Project Resources
Resources by Project
Video/Film
Audio (Radio, Podcasting, etc.)
Flash (Animation, Games, etc.)
Digital Photography
Newspaper/ Magazine (Print Media)
Presentation Materials
Blog/Website
Video/Film
Some of the very first youth media programs emerged 30 years ago when video production tools first became portable and accessible to consumers. There are now dozens of video-based youth organizations across the country, many producing work for local broadcast, others focusing on festivals and multimedia events.
Resources
Making Movies: Ideas for Short Videos
english.unitecnology.ac.nz/resources/units/movies/short_videos.html
Current's Storytelling Guide for Teachers and Filmmakers
http://www.current.tv/studio/survivalguide
Designing Video Programs for Youth: Creative Expression and Achieving Goals
By Madeleine Lim
www.techsoup.org/howto/articlepage.cfm?ArticleId=434&cg=searchterms&sg=video
Video in the Classroom (KQED: Education & Learning)
www.kqed.org/topics/education/educators/videoclassroom/index.jsp
Teaching Youth Media: A Critical Guide to Literacy, Video Production and Social Change
www.evc.org/publications/teaching.html
On TV - Teaching with Video, Discoveryschool.com
school.discovery.com/ontv/teachingwithvideo.html
iLife in the Classroom, Apple.com
www.apple.com/education/ilife
Organizations
Street-Level Youth Media
streetlevel.iit.edu
Educational Video Center
www.evc.org
Bay Area Video Coalition (BAVC)
www.bavc.org
Downtown Video and Community Media Center (DCTV)
www.dctvny.org
Global Action Project (GAP)
www.global-action.org
Video Machete
www.videomachete.org
Audio (Radio, Podcasting, etc.)
Audio production has become an increasingly popular youth media activity, that now includes music production, online streaming and podcasting, as well as production for broadcast. There is now a wealth of materials to support this work online and a host of youth audio works to explore.
Examples
Blunt Youth Radio Project
www.bluntradio.org
Radio Arte -- Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum
www.wrte.org
Radio Diaries: Teenage Diaries
www.radiodiaries.org/teenagediaries.html
WNYC Radio Rookies
www.wnyc.org/radiorookies
Youth Radio
www.youthradio.org
Resources
Streaming Manual by NFCB's National Youth in Radio Training Project
www.nfcb.org/projects/nyrtp/streamingmanual/streamingmanual.jsp
Let a Thousand Voices Speak: The NFCB Youth Manual
www.nfcb.org/projects/nyrtp/youthmanual/youthmainmanual.pdf
Podcasting in TEFL (Teach English as a Foreign Language)
teflpodcasts.blogspot.com
Podcasting-Education Blog
groups.yahoo.com/group/Podcasting-Education
About Podcasting, Education Central at Industrial Audio Software
industrialaudiosoftware.com/education/edu_central.html
Teen Reporter Handbook, Radio Diaries
www.radiodiaries.org/makeyourown.html
Research/News Articles
Youth on the Airwaves
By Ellin O'Leary (2004)
www.soros.org/initiatives/youth/articles_publications/articles/whitepaper3_20040317
Youth Radio Gives Teens a Voice and Public Radio a New Sound
By Geneva Collins (1999)
www.current.org/rad/rad908y.html
Flash (Animation, Games, etc.)
Two of the new frontiers of youth media are Flash and Gaming. Animation can be taken to new heights through Flash projects, and interactive games allow youth to explore issues in fun, creative ways. Both require new technical and intellectual talents in line with new literacy skills.
Examples
Games that girls created (From Girls Creating Games)
webtecc.etr.org/gcgweb/public/games/index.html
AnimAction's Workshop Products & Distribution (Los Angeles Unified School District)
www.animaction.com/gallery.htm
Organizations
AnimAction: Awareness through Animation
www.animaction.com
OnRamp Arts
www.onramparts.org/
Digital Photography
Digital cameras and graphic software like PhotoShop have provided young people new formats for visual self-expression.
Resources
Lessons Learned about ECHOES Program at Heads on Fire - YouthLearn's Spotlight on Afterschool
Course description: Educational Uses of Digital Photography & Digital Storytelling
www.coe.uh.edu/courses/photo/index.html
Newspaper or Magazine (Print Media)
A number of programs take a journalistic approach, producing both print publications that go out to youth readers through schools and community-based organizations, and online publications.
Examples
An example of the SNBC youth magazine (.pdf)
www.youthlearn.org/afterschool/materials/ASLC_newsletter_vol5.pdf
Teen Voices
www.teenvoices.com/tvhome.html
Research/News Articles
Print Media By and For Teens
By Keith Hefner (2004)
www.soros.org/initiatives/youth/articles_publications/articles/hefner_20040301
Organizations
LA Youth
www.layouth.com
Youth Communication
www.youthcomm.org
Presentation Materials
Most computers today have some form of basic presentation software loaded on them. PowerPoint is perhaps the most commonly used tool, although often the most abused, by both youth and adults. Employed in creative ways though, presentation software can be a good tool for self-expression. A few groups are demonstrating innovative approaches.
Examples
PPT Presentations at Youth Art Month, Rosemont Ridge Middle School Art in Oregon
www.rrms.wlwv.k12.or.us/KielingL/YAM/2004/YAM%202004.ppt
Blog/ Website
The Web offers youth an array of publishing opportunities, many of which are continually emerging and evolving. Below are Web-specific projects and publications.
Examples
Newz Crew (A project of Global Kids)
www.newzcrew.org
Children's Pressline
www.cplmedia.org
HarlemLIVE
www.harlemlive.org/main.html
WireTap Magazine
www.alternet.org/wiretap
Resources
Creating a Blog: A Workshop for Teens
By Children's Partnership
Download the workshop
NetDay Student Voices Resource Center (Students discuss technology in education)
www.netday.org/Svrc/index.htm
Plugged In Toolkit
www.pluggedin.org/process
Organizations
Global Kids
www.globalkids.org
BAMBoozled.org
bamboozled.org/index.php
Spy Hop Productions
www.spyhop.org/programs/web/web_development.html