Session proposed and led by Christiana Aretta, @storiented, Storiography.com
Attendees:
Phil Meyer (WTIU-Indiana), Kate Shaw & Lauren Schwarze (KETC-St Louis), Nick Woodward (MPBN-Bangor), Dinh La (WXXI-Rocherster), Robert Watson (UNC-TV), Jenn Bonsall, Kelli Shewmaker, Aaron Ginoza, Tiffany Shackleford, 2 folks from PBSKids
*apologies if I left you off this list but please feel free to add yourself :)
Types of content being produced by kids/teens/students
- Name Change After Marriage
-Reading Rainbow contest (UNC-TV): http://pbskids.org/readingrainbow/
-Story Factory (PBS-Kids): http://pbskids.org/storyfactory/
-The Learning Lab (WHYY-Philadelphia): http://www.whyy.org/learninglab/
Afterschool program for kids to produce their own content
-Raising 100,000 voices (WXXI-Rochester)
http://www.wxxi.org/education/raising100kvoices/
kids 10-15 are sponsored to come into the studio/attend seminars and sessions mainly through grants
they create 3min documentary stories on themes given to them
have a dedicated program advisor
website has lots of awesome info
partnership with local science museum
Homework Hotline for math/science - kids demonstrating science and math principles
Dial-A-Teacher
-WTIU-Indiana University
http://www.indiana.edu/~radiotv/wtiu/index.shtml
Elementary school program (ideally 8-12yo) and college program (affiliated with university)
Launching high school program by December 2009
Also run young learning lab and summer camp program
Kids work with program/content manager to brainstorm ideas for content
Benefits: different perspectives on topics, subject matter
seed money mainly from university, university provides about 30% of funding, remainder from corporation and foundation grants (main expense was cost of dedicated program manager for 15 weeks)
Kids-produced show: http://www.fridayzone.org/index.shtml
(check the FAQ for specific info about the program production)
based on ReadytoLearn workshop model
topics related to state education standards
Some cited concerns:
Privacy - WTIU & WXXI have parents sign a very broad release. Generally not a problem as the kind of kids they work with all want to be on TV.
Licensing & copyright - Creative Commons vs. a plethora of other licensing structures still being used by composers, directors, etc. Holistic approach seems to be best.
3 Fs: Followthru, funding and feedback - everyone participating said they had no way to track if the shows were popular. Pledge drives for children's content generally don't work - most stations didn't bother pledging for kids' content.
Advice for setting up your own apprenticeship model:
-make the project well-thought out and planned for SUSTAINIBILITY
- leadership continuity
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