The Media Mural Project: Empowering Youth in New Mass Media

Center for Learning in the Arts, Sciences and Sustainability. University of California Irvine, School of Biological Sciences III, Office 2656, Irvine, CA 92697. Tel: 949-824-4317; Fax: 949-824-2965; Web site: http://sites.uci.edu/class/

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Art Education; High School Students; Middle School Students; Student Empowerment; Mass Media; Production Techniques; Computer Uses in Education; Self Expression; Video Technology; Art Activities; Outcomes of Education; Pilot Projects; Nontraditional Education; Music Education; Internet

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This article describes the pedagogy, practice and outcomes of a digital art program developed to enable high school and middle school students to become active participants in new forms of grassroots public media. Students and their teachers become producers and controllers of art-based videos and associated digital dialogue which is distributed on the Internet.

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2007

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