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Spring 2012
MEDIA ARTS CENTER SAN DIEGO in partnership with SAN DIEGO PUBLIC LIBRARY Seek to Increase Community and Library Literacy Using Mobile Technology with AFTERSCHOOL WORKSHOPS offered in a LOCAL LIBRARY near you!
Spring is here and its time for yet another wonderful session of Mobile Stories! The program has become so popular that we will be adding two more libraries to our program. Which means more opportunities for youth and young adults to have a voice in their own communities. So, if you are interested in journalism or film, looking to explore the city of San Diego, and meet interesting people right in your community, come join a Mobile Stories Workshop in March at a local library near you.
Highlights:
- Use iPhone 4s to record news blogging
- Audio and music recording
- Digital photography
- Learn how to be a reporter
- Live webcasting
- FREE snacks and more!
Participating library branches include:
Logan Heights Library (567 So. 28th St., San Diego, CA 92113, 619-533-3968)
Central Library (820 E St., San Diego, CA 92101, 619-236-5800)
City Heights Library (3795 Fairmount Ave., San Diego CA 92105)
4th Location (TBA)
*Click to download flyer*
*SIGN UP for Logan Heights Library*
*SIGN UP for Central Library*
Mobile Stories Program
In the Summer of 2011, the MEDIA ARTS CENTER SAN DIEGO, in partnership with SAN DIEGO PUBLIC LIBRARIES, introduced a new way for youth to have a voice within their communities. MOBILE STORIES is a FREE afterschool program that uses the popularity of mobile phone technology to connect local youth (ages 9-18 years old) with the extensive resources available at their local library in a format that is both current and easily accessible. The library recognizes the ubiquity of cell phone technology; the need for under-represented youth to express their voices regarding news and events in their neighborhoods; and MOBILE STORIES potential to connect youth and their interests and needs with the information and resources of the library.
“The stories we tell in our local communities are part of the larger stories happening around the world. By partnering with the local library using the same tools to tell these stories, we are not only highlighting the importance of these stories, but showing the importance of libraries as active parts in the creation and interpretation of these shared histories for the public,” said Ethan van Thillo, Executive Director, MEDIA ARTS Center San Diego.
Mobile Stories is made possible with funding by the Library and Services Technology Act which the California State Library (CSL) administers in California.
General program info: tclarke@mediaartscenter.org / 619-230-1938 x 103
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