Media Education, Arts and Literacy Project (MEAL)

Just Think has just completed the Media Education, Arts and Literacy (MEAL) Project, a three-year program conducted in partnership with the Alliance for a Media Literate America and funded by the U.S. Department of Education.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE MEAL DOCUMENTARY

The goal of the project was to create an innovative and cohesive model curriculum demonstrating the effectiveness of integrating media literacy and media production into core middle school curriculum, strengthening critical and creative thinking skills, and improving students’ academic performance.

The program was implemented in two San Francisco Middle Schools, Marina Middle School and Visitacion Middle School. Just Think recruited and trained a total of 16 sixth and seventh grade teachers from the two schools. These teachers developed and conducted media literacy and media production projects in the classroom that met state and district standards in Language Arts, Social Studies, Math, Science, and the Arts. 444 students from the two schools worked on a number of creative and exciting media projects over two academic years.

Evaluation and assessment of MEAL was conducted by the Michael Cohen Group. Evaluation results will be disseminated nationally by the DOE and the AMLA in the upcoming weeks.

Evaluation

Student Work

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YME Support Teachers

If you are a Bay Area high school teacher or after school educator you can GET PAID to be part of a national education and youth development project with Just Think. This year’s program entitled “Pioneers” will engage youth during a six-week summer intensive to find pioneering ways to analyze, produce and disseminate their stories through various media channels.
YME application

Youth Media Educators 2008 Details

Just Think’s Youth Media Educators (YME) program is a unique training opportunity designed to provide young people with media arts skills and prepare them for the 21st century workplace. Every summer, high school students from all over the Bay Area are chosen to participate in a paid, six-week intensive summer program. For the YME 2008 Just Think’s Program Director will lead a group of media professionals…
Application”:http://www.justthink.org/file_download/93

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Youth Media Educators "Pioneers"

Check out this years productions:

Ctrl Alt Delete
Get Naked
Racial Cross Dresser
YME ’07 Summer Synopsis and Promo Video

This summer’s YME ’07 program, “Pioneers” paid youth interns $1000 to learn media literacy education, peer teaching and entrepreneurial skills. After a record number of applicants applied for YME this year, The internship began with 11 students on July 9th and completed August 18th at SomArts Cultural Center in San Francisco.

Media Education, Arts and Literacy Outcomes

MEAL Teaching Model: Mural Project

MEAL teaching Model: Geometry Silde Show

Marina Middle School

The after-school program at Marina Middle School is back by popular demand for year three, this year with the name MP3. This year, 12 sixth, seventh and eight grade students meet weekly after school to learn media production skills and work on their own short pieces, ranging from animation, to PSAs, to short still image slideshows. Check back soon for the final products from the first semester!
Also, you can check the youth blog on our site for updates.

Youth Dialogue Project

Just Think partnered with the RockRose Institute with the support of JAMS Foundation to document the Youth Dialogue Project. Youth Dialogue was a part of the Facing Violence: Justice, Religion and Conflict Resolution Forum, 2007 held in San Francisco in February 2007.

Professional Dev

Since 1995, Just Think has been delivering innovative and effective professional development workshops to educators all around the country. The Ignite Your Mind Professional Development Series is our current resource for teacher education.

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