugger in cooperation with the Intercantonal Teaching Aid Center (ILZ). The magazine included a program preview that made it easier for teachers to follow and record what is happening on school television. It also contained summaries of contents with time information, learning objectives for the students and teaching material in the form of lesson sketches and worksheets. At the end of 2007 the specialist magazine “Achtung Sendung” was discontinued.

With schulfernsehen.ch school television ventured onto the Internet for the first time on October 1, 2000. Individual videos were available online on the website - and the DVDs gradually gave way to video on demand (VoD). Since 2002, supporting additional materials such as table of contents, lesson sketches or observation sheets for teachers and students have been offered on the website.

Send name

Until May 18, 2007, the program ran under the title “School TV”. From May 21, 2007, the program was then called “SF Wissen mySchool” and from August 30, 2010, “SF mySchool”. The last name change took place in December 2012 to “SRF mySchool”.

Overview and selected articles

Media and computer science

  • «Ask Fred»: What is a pixel? How do search engines work? The robot Fred answers questions about media literacy.
  • “World Wide We: Like, share, post”: The digital world is full of opportunities and challenges.
  • «Fake News - How to recognize?»: Fake news can appear deceptively real - that is where their power lies. Four tips to help you spot them anyway.
  • “Sexting”: A sexy selfie for a loved one or a crush, sent by mobile phone, that has its charm. But things can end badly.

Professional world

  • “Dual vocational training system”: The combination of in-company and school-based training opens up a wide range of career paths and opportunities for young people.
  • «Job profiles»: From automation technicians to winemakers: A look at the various apprenticeships in dual vocational training in Switzerland.

economy and politics

  • "Young and over-indebted": 24 years young and 30,000 francs in debt. A young adult talks about her fight against over-indebtedness.
  • “The politics of our neighbors”: How to get to the top of politics in our neighboring countries.
  • “Swiss Made”: Rivella, pralines or toothbrushes - this is how Swiss products are made.
  • «Politics and society»: participation on many levels - Swiss democracy is complex. An overview.

History and geography

  • «Mountain World Switzerland»: A journey through the Swiss Alps: from the consequences of climate change to mass tourism and mountain farming.
  • «Helveticus»: Animated, funny and instructive: myths and facts of Swiss history retold.
  • «The general strike»: In 1918 Switzerland almost broke out into civil war. At the height of the crisis, the country stood still for two days.
  • "Ralph and the dinosaurs": An adventurous journey into the world of the "terribly big lizards".

Society, Ethics & Religion

  • “Ayham - My New Life”: Ayham has to leave Syria to escape the war. A new life begins for the boy in Switzerland.
  • "The self-sufficient": Five people tell what it is like to live from and with self-produced energy.
  • «Animated Odyssey»: After the battle for Troy, Odysseus just wants to go home. Little does he know that the great adventure is still waiting for him.
  • «Filosofix»: In animated short films, «Filosofix» asks about the meaning, logic and morals of our lives.
  • «He - she - what? - If the gender is not fixed »: You have a male body and feel like a woman - or vice versa. Trans people: what they are and what they are not.

Physics, chemistry & biology

  • "Electricity": From A for amps to Z for zinc-carbon battery - the "Electricity" series clarifies questions about electrical energy.
  • “Simply physics!”: What happens when you aim a laser beam at an inflated balloon? "Simply physics!" Provides the answers.
  • "Fish": At a diving station in Swiss waters, where the fish are not doing as well as one might think.

languages

  • "Rendez-vous à Nice": Docu soap en français: quatre lycéens et leur vie sur la Côte d'Azur, sur fond de romances et d'intrigues.
  • "Teens in the USA": Six teenagers, two cities and countless hobbies and wishes - young people in the USA have many different lifestyles.
  • «Write down!»: Writing stories made easy! Two young scribes and a female writer show how it works.

Design and music

  • «Lesson Dada - anti-art goes to school»: Just as the Dadaists newly combined literature, dance and handicraft, Dada offers surprising approaches in the classroom.
  • "The small cinema school": With experienced film producers and young actresses on the trail of film magic.
  • «The Opera Guide»: Love, Sex and Crime. Sounds like a Hollywood flick, but it's opera. The opera guide explains.
  • “Building Switzerland”: Weird, fascinating, innovative: Architects and engineers shape the Swiss landscape. Your buildings are unique.
  • «Mare Nostrum - A concert. A journey. »: When 3 generations from 11 nations and 3 world religions meet the power of Mediterranean music.

Sports

  • “Jonas - Flying High”: Patience, hard training and a large portion of courage: Jonas needs that to take off with his snowboard.
  • “My body, my work”: If the body cult becomes the all-determining mantra for young people, there are also dangers.
  • “Individual sport”: Individual athletes like Kaitlyn McGregor value independence. But it doesn't work entirely without a team.

Web series «Clip and Clear!»

In the explanatory videos of the web series "Clip and clear!" the moderators Raphi and Reena answer questions from all areas that are dealt with in primary school . The short YouTube videos are based on curriculum 21 and focus on having fun with knowledge.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ SRF Chronicle - Media Newsroom - Swiss Radio and Television. Retrieved March 13, 2019 .
  2. ↑ SRF mySchool | German-Swiss Education Directors Conference. Retrieved March 13, 2019 .
  3. ^ Schweizer Radio DRS: The history of radio in Switzerland from 1911 - 2008. Accessed on March 22, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Swiss Teachers' Magazine: Television in School? In: Archive «SRF mySchool». SRF mySchool, January 28, 1955, accessed on March 22, 2019 .
  5. ^ Giuseppe Lepori: Federal Council correspondence on the TV school radio test broadcasts. In: Archive «SRF mySchool». SRF mySchool, October 31, 1956, accessed on March 22, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Hans A. Traber: The plankton. In: SRF archive. SRF / SRG, June 14, 1961, accessed on March 22, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Evaluation of the German-Swiss school television attempts. In: Archive «SRF mySchool». SRF mySchool, December 21, 1961, accessed on March 22, 2019 .
  8. ^ Marc Froidevaux: The Parliament. In: SRF archive. SRF / SRG, June 10, 1964, accessed on March 22, 2019 .
  9. ↑ SRF Media Relations: School television becomes "SF Wissen mySchool". In: www.medienportal.sf.tv. SRF / SRG, May 21, 2007, accessed on March 22, 2019 .
  10. ^ SRF Tagesschau: SF becomes SRF. SRF / SRG, December 15, 2012, accessed on March 22, 2019 .
  11. ^ SRF Chronicle - Media Newsroom - Swiss Radio and Television. Retrieved March 13, 2019 .