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June 1, 2008
In this Issue
AYV Summer Training Dates
AYV Exhibition Dates
Upload Final Projects
Renew Your AYV Grant
Resources
Collaboration Tips
Completed Media Projects
AYV Summer Training Dates This year, the AYV Summer Institutes will be a jam-packed three days to learn new media, delve deeper into media literacy education, develop storytelling and artistry, and prepare curriculum and program ideas for the upcoming year. We look forward to seeing you! Seattle: June 23-25
San Jose/San Francisco: June 30-July 2
Boston/Ottawa: July 14-16 New York: July 21-23
San Jose: Wednesday, May 28th 5:30 PM at Adobe (Park Conference Room)
Seattle: Thursday, May 29th 6 PM at Adobe (University I and II)
Ottawa: Friday, May 30th 11 AM at Adobe (Klondike)
Boston: Monday, June 9th 5:30 PM at the Boston Museum of Science
New York: Tuesday, June 10th at 6 PM Location TBD London: Tuesday, July 8th at the National Film Theatre
How to Upload Final Projects Show Off Completed Works: To upload final projects login, go to Forums, upload to the Final Completed Projects Folder.
Copyright: Make sure that your youth have used original content when possible, have received proper permissions, and have cited their sources.
North America Sites can apply to be part of Adobe Youth Voices for 2008-2009. Application Deadline: May 3rd Read more...
Check out an outreach toolkit created by Arts Engine, one of the founding partners of AYV. The toolkit give ideas of how to screen students' media work.
The AYV Collaboration Centre is an excellent place to find support and AYV resources, meet your fellow partners, engage in dialogue about creating media for social change, review each other's work, and foster community among youth participants across the globe. Problems with your login or navigating the AYV Collaboration Center, please email Christine Robinson at iEARN USA. |
AYV New Release: Original Rap Video
Check out and listen to this original rap entitled, Assumptions, showing what can happen when people don't communicate openly. John Le, Allison Ho, Erik Reyes, and Stephen Chin
Boston Asian: YES Boston, MA - USA
Check Out Powerful Youth Media from Around the World: Watch final cut videos or animations, view photo essays, listen to audio commentary, or learn about social issues from PSA posters. Post a message and share your thoughts about this year's AYV media. For tips on how to use the Forum or Gallery, please download this guide: How to Navigate and Use the AYV Collaboration Center. Browse Media: Check out the AYV Gallery to explore media including video, artwork, photography, print, and animation. Be sure to join the discussion attached to the media, or start your own in the Forums.
AYV Completed Media Projects
The AYV community, of educators and students around the globe, have completed yet another rewarding year of creating media. Students have produced thought-provoking media about school, their personal lives or situations, or social issues of today. Using digital tools, students have learned to become media craftsmen enabling them to express and capture their views to share with a larger audience and make a difference in their communities.
Congratulations to all the educators, media mentors, and youth for a great AYV year! Animation: Students from APSA, an NGO in Bangalore, India use Adobe Flash to create an animation depicting the history, treatment, and pride countrymen have for their national flag. Watch this animation
Audio Interview: William Tatlonghair, of Burton High School in San Franciso, CA use audio entitled, Juanita Tatlonghair - WWII Survivor, to capture his grandmother's personal experience surviving the Japanese invasion of the Philippines during World War II. Public Service Announcement: Created by students from Newcomers High School in Queens, NY - this short PSA video, No More Silences, explores issues surrounding rights of immigrants, specifically spousal abuse of nondocumented households.  Video: 6th Graders, June Travis and Anya Oleck from the Institutue for Collaborative Education in New York, created this video entitled, The UFO, using Adobe Premiere. The video targets children 7 year old and explores their experience growing plants for their science class.  Documentary Video: Juniors Priscilla Silva and Luis Acuchi, from June Jordan High School in San Francisco, CA - produce a video examining global warming with footage and face-to-face interviews. Audio Commentary: Listen to a New Era of Poetry, a spoken word commentary created by Spencer Adams, a sophomore at Nathan Hale High School is Seattle, WA. To browse more AYV final projects, visit the AYV Gallery and select a region. |
