Five of the seven finalists are from Asia: besides the US-based Val Verde High School and Secondary School Isernhagen of Germany, Beijing Haidian Wanquan Primary School from China, Japan's Nakoso 1st Junior High School, Benoni Secondary School Papar from Sabah, Malaysia, Thailand's Montfort College, and Clementi Town Secondary School, Singapore are all in the final round.
KWN is a hands-on video education programme that Panasonic operates as part of its efforts to support education of future generations. It is promoted in 19 countries and regions. The company provides video cameras and other equipment for video productions to elementary and middle schools participating in the programme. The KWN programme includes an annual competition that honours the video works created by children. To produce the videos, students choose a theme on their own and handle everything from planning and scripting to filming and editing. Currently, some 5,000 children and teachers around the world are taking part in the programme. The program, which began in the US in 1989, has hosted more than 170,000 children.
This year's KWN Global Contest saw 553 schools from 19 countries and regions take part with five-minute videos. In the Middle and Near East, schools from Iraq, Lebanon, and the UAE participated, while the Asia category saw entries from mainland China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. New Zealand represented the Oceania category.
KWN is a hands-on video education programme that Panasonic operates as part of its efforts to support education of future generations. It is promoted in 19 countries and regions. The company provides video cameras and other equipment for video productions to elementary and middle schools participating in the programme. The KWN programme includes an annual competition that honours the video works created by children. To produce the videos, students choose a theme on their own and handle everything from planning and scripting to filming and editing. Currently, some 5,000 children and teachers around the world are taking part in the programme. The program, which began in the US in 1989, has hosted more than 170,000 children.
This year's KWN Global Contest saw 553 schools from 19 countries and regions take part with five-minute videos. In the Middle and Near East, schools from Iraq, Lebanon, and the UAE participated, while the Asia category saw entries from mainland China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. New Zealand represented the Oceania category.
Interested?
View this year's seven finalist videos, including:
A Cinderella story from China,
The life of a selfie addict from Malaysia,
An analysis of social media from Singapore,
Growing up blind in Thailand,
How two girls run to raise money for Fukushima in Japan
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