What's new in Rochester?

Doreen Young — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 21:14:45 +0000

Hi Everyone!

I haven't blogged since the PSO, so I have some updates to fill you in on. Presently, we are continuing the project that we have been working on with the youth who attend the computer center, which is entitled "Raising 100,000 Voices". It is being sponsored by the community access station, WXXI-21( PBS affiliate) and the University of Rochester Medical Center (Mental Health Promotion). The youth were given a digital camcorder, RCA Small Wonder to produce a 3 minute video. (nice camcorder) They are to use the music genre, Hip Hop, which is veiwed as a negative influence on youth in particular and produce a film that will show Hip Hop in a positive manner along with subject matter that also influence, impacts or are issues that youth deal with. We have 11 youth involved and there are over 70 youth all together. We have been meeting once a month to give and get encouragement, network, pointers,etc. The youth are excited!

The finalists will be featured at the High Falls Film Festival, which takes place in Rochester during the summer and features independent films.

Our computer center is also looking for technology sofware and curricula to help us recruit and work with people who have disabilities who may want to come to the computer center. We have been talking to the people at the Center for Learning Disabilities and they have given us good feedback. If anyone has any information on this subject please email me. I was glad to see everyone was doing wonderful things at their sites!

Well until the next time, see ya!

Doreen

Digital Media Group Updates Jan/Feb

danielle martin — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 18:56:15 +0000

I created a little smorgasboard of my notes from one-on-one calls, the PSO in January, the MA area meeting last week, and the Digital Media group call a couple weeks ago to produce the long awaited Digital Media Group Updates! Wooohoo! [I've taken the liberty to bold the most interesting tidbits.]

AJ McGuire (HOME Inc.) - working with school as part of Research Action Change Class, on issues of global warming and educational inequality, and created videos; working on implementing the MOSAIC media literacy curriculum and incorporating video production
Colleen Kelly (Project: Think Different)- youth action summit on MLK Jr. day with media watch team; managing interns; implementing a media literacy program at Edwards Middle School two days a week
Dan Chen (Pui Tak Center) - tasked to develop digital media program for youth, incorporating his photography and graphic design skills; helping the org by developing template for the annual report and updating the website; writing grants for new cameras and looking for volunteers/mentors
Derek Maxwell (Phillips Community Television) - *new* - doing well so far, although PCTV is not really a cable access station...
Elisha Durrant (The Inland Northwest Community Access Network) - *new* - youth media and community outreach for TINCAN;
Jessica McCoy (Center for Digital Storytelling) - getting into nitty gritty of collecting content and doing phone interviews for the StoreForChange.net portal for community digital storytellers; also working on Youth Uprising project to develop curriculum for collecting digital content for Oakland Tribune; updating CDS cookbook with more on post-production of digital stories and managing some interns to take over some of the post-production tasks on CDS workshops
Julie Bohnlein (Boston Community Access and Programming Foundation, Inc.) - *new* - working at Roxbury studios primarily of BNN to create youth show/channel; has a nice cubicle and a phone; floating between Roxbuy and downtown studios; needs foodstamp letter; connect with Lauren and Richard
Kevin Palmer (HOME Inc.) - just received grant to create a community radio station at a school and writing more grants for other media labs at other local high schools; partnering with Julie at BNN to create Boston youth media program/show
Lauren Bratslavsky (Media Bridges, Cincinnati, Inc) - attended Media Reform conference in Memphis; started Saturday youth media lab… intro curriculum to use Photobooth and working on handouts tutorials for iMovie; developing Youth Media Block (new name on the channel); working with charter school's wed elective day to do PSA workshop and planning a summer program; has an intern from the university
Leena Silverman (YMCA of Greater Boston) - *new* - establishing more technology programs at Eggleston Sq YMCA through Cyber Y lab; setting up new policies/procedures and summer youth program; implementing Kinetic City
Mike Matthews (The Media Aid Center) - *new* - working with Ramon on developing tv programs and focusing on distribution
Naomi Jimenez (Marcus A. Foster Educational Institute/OTXWest) - *new* - working with new multimedia center and updating digital storytelling curriculum for summer institute; working on Sat to attend/ghost classes at OTX; connected with ol CTC VISTA (now staff) Jeff Benton
Ramon Myers (The Media Aid Center) - *new* - started out as a volunteer but now is a VISTA working to develop TV programs and marketing in TV studio embedded in a high school; working on outreach into the community
Richard Anderson (Grand Rapids Community Media Center) - working on some video projects; working a little on the audio stuff but the financial status of the station/center; hosted January open house to do community outreach; doing some interview with Catalyst Radio program;
Shaneka Smith (Westside Youth Technical Entrepreneur Center) - continuing work on entreprenuerial projects with youth like t-shirt buisness and commercials; doing more music mixing, album covers, & music videos; also working on awareness videos with Girls program on the topic of abusive relationships
Tony O'Rourke (Boys & Girls Clubs of the East Valley, AZ) - sat down with supervisor and successfully talked about expectations; started doing outreach with the community with kids to come to Club, targeted Young Champions (young athletes); reorganized the computer lab over the holidays and writing grants to get new equipment
Will Quinones (Reel Works Teen Filmmaking) - went to Sundance Festival and presented as part of the Adobe Youth Vision, paired with filmmaker and did a daily video blog; doing outreach for ReelWorks through MySpace and ListenUP!
Sharon Smack (Seventh Day Baptist Community Development Education and Service Outreach Ministry) - switched from Community Organizing group in January; created commercials for the youth service projects and will also be doing some radio broadcasting.

[Yes, I'm missing a few folks...don't worry...I'm on the case!]

Also on the call, we discussed Leena's plight to explain VISTA to the YMCA staff and heard many suggestions from folks on how they explain it to others (check out Leena's handy one pager on her blog).

Next call, March 2nd 2pm EST...BYO Curriculum (more details next week!).

October Digital Media Group Call Notes

danielle martin — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 15:44:49 +0000

Ug. I don't have time to reformat the whole list of notes in Drupal (can't just copy and paste from Word) so here's an attachment with the conference call notes from the Digital Media group last Friday, 10/2.

Digital Arts Service Corps - updates

What's new in Rochester?

Digital Media Group Updates Jan/Feb

October Digital Media Group Call Notes