Medienpädagogik trotz knapper Ressourcen

Vorstellung der „Digiboxen“ als niederschwelliges Angebot für das medienpädagogische Arbeiten in Kindergarten und Schule

Abstract

Children bring their media experiences with them into elementary educational institutions and school classes as a lifeworld-related topic. In view of the ever-growing importance of digital media in childhood, educators are faced with even greater demands to professionalize their everyday work in the context of digital media, often without the institutions themselves having technical equipment and without the educators’ time resources being limited, e.g., for further training in media education. In this article, therefore, the role of media in children’s everyday lives is first examined and the opportunities that early media education work with children brings with it are elaborated. In particular, the sensitive phase of transition will be discussed. Subsequently, challenges for media work in educational institutions are explained, which are additionally intensified by scarce resources. Outlining this area of tension, the Digiboxes of the Vienna Education Server will then be presented, which represent a low-threshold and free offer for Viennese kindergartens and schools. It will be argued how small steps can be taken through such media education offers, so that media education finds its way into the institutions despite existing challenges and children are enabled to have additional media experiences.