Location: TBD in Brooklyn, hosted by Brooklyn Center for the Urban Environment

Dates: December 1st, 8th and 15th

Times: 3:00-6:00pm

Ages: 6th-8th grade

Cost: FREE!

Explore the many ways you can present yourself on the Internet through social networking websites and blogs.  Learn what to include (and what not to include) in an online profile, and how to build your own blog!

To register, call us at 718-789-8170 or send us an email.

Location: TBD in Brooklyn, hosted by Brooklyn Center for the Urban Environment

Dates: October 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th; November 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th

Time: 3-6pm

Ages: Families of all ages

Cost: FREE!

The whole family comes together to make a video memory book! Shoot and edit a video of parents and children interviewing each other, sharing favorite memories and stories while creating a lasting record to be enjoyed now and forever.

Skills learned include:

• Group collaboration
• Exploring representations of family in commercial media
• Using visuals, words and sound to create a family narrative
• Video editing

To register, call us at 718-789-8170 or send us an email.

Location: Prospect Park YMCA, Brooklyn (357 9th Street)

Dates: November 5th, 12th, 19th and 26th (possible addition: Dec. 3)

Time: 4:00-5:30pm

Ages: 8-10 years

Cost: FREE!

Explore how different editing techniques are used for sounds and images when you make a video poem! Use your original artwork and writing to learn how different elements come together to make a piece of multimedia art.

Skills learned include:

• Group collaboration
• Exploring poetry using visuals, words and sounds
• Videocamera use
• Video editing

To register, call us at 718-789-8170 or send us an email.

Location: Prospect Park YMCA (357 9th Street, Brooklyn)

Dates: October 1st, 8th and 22nd

Time: 4:00-5:30pm

Ages: 8-10 years

Cost: FREE!

Using a subject of your choice, write and shoot your own documentary video! Explore the different ways that documentaries can be used, along with basic editing techniques.

Skills learned include:

• Group collaboration
• Critically exploring the languages of visual documentary
• Directing with a videocamera
• Interviewing techniques
• Structuring a point of view using words, visuals and sounds
• Video editing

To register, call us at 718-789-8170 or send us an email.