Digital Arts Service Corps - youth video

News from the 'nati

lauren bratslavsky — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 14:16:27 +0000

Summer has begun. And that also means it's closer to the end. ah. And so it goes.

Summer here means youth classes. And 8-12 year old video camp started this week. They are making a movie that is a parody of our access center. One of the scenes involves a debate between who would win- spiderman or the hulk. I think one of the kids suggested they talk about that at the front desk..... funny thing is, that actually happens. I've also got a digital story class coming up. And then a class in July called "ad attack!" about media literacy and all that.

I'm also starting the wrap-up process with handbooks, policies, lessons learned and maybe some other things. I'll post all the things I've amassed soon.

And in other news, for those of you in the public access world, Ohio is now on the PEG got screwed list. Our state senate got swooned over by att and that whole lobby. So our franchise fees, the very ones that fund the majority of our operations and programs will expire in 2011. Poop. And there is a whole bunch of other blows such as loss of customer service and potentially excluding 'unprofitable' (as in poor, urban, rural) areas from cable service. And so that goes. So we're working on reworking ourselves in the next few years.

Hope all is well out there is the VISTA world.

News from MNN/NYMAP Video Exchange

danielle martin — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 16:29:08 +0000

From the Youth Channel newsletter:

News from the NYMAP Video Exchange: Over the next few weeks, MNN Youth Channel and the other NYMAP (National Youth Media Access Partners) will be officially launching the new Youth Video Exchange website out to the world and bringing in new partners. The website www.nymapexchange.net is a networking hub for youth-serving community media centers and youth media sites, which aims to build the infrastructure to make better sharing of youth-produced media possible. The Core Partners in this project are: People TV in Atlanta, Grand Rapids Community Media Center, St. Paul Neighborhood Network, and Portland Community Media in Oregon. Check out the website www.nymapexchange.net , or email andrew@youthchannel.org to learn more or to find out how you could get involved.

NYMAP computer is here!

gariet cowin — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 18:14:15 +0000

We finally got our super-sweet computer that we will be using for the NYMAP youth video exchange. Unfortunately, I got it about 5 minutes before I left for vacation, so it has just been sitting around for the last week. But now I am back, and ready to put it to good use. Youth media swapping, here I come!

I'll post another entry when I actually have a chance to try it out, and learn more about the whole exchange process.