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