...is to help educators, youth service providers and youth use digital media and television production as essential learning tools. We give teachers and students the skills, the techniques and the confidence to incorporate these technologies into their learning process and create digital media projects, television and video programs that inform and contribute to the well-being of their communities.

Listen Up! Best of 2004 Reel • Just Try and Stop Us

San Diego Girl Film Festival - Official Selection • Through My Eyes

Tower of Youth Film Festival -  Official Selection • Gay Marriage...A Right? Or Wrong?

MetLife Award winner, 2003 – PBS, "Listen Up! Documentary Project"

San Francisco International Film Festival, 2003 - Official Selection – Si Se Puede!

iCademy Awards, 2003 - Blue Ribbon Award • The Music, the Message

iCademy Awards, 2003 - Honorable Mention • The Right to Side

California Student Media Festival, 2003 - First Place - Si Se Puede!

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Youth-Made Media Festival - Recipient of the "Keep it Reel" Award, 2003 • Young Sisters on the Street and The Music, The Message

Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition for Community Service, 1995

Tom Hanks Student Achievement Award, 1995 “ "We Mean Clean - Team Oakland"

National Educational Media Network Gold Apple Award, 1995 “ "We Mean Clean - Team Oakland"

National Educational Film and Video Festival Bronze Apple Award, High School Documentaries, 1994 “ "For U 2 Know: A Video Magazine for Teenagers"

STUDENTS

We take the skills students learn from producing live-television shows, video documentaries and websites along with visual literacy and help them develop critical thinking skills that increase their overall learning ability. Our methods help students:

• Become highly-motivated learners
  
• Develop self-respect and respect for others
  
• Develop confidence in their ability to learn
  
• Learn to express abstract ideas and concepts clearly and effectively
  
• Develop cooperative learning and team-working skills
  
• Discover how written and spoken language and visual images operate as communication systems

" The best part [of working on the production] is working together as a team, discussing with group members, learning how to setup video equipment, and getting along with each other."
~ Student

TEACHERS

We understand the challenges you face in the classroom. Even if your resources are limited, in a short period of time, we can show you how to use visual language and digital media to enhance your curriculum and engage your students in learning. Professional development workshops include:

• Live television production
  
• Video Documentary production
  
• Website Development
  
• Aesthetics and Visual Literacy
  
• Working with media professionals in your classroom

"In previous years, I was guided by the technology experts most of the time. I am now offering training on the computer and video to most of the students in my classroom. Yah!” ~ Teacher