Students create a 1-4 minute media project that presents a dream or memory. They write the script and record the narration. This serves (or can anyway) as the primary mode of storytelling for the project. The project is designed to…Continue Reading →
Traditionally, we have educated our young by giving them knowledge or skills and letting them practice until we think they have mastered it. Then we test them on it and give them feedback about how they did. This allows us…Continue Reading →
The first project is designed to emphasis the importance of pre-production and introduce the concept of creating a reality through visual language. In groups of three, participants create a 2-4 minute script and storyboard. Stories are shot in the order…Continue Reading →
The Summer Media Institute (SMI) is a six week, media education program that takes place at Cambridge Community Television (CCTV). It is designed to give youth participants comprehensive training and experience of the video production process. It is made possible…Continue Reading →
Digital Storytelling is the practice of using digital tools, such as digital cameras and computers, to create audio-visual stories. As with traditional storytelling, most digital stories focus on a specific topic and contain a particular point of view. Digital stories…Continue Reading →
I’ve been thinking for a couple of months now about how I can make a good (the best) case for using web 2.0 tools in public school classes. I mean, not just using them – google maps and other tools…Continue Reading →
Thursday, March 4, at the ICA in Boston, RYMAEC (Regional Youth Media Arts Education Consortium) hosted an open mic where many educators, researchers and youth media workers shared tools and strategies. Kara Oehler was the featured speaker and she presented…Continue Reading →
Web Games or activities Interactive lesson plans Research information for student use Current events information Image collections Information for own professional development Online video library/exclusive content Primary source materials Interactive simulations Online video library/previously aired content Student-produced multimedia Data sets…Continue Reading →
The Youth Media Reporter (www.youthmediareporter.org) has invited the boston area to be the focus in its upcoming journal. RYMAEC/ICA (www.rymaec.org), New England’s Regional Youth Media Arts Education Consortium, is helping coordinate the efforts to make this journal a success and…Continue Reading →
I’m continuing to try to incorporate media literacy and media production into mainstream education and just completed another project that I think might offer a great example of this kind of work. An AP Spanish teacher approached me with the…Continue Reading →