Digital Youth: Call for Submissions

"The George Lucas Educational Foundation, publisher of Edutopia media,
including Edutopia video, Edutopia magazine, and Edutopia.org, has received a
grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to produce ten
multimedia portraits of youth ages 8–18 who are deeply immersed in digital
media of all kinds: blogs, social networks, virtual environments, games, media
making projects, and so on.

These portraits are intended to provide an in-depth look at how young people are using new media for learning, socializing, and entertainment, giving adults insight into the new generation's digital lives. The portraits will feature a range of media, produced by Edutopia staff as well as the youth themselves, including

• short (less than ten-minute) documentary segments that explore how young people are using new media in their homes, schools, out-of-school activities, and informal learning environments, and with their peers.
• interviews with youth to gain their reflections on these experiences.
• interviews with their parents, educators, and others.
• expert interviews commenting on and interpreting specific behaviors in the portraits.
• articles and text commentary placing the portraits in the larger context of digital-learning initiatives.
• examples of work these young people have produced, including photos, slide presentations, videos, podcasts, music, games, essays, blogs, media diaries, and Web sites.

The portraits will be published on Edutopia.org, and articles about them will appear in several issues of Edutopia magazine and on the Web site beginning in February 2009."

For more information, visit: http://www.edutopia.org/digital-youth-video-multimedia