April 2010 Archives

World Savvy's Global Youth Media and Arts Festival | Friday, May 21, 2010
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: April 28, 2010
World Savvy's Global Youth Media and Arts Festival celebrates the creativity and vision of NYC youth artists! This year, we are thrilled to announce the launch of the first World Savvy Album, produced in collaboration with The Orchard, and available...

*FREE* Music Production Workshop 6/21-6/25 | Now accepting applications!
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: April 28, 2010
http://www.bavc.org/bumptraining Do you work with students/youth who are interested in music? Would you like to be able to offer a class where they can learn the technical and critical skills to produce their own music? The Bay Area Video Coalition...

Greater Boston Area | Part II • Volume 4 • Issue 2
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: April 15, 2010
Welcome to YMR's second issue in 2010, documenting Part II of an evolving fantastic group of youth media educators that work in the Greater Boston Area. While Part I investigated race issues, the divide between higher education and the...

Interview: Beth Balliro
By: Beth Balliro
Published: April 14, 2010
An interview with an advisory board member of RYMAEC, the youth media network consortia in Boston, MA.

Art Therapy: A Critical Youth Media Approach
By: Chris Gaines and Paulina Villarroel
Published: April 14, 2010
A therapeutic approach to personal storytelling and the mediated process of youth media.

Youth Media Facilitation: An Approach for Organizational Learning
By: Danielle Martin
Published: April 14, 2010
By sharing new technical expertise, youth media educators can play a unique role in nurturing both youth participation and organizational capacity through collaborative facilitation.

Engaging Educators in Diversity and Meaning-Making
By: Alan Michel
Published: April 14, 2010
How to a professional development workshop encourages media educators to foster appreciation for diverse perspectives in their classrooms.

Interview: Beverly Mire
By: Beverly Mire
Published: April 14, 2010
An interview with Beverly Mire, the Assistant Director of Education at Terrascope Youth Radio, a program for MIT freshmen in Cambridge, MA.

Media and Expression: An Approach for Helping Girls Process Trauma
By: Jessica Moore
Published: April 14, 2010
When we give girls the tools they need to share their stories, they diversify media coverage and offer valuable input to global dialogue.

Interview: Maya Stiles-Royall
By: Maya Stiles-Royall
Published: April 14, 2010
An interview with the media lab coordinator at HOME, Inc. who doubles as a media literacy and production educator at middle schools in Sommerville, MA.

Open Call : The MASTERPIECE Video Diary
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: April 12, 2010
The WGBH Lab Open Call is an invitation for you to make a completed video short and share it with the world! This April, WGBH Lab is partnering with MASTERPIECE to launch The MASTERPIECE Video Diary Open Call, inspired by...

*FREE* Music Production Workshop, 6/21 - 6/25
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: April 12, 2010
Now accepting applications! http://www.bavc.org/bumptraining Do you work with students/youth who are interested in music? Would you like to be able to offer a class where they can learn the technical and critical skills to produce their own music? The Bay...

Powerful Voices for Kids Summer Institute | Philadelphia, July 5 -9, 2010
By: Ingrid Hu Dahl
Published: April 12, 2010
The Powerful Voices for Kids Summer Institute is an intensive professional development experience developed by Renee Hobbs and taught by a diverse faculty including leading scholars, experienced classroom teachers, media professionals, and educational technology specialists. Participants learn about the theory...