Kinderunfallkommission Kaiserslautern bekommt Auszeichnung

Am 28.Oktober zeichnete der Bundesverkehrsminister die Sieger des ADAC-Bundeswettbewerbs für Städte und Gemeinden in Berlin aus. Der Wettbewerb, an dem sich nahezu 90 Kommunen beteiligt haben, stand unter dem Motto "Kinder sicher unterwegs in Städten".

Kaiserslautern: Kinderunfallkommission zieht positive Bilanz

1. The traffic area around the Röhmschool district attracts children friendly improvements of the integrated school and recreation route.
2. A campaign with the photographical artist, Mr. Thomas Brenner is aimed to be started.
3. The cooperation with the Technical University of Kaiserslautern is bearing first fruits, which will be presented next week at the university. Students mastering the special field of virtual construction design, developed for the University of Kaiserslautern. a internet portal of pedagogical play software for traffic education. The students received Project support and, assistance and lectures was given from the institute of continuation school in Speyer, the police presidency Westpfalz, the institute of mobility and traffic, of the Technical University of Kaiserslautern. For the present, the portal user surface, was designed in a semester project. At a press appointment on Thursday, 13. 12.2007, best work was awarded, in the audience room H1 FH-at the Kammgarn location (Schoenstraße)

The KUK is an unofficial body, consisting of city municipality, Police Forces and the institute of mobility & traffic. Goal of their work is, organizing street traffic and surrounding traffic areas safer for children. 

Presentation at the Technical Univertsity of Kaiserslautern

The first step towards a new internet portal of the Children’s Accident Commission, Kaiserslautern, is completed. At a press conference on Thursday, 13.12.2007 Professor, Thomas Wagner, und Police director, Franz-Josef-  Brandt presented the future user surface und the newly developed pedagogical Traffic Education software. In seven work groups, Students of the virtual design course, developed plays and layout concepts in their summer term 

The project chief, Professor Wagner and the Police director, Franz-Josef Brandt, 1st chairman of KUK, introduce the price-winners. On the right: Are all winners of the price contest.

Die besten Arbeiten wurden mit Geldpreisen prämiert, gestiftet von der  Unfallkasse Rheinland-Pfalz, dem Rotary-Club und Wolfs Bike-Touren. Der erste Preis in Höhe 350 EUR ging an  das Team Miriam Farschon, Mikko

Best work was honored with money prices, donated by the Accident Insurance Rheinland-Pfalz, the Rotary Club and the Wolfs Bike Tours. The first price, in the amount of €350.00 was won by the team of Miriam Farschon, Marc Lorne and Alexander Loos, with their contribution “re-design of the Web presence Children’s Accident Commission”, in completion.  The second price (€250.00) won by the team of Alexander Lehmann, Michael Scheuerl, Chitra Atreya with a part project, “the character Zebra Sam” €150.00 were won by Alexander Dowerk, who made 3rd place with his construction part “Floating partial island, a expandable play platform”

Picture left: Representatives of KUK and the Police in the audience. On 1st row   Mrs. Dilly (Children and Youth Office, Mrs.Schilling ( Road Traffic Agency of Kaiserslautern) On 2nd row: Mr. Schröder, (ADAC), Mr. Siegfried Ranziger (Alliance against Alcohol in Traffic) Police Director Mr. Thomas Brühl, Chief Police Directorate, Kaiserslautern,) Police Director in Charge, Mr. Hans Maßen (Deputy in Charge of the Police- Presidium Westpfalz and Chief of the department Police Operation

Center picture: In the name of KUK Police Director Mr. Josef Brandt thanked the project leader Professor Thomas Wagner

Picture on the right: Prof. Wagner explains how the partial projects correspond together

The Children’s Accident Commission thanked Professor Wagner for his engagement and obligingness and turned over a money gift, which Wagner in turn made available for further work projects Therefore, the FH will be able to purchase important developmental tools for the study course Virtual Design, said Wagner The co-operation of his students to work with the Children’s Accident Commission, is an ideal Opportunity to work with active programs and real practical related objects rather then  the usually practiced test under laboratory conditions.. Mr.Brandt made aware, of unknown opportunities by cooperating with the Technical University, to mediate educational contents in an effective and attractive manner to their aimed audience, the “children”.

The price winners explained to the audience the contents and functions of their creation. The team of Miriam Farschon, Marc Lornew and Alexander Loos showed the new surface, in addition to programming the new play. The character, BikeMike needed to equip a bicycle within safe traffic standards and maneuver it afterwards through the city within regulatory rules.(picture 1 & 2)

The team of Alexander Lehmann, Michael Scheuerl and Chitra Atreya created the character “zebra Sam” who guides the children through the sites and functions as the identification character On the pedestrian crossing, for instance, it is guiding the children to use the correct signs and symbols for a save roadway crossing. (picture on the right)

The 3rd place winner Alexander Dowerk, created the virtual city of Kaiserslautern, showing the city municipal building und the football stadium very well visible. 

Clicking on different mobile sheets will guide to the plays. The platform is expandable at any time. Other future developed plays may be integrated..And these are already on the way (picture on the right). The new semester is already engaged with further project developments. Professor Wagner showed a few screenshots at the end of the organization. The language components will be arranged in cooperation with the Südwest radio station. A professional language speaker of ARD will take over the part of voicing the character. The decisive idea was the perception, that a familiar, professional voice has greater impact on the children, for the characters effectiveness. Other groups of the Institute of Advanced School Education of Speyer supported the development of the pedagogical contents. The Children Accident Commission provided the traffic law consultation. The other 22 pieces of work from the students, who did not win a price, were also considered within the project. The primary responsible parties of the project assume that the new internet site will be available to public in spring 2008.

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29. Februar 2008

Marie-Luise Raid

On Tuesday, 04.12.2007, the 5th. Anniversary, of the Children’s Accident Board KUK, Kaiserslautern was able to strike a positive balance . .Besides, three exiting projects cast their shadows ahead

Cooperation between the Highschool of Kaisersalautern and the Children’s Accident Commission (KUK)

The Internet appearance oft he KUK Kaiserslautern will also present future attractive offers to children.

Than, in Mid October, is was finalized. A team of 22 FH students showed first sketches of new designed Play and Learn offers in a presentation to the members of KUK. In seven work groups, the students developed and created d active plays to different traffic themes, equipped with a lot of learning contents and interesting elements, mostly using the City of Kaiserslautern as a virtual background picture. The primary responsible parties of KUK were pleasantly surprised of the excellent organization and successful realization of all agreed on goals

The First Chairman, Mr. Franz Josef Brand said in one of his first statements, “I am delighted of the expertise, arrangement and competence of the presentations, which by far exceed my expectations” The different one part contributions were positively evaluated by the KUK representatives.  

Screenshots of the different sketches

The impulse to this project was delivered by knowledge, that the internet site of the Children’s Accident Commission mainly favored adults and mainly concentrated on this target group in the past.  For them, extensive offers of information material, regarding “Traffic Safety for children”, already existed The offer for children, however, is up until now “construction site”. Not only instructions given by adults, rather, than the reconnaissance of cause of accidents and correct traffic behavior is a very important goal of the Children’s Accident Commission (KUK).

Searching for competent experts for an attractive children’s portal, the KUK found the right partner at the Kaiserslautern Technical University, the master. in design, Mr. Thomas Wagner, who is substituting the professorship in a course of virtual design studies. After first point of contact he was immediately prepared to take the subject over with his students.

Before work was started, the students were educated to gain knowledge and expertise of traffic demands and were familiarized with the contents of media education, based on founded project sketches.

The first roughly evaluated traffic expertise was now consulted into a uniformed guideline. Demonstrations shown at the presentation were expanded and brought to final form.-The students of the winter semester will take over this task.

The responsible project manager assume, that the first offers on the children’s page of the new  KUK Internet site will be made available for public viewing, in Spring 2008 . 

Wolf Bike tours supporting the Children’s Accident Commission of Kaiserslautern

On the German Unification Day,03.10.2007, the Motorcycle freaks of Wolf Biking Tours conducted a Westpfalz roundtrip. Around one hundred biker started at 13:00 hours in Kaiserslautern at the big parking lot Schweinsdell to return to the same place at 16.30 hours..An interesting program awaited them, arranged by the Firestation, Red Cross, ASB- Ambulance, TÜV-Car Inspection Office and the Police Force.

After two and half hours die first drivers returned to the target point.

The marvelous of this action:  The performers will make all income (starter fee and consume income) available to the Children’s Accident Commission of Kaiserslautern, who will use the money for an Internet offer.   In the name of the Children’s Accident Commission  First Chairman Franz-Josef Brandt thanked all organizers and bikers for their generous gesture