Adobe Youth Voices Core Training 2012 - 7/23-7/27

Adobe Youth Voices (AYV) is designed to capitalize on young people's innate optimism and sense of justice, helping transform disengaged youth into creative and articulate contributors to their communities. Youth have a lot to say, and Adobe Youth Voices provides the tools and platforms to speak and be heard.

Educators participating in AYV Core Training will receive tools and techniques for facilitating youth-centered learning experiences that help students tackle the issues that impact their daily lives. Topics covered in this exciting, empowering 5-day training will include:

• Youth Media Theory & Practice
• Media Literacy
• Youth Centered Instruction
• Thinking About Audience
• Critical Response
• Community Collaboration
• Copyright & Fair Use

Participants will also be introduced to the basics of Adobe Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements and will be eligible to receive a donation of this powerful media creation software for their schools or organizations.

NOTE: You must complete the program application to be eligible to participate. The application is located here: http://www.bavc.org/t3