http://youthlab.net Mixing and Mashing Our Way to a Freer Youth Culture Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:43:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en test more about "testin", posted with vodpod http://youthlab.net/2008/07/16/testin/ Using an awesome new tool called Wordle, we transformed out Deli.cio.us tag cloud from YouthLAB 2007 into a Wordle tag Cloud. Here it is. Check it out. http://youthlab.net/2008/06/29/check-out-our-new-wordle/ OYN Director, Mindy Faber was just awarded a $25,000 independent filmmaking grant for her documentary work-in-progress, ChicagoYouth 2.0, a video about how young people are using digital culture to mobilize youth toward social change and civic activism. The grant has been awarded by the Chicago Instructional Technology Foundation (CITF). The ... http://youthlab.net/2008/06/19/mindy-faber-receives-independent-filmmaking-award/ The McCormick Foundation of Chicago has awarded Open Youth Networks, a program of Chicago Filmmakers a $40,000 grant to produce YouthLAB 08: The Fair Use Remix Institute to be held July 7-18th at Chicago Filmmakers. FURI (pronounced furee) will be taught by Mindy Faber, NY-based political remix artist Jonathan McIntosh, ... http://youthlab.net/2008/05/28/mccormick-awards-grant-to-oyn/ YouthLAB (Listening Across Borders) is a unique summer institute that brought together 23 young people from Chicago and Barbados in a virtual contact zone to create a collaborative online cinema project on the living legacies of slavery. Mindy Faber is the Director of YouthLAB (www.youthlab.net), Matt Schick is the Web ... http://youthlab.net/2008/05/21/about-youthlab-2007/ In February of 2008, YouthLAB 07 members, Ameenah Muhammad, Sadia Nawab, Zane Scheuerlein and Mindy Faber went to the DIY Video Summit to present their curated program YOUTUBE-SIZED. Here are some clips from the Summit including excerpts of our interviews, works and presentations: [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDd9-8rgzDQ&feature=related] http://youthlab.net/2008/05/16/youthlab-at-diy-in-la/ This article by Mindy Faber appeared in Youth Media Reporter. It outlines some of the goals and key pedagogical strategies behind the program.           Listening Across Borders: Creating Virtual Spaces for Youth Global Exchange By: Mindy Faber Published: November 14, 2007 Category: Trends Photo by YouthLAB As we transition into an ... http://youthlab.net/2008/05/08/listening-across-borders-pedagogies-and-practices/ YOU-TUBE-SIZED: 10 Radical Things About YouTube By Open Youth Networks youth members Ameenah Muhammad, Sadia Nawab and Zane Scheuerlein (Editing help from OYN Director, Mindy Faber). OYN nurtures youth to empower innovative micro-enterprises that mobilize their peers from awareness to action. By helping youth imagine new ways of engaging in socially-motivated ... http://youthlab.net/2008/05/05/ten-radical-things-about-youtube/ The Journal of Radical Aesthetics and Protest recently asked Open Youth Networks members, Ameenah Muhammad (18), Sadia Nawab (18) and Zane Scheuerlein (17) to write an article for their upcoming issue. Click here for a sneak preview of their piece, 10 Radical Things About YouTube. http://youthlab.net/2008/05/05/10-radical-things-about-youtube/   PARTICIPATE IN FURI (THE FAIR USE REMIX INSTITUTE) Mix and Mash your way to a freer youth culture OPEN YOUTH NETWORKS IS NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR SCHOLARSHIPS Click here to download your application. application-scholarship-furi.doc Click here to download the Flyer FURI [pronounced fury] is a two week digital media workshop for socially-conscious ... http://youthlab.net/2008/05/01/229/