Media literacy through collaborative production


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6th Annual Generation Connection brings camper breakthroughs in media literacy

August 22, 2008 by Rhys

On July 25th we wrapped up our 6th straight year of collaborative video production at The Generation Connection! TGC is a summer camp that connects kids aged 8-13 with inspirational members of older generations as they travel around central Florida engaging community-building and environmentally-oriented activities, and creating a documentary video with TMS tutelage.

TGC5: Summer Camp Clips of the Day

August 16, 2007 by Rhys

The Media Spot has worked within The Generation Connection summer camp for senior citizen mentors and kids age 8-12 since it's establishment in 2002. Each day, small groups of campers video tape activities and work with TMS to edit their footage into "Clips of the Day". This year's clips focus on in-camera editing, and employed a 14 year-old counselor in training to assemble and pre-edit camper's raw video clips.

TGC2: Friday Clip of the Day

July 23, 2004 by Rhys

The Media Spot has worked within The Generation Connection summer camp for senior citizen mentors and kids age 8-12 since it's establishment in 2002. Each day, small groups of campers video tape activities and edit the footage into "Clips of the Day". 2004's clips had campers editing in iMovie on a laptop, on the road for the first time.

The Media Spot Live!

June 13, 2003 by Rhys

This promotional video shows The Media Spot in action in 2001 at Community School 211 in the Bronx, NY.