August 2007 Newsletter
Happy End of Summer!
Youth Media Educators (YME) Summer Screening Event
Just Think’s 2007 Youth Media Educators “Pioneers” program is wrapping this week. Over the past six weeks, youth from around the Bay Area have been building skills in media literacy education, peer teaching, entrepreneurship, and media production.
“Racial Crossdressing,” “Get Naked,” and “CTR-ALT-DEL” are the YMEs three inspired short media productions addressing racial stereotyping, body image, and technology dependence. The premiere will be presented at the YME Pioneers Premiere Event from 6-9pm at SOMArts Cultural Center on Thursday, August 23rd. This year’s event opens with a reception and community mixer, which includes a youth photography exhibit from the International Rescue Committee; information tables hosted by Youth Noise, World Savvy and the Mayor’s Youth Employment and Education Program (MYEEP); and engaging media literacy activities.
The YME program is supported by the Kauffman Foundation, the Stuart Foundation and Autodesk, Inc. The Summer Screening Event reception sponsors are Peet’s Coffee & Tea, Rainbow Grocery, and Trader Joe’s (on Masonic Ave. in San Francisco)
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Seeking YME Mentor Teachers
As the Youth Media Educators summer program ends, we are gearing up for the school integration of our YME graduates. Just Think is providing an intensive professional development workshop in media education, technology and entrepreneurship to teachers interested in supporting our YME program during the 2007-08 academic year. If you are a Bay Area classroom educator looking for new ways to engage your students and believe in the power of peer-teaching, sign-up to mentor a YME as they exercise their newly learned skills teaching high-school age students throughout the school year.
Contact us for more information.
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Media Literacy Education Matters: A Framework
Just Think’s Executive Director Elana Yonah Rosen recently organized leaders in the media literacy field in New York to draft the Core Principles of Media Literacy Education. You can find the Core Principles online at www.amlainfo.org. Read more at the Just Think founder’s blog.
Additionally, the final outcomes of Just Think’s three-year Media Education, Arts and Literacy (MEAL) project were presented at the first Media Education Research Summit held this past June in St. Louis, MO. Learn more about the MEAL program and its impact on middle school education.
“The illiterate of the twenty-first century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.”—Alvin Toffler
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Just Think and Youth Noise
Just Think joins Youth Noise at the Labor Day Bay Summit, a two-day event for high school and college students to create grassroots change in local neighborhoods. Come be a part of REAL solutions to local issues. Attend the FREE conference at SOMArts Cultural Center on Saturday and Sunday, September 1st and 2nd. The event includes an exciting cultural event. For details see Labor Day Bay Summit.
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Electrobike shares “Pi” with Just Think
As a model of corporate community commitment, Electrobike has pledged 1% of its gross sales to Just Think’s work. Check out their “cooler wheels for a warmer planet” at www.electrobike.com
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