Create and upload your own digital stories!

WHO | Teens and young adults, ages 13-21.

WHAT | Learn to use digital technology to combine photos, music, narration, scanned images, titles, and more into your own 3-minute digital story that you can share with others on YouTube, Stories for Change, and other websites! FMI see Center for Digital Storytelling.

WHERE | Teen Cyber Cafe, 26 South Main Street, Orange, MA

WHEN | Starts January 26, 2009 | Thursdays, 4:00-6:30 p.m.

FACILITATOR | William Harris Bangs: “I am a senior at Hampshire College in Amherst, MA. I study the intersections of media arts, education and community-organizing. The core idea that drives my work is that …. artists and teachers play an increasingly vital role in creating positive change in ourselves, in our communities and ultimately in our societies.”

HOW | Sign-up for this FREE program | by phone (978) 544-1869, eMail, or in person at 26 South Main Street, Orange, MA. Limited to 10 participants; first come, first served.

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Sponsors | YouthTube is a joint program of Young Entrepreneurs Society and DIAL/SELF TeenLine, North Quabbin Satellite Office.

Tech Supporter | Stories That Move, Shutesbury, MA

Funding/In-Kind Supporters | Community Foundation of North Central Massachusetts, United Way of Franklin County, and YouthServe AmeriCorps.

Special Thanks | to all who participated in our 24-hour training of trainers in January-February 2008 at YES: Janet Kaplan-Bucciarelli (trainer), Alyssa Schmidt, Katy Dieber, Amber Ortiz, Pat Conrad-Wexler, and Jeremy Parker.