As you all know, we are looking for content partners!
As you all know (or should know by now!) this is a youth site, so we are looking for youth-created content to keep the site relevant to the newcomer youth who will be visiting it.
In the age of YouTube, we realize that many of our website users will be more familiar (and responsive) to video content. In fact, a lot of new youth projects now focus exclusively on providing youth with multimedia creation and editing skills, and foster creativity as a way of engaging youth. You might be familiar with the most popular of these types called digital storytelling, which can be used to explore any issue while incorporating any tech or multimedia skills youth have or are currently learning about. The product of a project like this is a short digital video telling a particular story. If you’re interested in reading more about it, check out this document called “7 Things You Should Know About Digital Storytelling“.
These are the most interesting types of programs for us, because the products of these projects translate well to the internet (meaning we can showcase them on our upcoming website).
One group that does great multimedia work with youth is Regent Park Focus, located in Regent Park in Toronto. They focus on video, music, photography, Web 2.0, and produce a monthly magazine called “Catch Da Flava”. Last week we had a meeting with this youth-driven not-for-profit media group, discussing potential ways we can work together to produce video content for the site. One idea we bounced around was the creation of a “How-To…” series of videos for newcomer youth to orient them with certain topics, like our favourite example of “How To Ride Public Transit”. Ideally, video would be the best medium to translate these types of messages since they can be subtitled or narrated in many different languages (not just French) and can be more accessible than large blocs of info text.
However - videos take a long time to produce so we are always looking for more partners!
If you are running a project with youth involving multimedia production, please contact us at youth-jeunesse@ocasi.org and let us know if you would be interested in creating content for us.
Multimedia Youth Groups:
Check out Regent Park TV to see what Regent Park Focus does.
Read about the Remix Project in Toronto.
Watch videos from the MIGR@TIONS Project (an immigration/migration themed multimedia festival).
