Media Committee February Update

The Media Committee is planning another Corps Day video workshop at SPNN, to take place on April 20th. CTEP members will have an opportunity to tackle a fun small-group video project that will allow us all to exercise our storyboard, scripting, camera, and editing skills once again. Weather permitting, we'll have the opportunity to go outside to do some of our video shooting.

The Media Committee is currently working on finding the best way to provide every CTEP member with a copy of a DVD containing all the PSA projects that we worked on at the Corps Day video workshop we did back in December. More info on that coming soon!

Media Committee members are available for information / consultation / help with video productions or other media projects you may be planning at your sites. Consider us to be an information resource for your media work, and feel free to email us with any questions or to ask for training, resources, or other help, and we'll give you as much information and assistance as we can.

Recently, Gina and Les videotaped a class conducted by Bridget for the Laptops for Learning program at Waite House, as well as interviews that Bridget conducted after class with program participants. Bridget and Gina edited the video in iMovie (on a long, long Sunday afternoon / evening / wee hours), and the finished video was presented at the Laptops for Learning graduation ceremony on January 22nd. The video was a hit, says Bridget -- people laughed in the right places. Bridget and Gina are planning to create an addition to the video in the near future, and the finished product will be utilized by the Laptops for Learning program as a tool for publicizing the program.

PSA Reel

On December 15th, our committee held a media training day at SPNN. Here are the PSAs that were created as part of that training:

Brainstorming for the new CTEP year

Brainstorming for the media production committee during our first Corps day yielded these results:

Goals

• Create media to educate, inform or promote programs/ideas in the community
• Set up more media access labs in other tech centers, i.e. video/photo/graphics
• Facilitate other CTEP members in learning media production so they can bring this info back to their sites. Also so we can each increase our own tech/media literacy
• Develop training for non-profit organizations so they can create their own PSAs and promotional media
• Technological literacy programs

Activities

• Collaborate with other committees on production and/or placement of material
• Create categorized list (immigration, job skills, etc.) of public media resources available
• Visual media materials on regulations as well as informative resources (video) to outreach to community awareness
• traveling media classes in other tech centers (photo club?)
• Join Twin Cities Youth Media Network (TCYNN)
• Brainstorm ways that other Corps members/committees can use media/emerging technologies

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AHEAD Video Class 2006

For the past three weeks, I've been teaching some students the basics of making a video in the AHEAD class at the library. Here's the video we made!

Battle 1

I almost forgot about this movie. I made it in January, but it's been buried in Our Media. Check out it's revival on Google Video:

Homework Center PSA

Here's the abbreviated version of the homework center video (something like a PSA). Enjoy!

The Homework Center Video!

Here's a video I've been working on since January. It doesn't have as many interviews as I had wanted, and there are some issues with the audio, but other than that I'm pretty happy with it. I hope you enjoy it, too!