expert forum 1

Title: App works! - Using digital media to support parents!
Speaker: Johannes Wenzel, Media Officer, Münster, Blickwechsel e.V.

Speaker: Johannes Wentzel has been working for over 21 years in school and extracurricular work with children and young people and in adult education. Together with kindergartens, family centres, schools, vocational colleges, family education centres, adult education centres, universities, libraries, further education facilities and municipal institutions, he offers training courses, workshops, information events, parents' evenings and media training for multipliers, teachers, educators, parents and pupils on the subject of responsible and creative use of digital media.

Brief description: Parent counsellors can also provide many important tips and impulses on the topic of digital media and support parents in a reflective use of media in the family. Digital media should be utilised with creativity and fun within the family and when accompanying parents. The following topics, for example, will play a role:

• Which (digital) media worlds are families travelling in today?
• Media use and child development - how do they go together?
• Using media experiences as an opportunity to speak
• Use apps creatively and together!

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expert forum 2

Title: F2 Digital: griffbereitMINI - A family education programme for language education that values multilingualism from the outset
Speaker: Philipp Tillmann, KI Dortmund

Speaker: Mr Tilmann is a trained primary school teacher and has been working at the Municipal Integration Centre of the City of Dortmund since 2017. There, he coordinates the Griffbereit family education programme and is the contact person for the topics of language education and multilingualism in primary schools. He also played a leading role in developing the new griffbereitMINI family education programme and is currently supporting its nationwide implementation.

Brief description: griffbereitMINI is the first programme for families with children up to the age of one that focuses on language development. It aims to sensitise families to the importance of language development right from the start and encourage them to communicate with their child as much and in as many different ways as possible from a pre-verbal age. Following the presentation of the structural framework conditions for the programme, examples will be used to provide insights into concrete practical implementation.

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expert forum 3

Title: (Child) poverty sensitivity in educational work
Speaker: Sarah VazquezModeration - Training - Consultancy

Speaker: Sarah Vazquez works as a freelance speaker, moderator and process facilitator in the field of (early) education and community networking.
She studied social work, has state recognition as an educator, is trained as a solution-oriented counsellor and is currently studying systemic counselling.
Her areas of expertise include child poverty sensitivity, digital (collaborative) work, team and organisational development and feminism.

Brief description: In addition to knowledge and skills, an important component of poverty-sensitive action is one's own poverty-sensitive attitude and self-reflective professionalism. In order to develop or strengthen these, exchange and reflection are required.

expert forum 4

Title: Multilingualism in peer interaction
Speaker: Dr Claudia Seele, Specialist centre for multilingualism, LaKo Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Speaker: Dr. Claudia Seele - Educationalist and head of the Fachstelle Mehrsprachigkeit MV, a project of RAA - Demokratie und Bildung Mecklenburg-Vorpommern e. V.

Brief description: How can a positive perception of multilingualism help to support children in their linguistic development? Different ways of dealing with multilingualism are shown using examples of observations from daycare centres.

expert forum 5

Title: Music and language: How songs promote language development and support multilingualism
Speaker: Hayat Chaoui, Music World NRW

Speaker: After Hayat Chaoui passed the state examination for her teaching degree in French and English in Mainz, she began her vocal studies at the University of Music and Dance in Cologne. She graduated with a diploma in vocal pedagogy, among other things - so it is not far-fetched that she also combines pedagogy with music professionally. 

Brief description: What opportunities does a low-threshold combination of music and language open up for families to meet within a multilingual social environment? The focus is on integration and the associated added value of multilingual children's songs in everyday life.

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