Youth-interactive Panel Discussion

This is part of what was discussed at the panel discussion.

Alyssa Kuzmarov, founder and director of Productions Oracle (Montreal-based youth media organization)

Giuliana Cucinelli, leader of mProject and incorporating "remix": technical skills of the youth are so natural--"born with the knowledge"--as they are "saturated" by new technology and this adaptability makes mProject, which is run at a high school as an extracurriculum, so fun for the youth. (Expression: shed lights on it)

Janice Dayle, journalist and arts professional: used social constructive method--dialectic discussion without giving instruction--to bring out topics from participants. The youth she had did not know how to email, so these skills were taught throughout the workshop. This was a federal government-funded community-based workshop, so the participants might have been from different socioeconomic background.

Maureen Marovitch, founder and co-owner of Picture This Productions: run video production workshops for the youth from the street. She narrates why video is successfully integrated in youth education, which I agree. Video production involves organizing many different elements such as writing, acting, editing, using music, etc., which all lead the youth to seek information purposefully and learn things differently from formal education setting. Completing a project through combining all the elements gives them accomplishment and move them forward to other opportunity. I also think this process gives them confidence of what they do and allow them to situate themselves in connection with others in society.

Efforts for the youth education seem to be relatively well supported and convinced. But what about marginalized adults? Are they given another chance to learn?

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