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Vascellari Media Channel Feature
[SUMMARY—An opportunity to respond.]
(WORLD) Andrea Vascellari is based in Finland and contacted us about the recent meme debate. Andrea runs a great little vodcast series and basically asked us for a response to all the posts about MediaSnackers and specifically the charge that anyone of any age can be a media snacker:
Thanks again Andrea for providing us with an opportunity to respond.
Filed by DK on November 28 2007 | READ IT »
Clubs For Young People Conference
[SUMMARY—Speaking x2.]
(GBR) Yesterday MediaSnackers was down in Marwell Hotel, Hamsphire (which has its very own zoo) to deliver two speaking sessions for the Clubs For Young People "Taking The Lead" conference.
We discussed the huge changes in the media landscape and contextualised why organisations who work with young people now need to consider social media operations and strategies.
Clubs for Young People held a conference in November designed to help chief execs and lead workers of voluntary youth organisations find their way through the Childrens Services jungle—so Marwell Zoo seemed an appropriate venue! The conference was designed to inspire and motivate delegates to return to their organisations equipped with new ideas and innovations. DK of Mediasnackers took the delegates through the virtual world of how young people use the internet and other technology to communicate and participate. The sessions were very well recieved—feedback comments included:
• really upbeat interesting presentation which helped with understanding what young people are experiencing
• great presentation, articulated the need and demand for yp organisations to move forward wery well
• excellent—left me wanting more!DK's energetic presentation style and broad knowledge base made for a really informative and inspiring session, he pitched the material at a very appropriate level for the delegates and gave an insight into how to keep up with the young people they are working with. He made the use of virtual communication feel achievable by the organisations present and I am sure many of them went back filled with ideas of how to move forward in an innovative way—thanks DK
Sandie Davis, Development Manager—South, Clubs for Young People
Filed by DK on November 28 2007 | READ IT »
E-skills Training Part Two
[SUMMARY—A video review.]
(GBR) At the beginning of the week we were delivering our bespoke training course to the funky crew at eskills—check out our little film review of the day:
Music Featured: Home Again by Attack!Attack!
The MediaSnackers training day was a completely unique and refreshing approach to learning which has inspired the whole team and boosted the creativity of the project, if only all training was like this.
Greg Welch, Director of New Media, e-skills UK
Related post: e-skills Diploma in IT Launch & E-skills Training Part One
Filed by DK on November 22 2007 | READ IT »
Blogging Enterprise
[SUMMARY—Little global ripples.]
(GBR) MediaSnackers had an email this morning from one of the guys at Make Your Mark—watch the video from out training gig for them back in September here—letting us know about their blogging activities.
Last week was Enterprise week—Make Your Mark's biggest week in the year.
I was saying to folk here that we should blog it - as a way to give a human face to the thousands of events, as a way to share the energy etc.
I didn't necessarily expect it to take off—but it did. We had 103 posts in 6 days! Mostly from staffers and also some guest posts. A lot of buy-in, a lot of positive feedback.
We hope we played a small part in challenging/demonstrating/illutsrating the worth of blogging in our training—just fantastic to see it happen and I'm sure next year it will be a bigger part of the overal strategy.
Related posts: Make Your Mark: Part One & Part Two
Filed by DK on November 22 2007 | READ IT »
MediaSnack-snack-snackers#22
[SUMMARY—Quotes which illustrate.]
(WORLD) MediaSnackers are being served more and more ways to snack on their chosen media than ever. It's hard to differentiate between companies and start-ups enabling snacking or the snacking trends driving media platform development, but here are a couple of quotes from the 'experts' to sum it all up for any 'MediaSnacker-virgins':
One of the things our grandchildren will find quaintest about us is that we distinguish the digital from the real, the virtual from the real. In the future, that will become literally impossible.
The man who coined the phrase 'cyberspace' talking about ubiquitous computing.
We are very confident it will change people's lives.
Beatbullying chief executive Emma-Jane Cross explaining the importance of a new video campaign on YouTube.
More than four in 10 teens, or 43 percent, who instant message use it for things they wouldn't say in person, according to an Associated Press-AOL poll released Thursday. Twenty-two percent use IMs to ask people out on dates or accept them, and 13 percent use them to break up.
What teens are really using IM for.
The line between TV and PC is being blurred. Today's consumers no longer care about the conventional definition of a gadget. They just want one that fits their lifestyle
Judy Pae of LG hitting the nail on the head.
The reason children quickly adapt to the latest digital devices is because they have no fear of learning and unlearning. But our policymakers are constrained by their orthodox approaches to problems, a side effect of their age and reluctance to adapt to changing realities. The solutions they propose are suitably staid.
Sounds like the opening lines of mediasnackers.com summed up here.
MediaSnack-snack-snackers #1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 & 21.
Filed by DK on November 20 2007 | READ IT »
E-skills Training Part One
[SUMMARY—A one-dayer.]
(GBR) MediaSnackers is here at the eskills offices in London to delivering some of our tasty social media training.
eskills mission is to ensure the UK has the skills it needs to compete in the global economy and has recently launched a Diploma In IT in a bid to get more young people into the IT industry.
Related post: e-skills Diploma in IT Launch
Filed by DK on November 19 2007 | READ IT »
YouthNet Presentation
[SUMMARY—Online freebies.]
(GBR) Online charity and all round 'good-eggs', YouthNet, recently held their first breakfast seminar.
You can see from our suggestion in the comments they have used SlideShare to post their 'Language of Digital Natives' presentations from the day for all to see—includes the delicious six rules of web 2.0:
• It's a conversation
• Be real
• Anywhere and everywhere
• Me Me ME! Personalised and personal
• Immediate and engaging… else you've lost them
• It will all be different next year
Filed by DK on November 18 2007 | READ IT »
How To Become A Leader…
[SUMMARY—…in one simple step!]
(GBR) Start blogging.
Simple as that.
Start blogging and you will be a leader. Why?
We have yet to find a single youth worker (who is not attached to a youth ministry or church) who blogs.
This was our 'call to action' to the heads of all the English youth services this week at their national conference.
Related posts: Wanted: Youth Work Bloggers and Youth Work(ers) Challenged
Filed by DK on November 16 2007 | READ IT »
New Media Landscapes Presentation
[SUMMARY—Off again.]
(GBR) Heading up to Wigan in the north west of the UK to deliver a second speaking gig this week. The conference is for teachers in the local area and is entitled ''The learner, the 21st century curriculum, the technology & you!'—a jointly organised day by Wigan & Leigh College and Wigan Council.
After researching leading presenters in the new media and i-generation arena I booked DK from mediasnackers to come and speak to an audience of over 100 teaching staff to illustrate the changing way our learners interact and learn. To say that DK blow the audience away would not be an underestimation. He instantly connected with the audience and captivated and engaged them for the period of his presentation. His style was relaxed yet incredibly knowledgeable and professional. After giving DK an initial brief about the day, his presentation delivered a powerful message that had a distinct WOW factor specifically meeting the brief and audiences needs. Mediasnackers have set the bar high for others to follow. I look forward to working with DK and mediasnackers again and hopefully very soon.
Ian Green, Product Development Manager, Wigan & Leigh College
UPDATE: Check out the young peoples podcasts from the day.
Filed by DK on November 14 2007 | READ IT »
MediaSnack-snack-snackers#21
[SUMMARY—Quotes which illustrate.]
(WORLD) MediaSnackers are being served more and more ways to snack on their chosen media than ever. It's hard to differentiate between companies and start-ups enabling snacking or the snacking trends driving media platform development, but here are a couple of quotes from the 'experts' to sum it all up for any 'MediaSnacker-virgins':
The BBC and Channel 4 will initially use the Bebo network to promote their shows using short clips. Because it allows them to embed their own "media players" within the website, they are also likely to show full-length programmes in future.
Bebo allowing a mashup of old and new media in short-video form.
The connected consumer. There are four major driving forces: Digitization, Convergence, Media Snacking and Social Networking.
Duncan Waddle, VP of WDW PR speaking at the PRSA conference.
Short-form online video is a new genre of entertainment well-suited to today's pace of life, enabling fans to enjoy a 'media snack' whenever and wherever they like. The 'Director's Cut' channel features some of the best original content in this new genre, short videos created and nominated by members of the vibrant Metacafe community.
Erick Hachenburg, CEO of Metacafe.
MediaSnack-snack-snackers #1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 & 20.
Filed by DK on November 14 2007 | READ IT »
The World Has Changed…#16
[SUMMARY—Illustrating the ever-changing media menu.]
(WORLD) More evidence that the world is changing for MediaSnackers everywhere from these recent articles:
• Student, Nick Haley makes an ad for the iPod touch, posts it on YouTube, the next thing you know, Apple is flying him in to remake it professionally;
• Cellphone check-ins are quickly becoming a global standard with bar codes;
• Six video bloggers are roaming the country to compliment Blogumentary launch on youth's views on India;
• Churches are using Halo to get young people through the doors;
• Consultation, negotiation and mutual respect between family members all thanks to technology.
Related posts: The World Has Changed#1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15.
Filed by DK on November 13 2007 | READ IT »
Index Card Explanation
[SUMMARY—Old school meet new school.]
(GBR) In a discussion with a principal youth officer (someone who runs a youth service in the UK) MediaSnackers found the best way to describe why new media and technology is relevant to youth workers and young people is through drawing the above on an index card.
The following morning it appeared in our presentation :-)
Related post: APYCO
Filed by DK on November 13 2007 | READ IT »
APYCO Conference
[SUMMARY—Speaking gig.]
(GBR) Currently at the fabolous Horewood House attending the Association for Principal Youth and Community Officers (APYCO) national conference. Mediasnackers has been invited as the penultimate speaker to help wrap up the conference with the juicy title of 'What Next?' to tackle.
Going to be fun!
I'm struggling to find the words which will adequately thank you for an extremely engaging presentation covering things we should know a lot about—but we evidently don't.
Your style was refreshing and memorable, and the effort you've made to fully reference your sources and material will be very helpful for members keen to look again at the points you made—and also for those not at Conference.
Susie Roberts, APYCO Chief Executive
Filed by DK on November 12 2007 | READ IT »
London G&T Youth Training: Part Two
[SUMMARY—Another short film review.]
Music featured: She Has Moved On by The Stubbs.
LG&T worked with MediaSnackers to produce a Technology Day for gifted and talented KS3 students from across London. Attended by 25 students and their teacher the day was hugely successful. The feedback from both the students and their teachers was, without exception, positive and particular complimented DK and Barney for their motivating and challenging facilitation. The students appreciated the opportunity to collaborate with each other to produce work using a variety of mediums. MediaSnackers fostered a fun, creative and safe environment in which the students explored the educational benefit of many socially used e-tools. Working with MediaSnackers was easy: they are organised, dedicated and very talented.
Elly Hobson, Educational Programme Manager, London Gifted & Talented
Related post: London G&T Youth Training: Part One
Filed by DK on November 11 2007 | READ IT »
Digital Media Literacy Summit: Part Two
[SUMMARY—Short film review of our training and event support.]
Music featured: Save me by Showing Off To Thieves.
Check out all the young digital journalists interviews here.
The young journalists trained by mediasnackers for the Digital Media Literacy Summit 2007 held at Channel 4 on November 8th, organised and funded by the Media Literacy Task Force added notably to the success of this event.
Bringing a slice of 'real-life media literacy' to the event, the young journalists, from two inner City London schools and aged between 14 and 16, recorded interviews with delegates, speakers and organisers that enlivened the event and enriched the legacy of the day.
This aspect of the day was truly refreshing and highly relevant to the context of the Summit. It ensured that policy-makers and media professionals encountered young people practising media literacy skills both creative and critical as they learned 'on the job' how to conduct interviews and record and film them in real time.
It is a tribute to the quality of training provided by mediasnackers that the results were professional and challenging to a considerable degree given the scale of their task and the number of seasoned professionals present at the event to be interviewed.
DR P A Packer, Strategy Adviser, UK Film Council & UK Media Literacy Task Force
Related post: Digital Media Literacy Summit: Part One
Filed by DK on November 10 2007 | READ IT »
Larry Lessig TED Talk
[SUMMARY—Amazing stuff.]
(WORLD) The TED Talks have been the fodder of inspiration for us at MediaSnackers Towers and the latest offering is from Larry Lessig, chair of the fantastic Creative Commons.
Please, please, please watch the talk below as Lessig superbly sets out the current discourse around the law, digital copyright and the technology which is enabling young people to be creative and in doing so breaking the law:
Filed by DK on November 10 2007 | READ IT »
LG&T Wins Award
[SUMMARY—Good to see our friends doing well.]
(GBR) London Gifted & Talented last night won the team of the year in the E-learning Awards 2007.
MediaSnackers delivered some training to these guys back in September and was there working with them at the beginning of the week—well done guys!
Related posts: This one & this one.
Filed by DK on November 9 2007 | READ IT »
Digital Media Literacy Summit: Part One
[SUMMARY—Meet the digital journalists.]
(GRB) Meet the digital journalists for the Digital Media Literacy Summit and click the link to check out the interviews from the day.
More photos here.
Filed by DK on November 8 2007 | READ IT »
Seen and Heard 2007
[SUMMARY—BT awards for young people.]
(GBR) In partnership with the UK Youth Parliament, our friends at BT have announced and launched this years Seen and Heard—this year the report is accompanied by a CD which featured stories from the winners (order a report here or download the pdf here.
The purpose of Seen and Heard has always been to recognise and reward the achievements of those young people who have made a real difference to their own lives and the lives of others around them. This year, as last, we also recognise adults who have listened to and acted upon the concerns of young people.
Thay have a great interactive map so you can drill down into the regions and find stories in your locality. Would have been great to have the audio embedded in the site as well but maybe next year ;-)
Related podcast: Podcast#77: Dave Hancock, Head of Education and Volunteering for BT
Filed by DK on November 7 2007 | READ IT »
Music4U
[SUMMARY—We're getting around.]
(GBR) MediaSnackers is up north and with Music4U, the Humber Region's Youth Music Action Zone, who run a wide range of music activities across the region.
We're here speaking at their AGM plus providing a little consulting session on their future new media and technology strategy.
MediaSnackers really got our team thinking about the future and how we start to use the technologies available. It was great to have someone who has the overview of what is available and with the knowledge about how young people communicate. We are now using some of the technologies demonstrated and are starting to connect to young people. We highly recommend MediaSnackers consulting, particular enlightening to anyone over the age of 18!
Melanie Paris, Marketing Director, Music4U—the Humber Region Action Zone
Filed by DK on November 7 2007 | READ IT »
London G&T Youth Training: Part One
[SUMMARY—We're back.]
(GBR) Yesterday it was 8 young people and today we're taking on 30 at London Gifted & Talented.
MediaSnackers is delivering a bespoke technology training day challenging the participants to become digital detectives for the day.
Related post: London Gifted and Talented: Part Two
Filed by DK on November 6 2007 | READ IT »
Digital Journalist Youth Training
[SUMMARY—Here we go.]
(GBR) We're just setting up and getting ready to deliver our digital journalists training to eight young people who are going blog and vodcast the forthcoming Digital Media Literacy Summit on Thursday—organised by the Media Literacy Task Force at Channel 4.
Filed by DK on November 5 2007 | READ IT »
Millennial Leaders Book
[SUMMARY—A book with MediaSnackers featured.]
(WORLD) At the beginning of the year MediaSnackers participated in a fourm discussion for the Gen Y Project—well, the project now has a book out entitled Millennial Leaders.
Here's the blurb:
In Millennial Leaders, you will read success stories from the most brilliant leaders of tomorrow who are already leading today. We explore how to effectively communicate with Gen Y and how to utilize their talents, most of which are entirely foreign to the more seasoned (i.e., older) generations, like the Baby Boomers and Traditionalists. Millennial Leaders features interviews with 25 of these Gen Y leaders, and represents the merging of the authors' leadership capabilities with the talent and skill sets of the experts interviewed.
When you buy the book you'll get a bonus chapter featuring MediaSnackers Founder DK—WOO HOO!
Grab your copy from Amazon.
Related post: Gen Y Project: Audio
Filed by DK on November 4 2007 | READ IT »
MediaSnackers Vodcast | Episode#011 | November 07
[SUMMARY—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.
Featuring: Disabilities by Darina Severenchuk: theoneminutesjr.org; How To by Radijojo gGmbH Germany; Peak Oil Subvert by Luke Martin/Denzil Monk: Life Round Here by Ariel: class326.com; Clap Your Stupid Hands by The Teeth.
Subscribe directly to these podcasts through iTunes by clicking the 'subscribe' icon opposite (download iTunes for free here).
Not using iTunes? Then just copy / paste this feed and drop it into your podcast aggregating software.
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.
Watch the other MediaSnackers Vodcasts.
Filed by DK on November 2 2007 | READ IT »
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