I teach a digital media and web course at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School that emphasizes the students role as media creators. In the course, I introduce many different media production tools like Photoshop, Imovie, and Garageband as well as media distribution or promotion technologies like…Continue Reading →
For their final projects, students are given much more flexibility. The thought being that at this point, they are equipped with the skills to be able to effectively create and write a story and how that story will be told visually….Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
I’m trying to incorporate media literacy (the ability to deconstruct and create meaningful messages using a variety of media tools) and to mainstream education. My current position allows me to work directly with teachers and students during the school day….Continue Reading →
Wanna learn more about network neutrality? I’m trying to explain it to some students on an episode of “Youth View Cambridge” This is a google map I’ve inserted using the mappress plugin for my wordpress installation. It shows where our…Continue Reading →