South African teachers – a great opportunity with Adobe Youth Voices that you cannot miss!

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjERK2z1cb0YB5T2SGAYhEMfEyL5w2TYzfj-JZ_OkdZDxsSt_kMbwzZRz_7ThwcyFjPAhbxVmVl042xES1TdKGnzajr3aVX5hSwHsc93rKIs3cqki6BvF8OdmDnRVzU3ekFC6s7_8cWjEk/s1600-h/image%25255B5%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="132" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPoenIY6Jsm2651NBZ_U8CgdXefcidQ0-UCKo6cwHljtl4ELd-l5ipY4vOYaGYNHc5O8_uhQ6qxneRW1sfjGrL6Ylwnc7Cn2wYVEQceoxCQGCOIN9vIDig0xgmoIUvPxUL87hjocAU-gM/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="240" /></a></div><em><br /></em><em>Submitted by Fiona Beal</em><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Are you interested in learning the inns and outs of Adobe Essentials and Adobe Premier, and then teaching a group of your learners the same programmes? You would then use these programmes to create a short movie with a message for youth. Keen to know more?</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">SchoolNet is facilitating an Adobe Youth Voices online course which is an international course run by Adobe. The dates are February 18, 2013 - April 15, 2013. We have six places available for South African teachers to participate in this course and then complete the media projects. The online course is facilitated by two international AYV trainers across a period of 8 weeks. </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigWqRHZWjVTqjx6-X8Qe_yVqScWpSaee1ktvMIL8Cqb3e-yJz-0QYWREQvLc_TwqwdAARCclnc4NA4jdb7uYmJ5mhnJH6jivDfQPPWEPMt4izmKNYw7pSSVsL4kxlNOFDKG37q84FJiag/?imgmax=800" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigWqRHZWjVTqjx6-X8Qe_yVqScWpSaee1ktvMIL8Cqb3e-yJz-0QYWREQvLc_TwqwdAARCclnc4NA4jdb7uYmJ5mhnJH6jivDfQPPWEPMt4izmKNYw7pSSVsL4kxlNOFDKG37q84FJiag/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="233" /></a></div><strong><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Previous blogposts on the Adobe Youth Voices project</span></strong><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We have a number of SchoolNet blogposts written about previous years in the Adobe Youth Voices project if you would like to have some background:</span><br /><br /><h5><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">1. <a href="http://e-blogschool.blogspot.com/2011/08/schoolnets-adobe-youth-voices-programme.html" style="color: blue;">SchoolNet's Adobe Youth Voices programme sends a team to California</a> </span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">(18 August 2011)</span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">2. <a href="http://e-blogschool.blogspot.com/2012/08/a-wonderful-adobe-youth-voices-media.html" style="color: blue;">A wonderful Adobe Youth Voices media opportunity for South African teachers!</a> </span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">(27 August 2012)<br />3<span style="color: blue;">. <a href="http://e-blogschool.blogspot.com/2012/09/adobe-youth-voices-in-south.html">Adobe Youth Voices in South Africa–teachers, you have to join this amazing project!</a></span> (5 September 2012)</span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">4.</span><span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal;"> <a href="http://e-blogschool.blogspot.com/2012/09/congratulations-to-our-adobe-youth.html">Congratulations to our Adobe Youth Voices project winners!</a></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: blue;"> </span>(19 September 2012)</span></span></h5><strong><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">SchoolNet’s YouTube channel</span></strong><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can view some of the media that was created if you look through these posts. Our <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/schoolnetsa">SchoolNet YouTube Channel</a> also displays the media.  Here is one of last years entries:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u>Title</u>: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkddFbwAWok&list=UUMQUq-OFDOmmsadLBYwoqFw&index=1" target="_blank">Rise of Racism and Hazardous Stereotyping</a><br /><u>Educator:</u> Maropeng TL Monareng<br /><u>Duration</u>: 7.48 minutes </span><br /><h3> </h3><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/IkddFbwAWok" width="420"></iframe><br /><strong><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Your responsibilities as a participant</span></strong><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The AYV course is offered to teachers who have access to at least a laptop with connectivity who agree to:<strong><br /></strong>1. Participate in the online course   (dates of this course- February 18, 2013 - April 15, 2013)<u></u><u></u></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. Teach your group of learners the skills learned through the online course<u></u><u></u> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. Help your learners produce some form of media for submission to AYV international.</span><u></u><u></u> <br /><u></u><u></u> <br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are a number of activities allocated to each week.  The course programme is attached. J The participating teachers have access to AYV forums and tutorials so that if they lack certain skills they have opportunity to learn them in addition to participating in the online course.<u></u><u></u> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u></u><u></u> </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrdchaqTeqAhCmKA-bSd-1Mf09pS8Aq8JwvW6OhSwGlz_-grhIQgdYExl5EqYUAdz2b6MzwEopbhqtQICqmbGdtpPA_eHHZLfLSA82525-QC73MRvg3XBB7bvqQ3cJF-fepO4JZmfN-gI/s1600-h/image%25255B14%25255D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="91" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6p6cgFVR5BkwUG5Tch8_NlRLKZPXPIyfmOUWO2qlqZ9i2L7-ZwOv1SiYTd0U_tAJx6U8yRc_UnU49Wz27UGOkZCcEqy72FKnfjKUJKM0ASBdmd33MvXOmr1DWvRCHurzd7AE70FBvdU4/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">By the end of this course you will understand: </span><br /><ol><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The philosophy of the Adobe Youth Voices program and what is expected of you, your sites and the youth you are working with as part of the program. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Models of instructional practice as they relate to working with youth and media. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The value and methodologies of youth media making. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The various media formats in which youth work can be created. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Steps and strategies to facilitating effective youth media making. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Community connections and strategies for building and engaging audiences.</span></li></ol><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>More details</b></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">You can download these forms here to find out more information:<br />a) <a href="https://www.box.com/s/uu3oys5q2xznc05c8y83">Educator application</a><br />b) <a href="https://www.box.com/s/y4es6jgtn4x09xq6s2gx">Information Form</a><br />c) <a href="https://www.box.com/s/r5jgvw378pmbogbmfhic" target="_blank">Course syllabus</a></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Why not </b></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b> apply?</b></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you would like to apply, please contact <a href="mailto:omashani@schoolnet.org.za">omashani@schoolnet.org.za</a></span></span></div>

Adobe Youth voices South African teachers – a great opportunity with Adobe Youth Voices that you cannot miss!

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