Month: July 2007

The 92nd MediaSnackers podcast talks with a young blogger about social media.

(WORLD) The MediaSnackers podcast focusses on individuals, organisations or companies who are simply impressing us and which are crying out for more discussion.

Ethan Bodnar is a 17 year old blogger, entrepreneur and graphic designer from Connecticut, USA.

0.00—0.24 intros
0.25—1.21 background, Ethan’s blog and his projects: Grab Bag Book and The iPhone Book
1.22—1.40 how long Ethan has been blogging
1.41—2.26 Sustainable Education
2.27—3.09 where the theory has come from
3.10—3.43 example of sustainable education
3.44—5.00 sustainable development mashed up
5.01—5.40 participation and ownership
5.41—6.44 how to use the methodology
6.45—7.26 barriers
7.27—8.54 future of education
8.55—9.54 expectations/impact of new media
9.55—10.07 Outro

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August 07, another mouth-watering MediaSnackers Vodcast to devour.

The MediaSnackers monthly vodcast is a fifteen minute shot (more or less) of yummy-youth-media-goodness. Featuring content made, produced or focussed on young people and media from around the globe.

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Featuring: Javier Garcia, theoneminutesjr.org; MediaSnackers News; Big Brother Animation by Philip Davies plus Momma’s Boy by David Campbell both from Glamorgan Center for Arts and Design Technology; music by DK.

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The 91st MediaSnackers podcast discusses a new report called Watching, Wanting, Wellbeing.

(WORLD) The MediaSnackers podcast focusses on individuals, organisations or companies who are simply impressing us and which are crying out for more discussion.

Agnes Nairn, a UK academic researcher and writer in the field of children and marketing is Affiliate Professor of Marketing at EM-Lyon Business School and also one of the authors of Watching, Wanting, Wellbeing: exploring the links (press release and PDF link to the report).

0.00—0.28 intros
0.29—1.29 background to the report
1.30—3.19 impact of commercial media and screen time
3.20—4.17 the top-line results
4.18—5.29 respondents opinions of their parents
5.30—7.11 interactivity vs passiveness/growing commercialisation of the net
7.14—9.05 who is responsible?
9.06—10.16 affluent vs deprived households
10.17—10.50 impact of report
10.51—11.03 Outro

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The 90th MediaSnackers podcast chats with Rushton Hurley.

(WORLD) The MediaSnackers podcast focusses on individuals, organisations or companies who are simply impressing us and which are crying out for more discussion.

Rushton Hurley is a Japanese language teacher for Wilcox High School and also the founder of the non-profit online video resource for educators called Next Vista.

0.00—1.32 intros
1.33—2.35 background and the birth of Next Vista
3.42—5.42 why not use YouTube?
5.43—7.34 how the platform has been received
7.35—9.22 the future aims
9.23—9.44 Outro

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Teaching the teachers.

(GBR) MediaSnackers just returned from delivering two new media taster training sessions to students of Teach First (a government teacher training scheme for new graduates). As ever here’s a short film review of the day:

Thanks to Randall for inviting us to participate and all the fantastic students who really embraced this whirlwind of a training session (unfortunately Randall left the organisation soon after our gig and didn’t get us a testimonial—the only gig we haven’t got one for although you can get the gist from the video above). We’re looking forward to hearing how they adopt their new skills and understading into the classroom.

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New course for the UK.

(GBR) At the launch of the Diploma In IT.

Steve Moore from Policy Unplugged introduced the day explaining the first half would be presentations and panel discussion then the second half will be an ‘unconference’ session.

Gareth Cadwalladar, Diploma Director for the new course talked about the evolution and development of said course. Lots of input from the industry and employment sector. Talked about what they wanted from school leavers and graduates. Gareth talked through the options available for the programme curriculum.

John Higging, Director General for Intellect UK representing the IT industry. Talked about what skills IT companies are looking for in the workplace and their expectations. Made the point that we have to focus on creatin gthe ‘best students’ as all markets are global.

Matt Locke, Commissioning Editor (New Media) Channel 4 Education, talking about something we like—the pace of change to the whole media infrasctructure and architecture. Touched on mash-ups and ‘hack’ events—creativity, social networking (live and virtual) and low barriers of entry has been the driver of all this change. Pooling talent for specific projects like games—individual at the center of a network with contacts . Touched on ‘passion’ in learning—MediaSnackers likes Matt!

MediaSnackers then delivered a short presentation on the the new media and technology landscape young people are immersed in. It was a fun event and we’ll be watching closely the evolution of the course and its adoption into the curriculum.

It was crucial to have an understanding of the new media landscape the new Diploma will operate in and DK certainly covered covered all the bases with his presentation. It added context and fun to the event – thank you.
Steve Moore, Channel 4 Consultant

Related post: Diploma In IT: Launch Event Part One

July 07, another mouth-watering MediaSnackers Vodcast to devour.

The MediaSnackers monthly vodcast is a fifteen minute shot (more or less) of yummy-youth-media-goodness. Featuring content made, produced or focussed on young people and media from around the globe.

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Featuring: Aleksandar Stepanovski, Belgrade, theoneminutesjr.org; MediaSnackers News; Shoedoo by Club Flix; My Friend The Cigarette by Mackenzie Weekes; Strike For Freedom By Mark James; music by K.O.L.O..

The MediaSnackers monthly vodcast is a fifteen minute shot (more or less) of yummy-youth-media-goodness. Featuring content made, produced or focussed on young people and media from across the globe.

Subscribe directly to these podcasts through iTunes by clicking the ‘subscribe’ icon opposite (download iTunes for free here).

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If you have any short video content (under two-mins) relating to youth media projects, are involved in any aspects of youth media or are a young person producing digital content (audio/visual) and want to discuss submitting pieces for consideration, please get in touch.

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