Events

Thursday, July 17, 2008 (2)

Jul 17, 2008
July 7, 2008
Monday

  • Fair Use Remix Institute

  • Jul 7, 2008 to Jul 18, 2008
  • Location: Chicago Filmmakers
  • Description: July 7-18th, Chicago Filmmakerswww.youthlab.netFURI is a two week workshop for socially conscious teens focusing on the broadly popular cultural form of political video remix and how it relates to copyright law, free speech and the Fair use Provision. Youth participants will become fluent in Final Cut Pro, blogging, video sharing and will be introduced to Photoshop and Dreamweaver as well. They will be taught by two award-winning video artists including Jonathan McIntosh from Rebellious Pixels in NY. In addition, experts from the Center for Social Media at American University in Washington DC will teach youth how their video remixes and mashups that they create are protected by Fair Use provisions. They will be given numerous speaking engagements at high profile events and their video remixes will be broadly distributed via The Center for Social Media, YMEX, Remix America and Political Remix Mashups.This program is supported by the McCormick Tribune Foundation.
  • Created by: Mindy Faber
July 17, 2008
Thursday

  • Host Families

  • Jul 17, 2008 to Jul 30, 2008
  • Location: Anywhere in the United States
  • Description: CCI is looking for volunteer host families to host a high school foreign exchange student . Students 15-18 years old from all over the world come to the US for one or two semesters to experience life in America.Deadline to pick a student is August 29, so find out more now:www.cci-exchange.com
  • Created by: Lori Tibbett