May 2008 Newsletter

Youth Media Educators Deadline Extended
Deepen Your Practice
Just Think Speaks Out
Turn Distractions into Attractions
Are You Turned On?
Media Mobile Goes Minimalist

You can still earn $1500 with YME 08/09.

Thanks to all our senior YME students and community partners for their rigorous outreach for YME 2008. Though we have many qualified applicants, we are extending the deadline to allow more students and educators to apply. Our final deadline will be Monday, May 26, 2008. It’s not too late to get paid to have the time of your life with creative young people from all over the Bay.
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Deepen Your Practice

Phillip Moffitt, long-time mentor of founder Elana Yonah, has recently released Dancing with Life. This book provides accessible insights to support critical thinking and creative consciousness in our media-rich world. Dancing applies global wisdom to our everyday practice.

Order now, and a percentage of your purchase will support Just Think.

Speaking Out

Elana Yonah Rosen has been honored as one of four finalists for Cable in the Classroom’s Leaders in Learning Award.

She is an invited guest to present Just Think’s MEAL research outcomes at the UK’s Office of Communications International Media Literacy Forum, May 14th-16th.

On May 23rd, Elana will participate in the Media Literacy and the Health and Well-Being of Children panel at the International Communication Association conference in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, moderated by esteemed colleague Renee Hobbes.

Distractions To Attractions

Join Just Think’s After-School Special party, Thursday, June 19th (5:30-8:00 pm) at 9th Street Independent Film Center. Celebrate the end of the school year, unwind with a drink, chat with friends and learn how to turn classroom distractions into attractions!

Are You Turned On?….

Just Think asks, Are You Turned On?
Join the conversation on our Facebook Page
Post your comments, videos and photos. JOIN in this Thursday night, May 1st, on our Facebook page for a live online conversation at 8:00pm Pacific Daylight Time.

Minimalist Mobile

After a decade of busing digital media studios into under-served communities, Just Think is pulling our practice off the bus. We conceived the Just Think Mobiles in the 1990s like modern Book Mobiles to reach young people who otherwise had no digital access. The portability of technology has become so ubiquitous, even in most under-resourced communities, that the need for these bus stops has disappeared. We will be donating the computer equipment to Caminos Learning Center in the Mission and recycling the buses for the next generation.

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