Un-Commercial
4-6PM

3) “Create an Un-Commercial”

Ages 10-late adolescence
3 sessions
Re-making commercials
In this workshop, the group selects an existing commercial taped from television. The commericial is then “enhanced” with truth statements.

Skills:

• Editing
• Critical thinking

Goals: collaboration, understanding and critiquing persuasive tactics

Media Lit Town Hall
7-9PM

In the News
4-5:30PM

5) “What’s In the News? Making a Newspaper”
Grades 2,3,4
3-4 sessions
Publishing a newspaper
The group chooses an area for the newspaper to cover, such as the neighborhood or school, and go through the step-by-step process of writing, designing, editing and taking photographs for their very own local newspaper.

Skills:

• Journalistic writing
• Interviewing
• Copyediting
• Layout
• Photojournalism
• Graphic design

Goals: collaboration, carrying out one’s job at the paper, using publishing software, understanding the construction of news, how decisions are made

Slam Poem
4-6PM

7) “Make a Slam Poem”
Age 12-Adolescence
3-5 sessions
Slam/Hip-hop poem
Award-winning slam poet Darian Dauchan demonstrates and breaks down the craft of writing and performing slam poetry. Darian then works with each student to develop their own technique and style; at the end of the workshop the class performs their poems.

Skills:

• Writing
• Speech presentation
• Performance

Goals: translation of a personal message into a performable format, understanding how inflection and gesture can influence/win over an audience

Video Poem
4-5PM

6) “Make a Video Poem”
Grades K, 1, 2
1-2 sessions
Video poem
In this workshop the group decides the theme of the poem that they will create as a team. Each group member contributes a drawing and words to collectively make a poem that is both seen and heard on video.

Skills:

• Camera work
• Writing
• Drawing
• Teamwork

Goals: collaboration, understanding how images are put together on videotape, celebrating emerging artistic and writing skills

On The Web
7-9PM

4) “Put Yourself on the Web”
Ages 12-late adolescence; Parents in a separate section
2-3 Sessions

Creating an online presence
In this workshop, we’ll learn how to make a MySpace/Facebook page or create a blog. We’ll discuss the decisions about how to present yourself online and what that means, as well as what impact that can have on personal privacy.

Skills:

• Learning some html
• Putting together images and words
• Critical thinking

Goals: understanding what a web presence means

Commercials
4-6PM

2) “Create a Commercial”

Ages 10-late adolescence
3 sessions
Making commercials/PSAs
The group chooses the idea or product they want to sell, and then creates an original commercial.

Skills:

• Script-writing
• Storyboarding
• Creating narrative
• Camera work
• Editing
• Using persuasion techniques

Goals: collaboration, taking responsibility for a role in collaboration, understanding and critiquing persuasive tactics

Family Video
9AM – Noon

1) “Here’s a Show Starring Us”

Family Video Interview Workshop
1 session

Interview on Camera
Parents and children interview each other on camera
Interview focus determined by the group. Suggestions include interviews about family traditions, holidays, home and neighborhood, ethnicity, etc.

Skills:

• Interviewing
• Using the camera
• Editing

Goals: media-making, learning how to construct an interview, learning how images are edited together, empowering through creating one’s own images, learning about one’s family, celebrating one’s family

The LAMP Seminar
6-7PM