INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY FOR KIDS
Proyecto ACCESO has developed a middle school curriculum module about IPR for Latin America, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY FOR KIDS - MY FIRST MOVIE.
Working with U.S. and Chilean prosecutors, artists from around the Western Hemisphere, animators, and education specialists, we have tested this curriculum in Mexico and Chile in private and public education environments.
The program educates young people about the importance of IPR and the dangers associated with pirated goods, and the importance of creating a new generation of innovators.
Our curriculum module is designed to reduce the lure of pirated goods and promote the legitimate consumption of media, software, books, and music.
The program starts with a one-hour curriculum module about IPR to school children. This presentation includes multimedia support, a classroom workbook for each student, and a DVD for each teacher for further use and follow up exercises after the curriculum module. This module is done by specialized Police anti piracy unit. They bring fake goods to show the danger children can be expose to.
IPR talk to Tijuana students
As part of the curriculum module, the students will be asked to write a script about IPR and the importance of protecting national culture, innovation, and creativity. All scripts will be submitted to a selection committee, comprised of directors, actors and artists, who shall pick the best scripts to be undertaken for production. There was national media exposure of the curriculum module to support public awareness of IPR and the dangers of piracy.
One student from each class will be invited to attend a weekend workshop wherein the students will be taught how to make a short film. Lessons in scriptwriting, videography, animation, video editing, sound engineering, and post-production. The short films are screened at the end of the workshop and the children get a diploma and a hard DVD copy of their first movie.
Here is our Chilean instructor, Angel Valencia in Tijuana, México in the Colegio La Paz teaching students about the importance of protecting the IPR.
