Examining+Youth+Media+Through+Production

We considered these themes in reflecting on youth media production:
 * Themes**


 * the relationship between media analysis and media production
 * documentary, truthtelling and advocacy
 * the role of student choice
 * collaboration as a strategic tool in the learning process and how this is at odds with professional models, which are hierarchical
 * relationship between media product quality and the creative production process
 * technical skills and time in the production process
 * systemic and structural aspects of the education systeam that support or marginalize youth media
 * the audience for youth media production-- how the Internet affects potential and actual access to audience
 * assessment: what are students learning?
 * authority, hierarchy, social relationships, control and power in the production process
 * learning how to learn

Goodman, S. (2003). Teaching youth media. New York: Teachers College Press. Media Education Lab (2009). [|Powerful Voices for Kids Stewardship Report]. Weigle Information Commons (2008). [|Thinking Creatively about Video Assignments: A Conversation with Penn Faculty].
 * Readings**