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Artist of the Month for January: Dina Alassaad

To kick off our first-ever Artist of the Month contest, we asked girls worldwide to create art inspired by the theme Girls in School. And create they did! We received paintings,... more

by Katie Bayerl from Teen Voices magazine

Why parents help their children lie to Facebook about age

Abstract from the authors: Facebook, like many communication services and social media sites, uses its Terms of Service (ToS) to forbid children under the age of 13 from creating... more

Writing Radio Commentaries

Elena Botkin-Levy Coordinator, ZUMIX Radio Everyone has an opinion about something. Radio commentaries offer an opportunity for young people to express their opinion on an issue... more

by Elena Botkin-Levy from ZUMIX Radio

Youth Media Art Curriculum

New Curricula: Writing Radio Commentaries

Elena Botkin-Levy Coordinator, ZUMIX Radio Everyone has an opinion about something. Radio commentaries offer an opportunity for young people to express their opinion on an issue of their choice and to become effective communicators. This is a model 3-part lesson plan to write radio commentaries with high-... more

New Curricula: Photoshop and Digital Collage

Overview: Photoshop and Digital Collage Workshop Age Group 14-18 (This is a four day, 3.5 hour per day workshop. However, this curriculum can be broken down into more sessions.) Objectives: 1. To introduce students to Photoshop as a tool for combining meaningful information from several image sources,... more