Alliance for Community Media 2016 Annual Conference

We’ll explore new tools and expose you to Virtual Reality through panelists and VR makers who are using headsets and controllers to create art, develop STEAM curriculum games and to tell stories in community. Hear from practitioners who have implemented VR tools at their media organization, school or business and who are creating games, art, media and storytelling in VR and augmented reality.

Community media has a place in documentary traditions and history, but recently community media centers have created programs that systematically seek to build the tradition in their communities. Some have created filmmaking programs, learning cohorts, film festivals and other ways to support documentary practice. We’ll talk about how to develop these programs, what works, and how these programs contribute to social change, community building and supporting local film communities.

STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math) is an educational framework for understanding how things relate to each other in school and in life. STEAM benchmarks are commonly used in education and can be harnessed by media centers to develop youth programs, leverage new sources of funding,, and build stronger relationships with schools and educators. Learn more about STEAM and how STEAM trainings and programs can provide opportunities for growth, new revenue and new ideas for your school or media center.