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