International Youth Media Summit Los Angeles, Sydney, Belgrade, www.iyms.eu

The second annual Global Education Conference, a week-long event bringing together educators and innovators from around the world, will be held Monday, November 14 through Friday, November 18, 2011. The entire conference will be broadcast online for free using the Blackboard Collaborate platform (formerly known as Elluminate/Wimba).

The Global Education Conference is a collaborative and world-wide community effort organized by the Global Education Collaborative, Classroom 2.0, and Web 2.0 Labs, and is aimed at increasing opportunities for globally-connecting education activities and initiatives. Last year's conference featured 387 sessions and 60 keynote addresses from 62 countries with over 15,000 participant logins. Sessions will be held in multiple time zones and multiple languages over the five days, and all of last years sessions are currently archived as a standing educational resource at http://globaledcon.weebly.com/recordings.html.

The Call for Proposals for the 2011 event is now open at http://globaleducation.ning.com/page/call-for-proposals. Presenters can submit proposals for general sessions focused on one of four possible tracks: Teacher Track; Student Track; Curricular Track; and Policy and Leadership Track. Proposals should focus on ideas, projects, and initiatives that promote global understanding and collaboration. The deadline for submissions is October 15 and participants will be notified of acceptance by October 30. Keynote presentations are by invitation only.

Session proposals are to be non-commercial. Interest in commercial sponsorship or presentations should be directed to me at steve@hargadon.com. As we did last year, we encourage non-commercial organizations to become conference partners (we had over 90 partner organizations last year!). Conference partners will be given a spotlight session this year. More information at http://globaleducation.ning.com/page/conference-partners.

We'll also be hoping for another incredible outpouring of volunteer support like we had last year (those of you who helped were AMAZING!). If you'd like to help promote awareness of the conference by serving on our International Advisory Board go to http://globaleducation.ning.com/page/intl-advisory-board, or if you are willing to volunteer to help moderate sessions (making you an absolute rockstar!) go to http://globaleducation.ning.com/page/volunteers-1.

For further information, please join our network at http://globaleducationconference.com and follow conference announcements on Twitter (@GlobalEdCon) and the hashtag #GlobalEd11.

See you online!

Steve
Steve Hargadon Co-Chair, 2011 Global Education Conference
steve@hargadon.com
Visit Classroom 2.0

Balkan Plus!-new model of the Global Kids For Kids Network
Creativity, Knowledge Society and Technologies

November 22nd to 24th 2010, Belgrade

Virtual Space for Intercultural Dialogue:
XXI century, MEDIA era! TV broadcasters, Successful Producers, Distributers... produce millions hours of different programmes for children and youth. Global population becomes more and more slave of Media, passive consumers of all kind of media products. Balkan Plus! would like to change role of all our participants. We like to our young filmmakers become interactive partner of Global Media. Our project will help to all of them in total and in real time Visibility

Balkan Plus! will be in the same time Media Literacy and Presentation of the all media produced by kids and youngsters. Our projects will help to youngsters and their educators to use old tools for creativity and new digital technologies like perfect combination for communication, cultural exchange, interactive participation in Media Space and international creation and production of intercultural, educational, didactic means with media (animation, film, documentaries, TV reports, internet radio...), art and ICT basic elements!

Global Visibility, Communication and Interactive and Intercultural Media Education:
Balkan Plus! Kids for Kids Festival and Media Education Centre working with Children's and Youth Creative Network of the West Balkan and Balkan Countries. We will start in November 2010 our new Festival, Media Literacy and Educational Platform. The best films made by youngsters from 11 Balkan Countries will be inspiration for International Youth Community. Members of the KIDS Jury and young audience of the Festival will be in same time participants in the special, promotional workshop: TELLING STORIES WITH WORDS, PICTURES, MOVEMENT AND SOUND in collaboration with Human Rights Watch Film Festival, Camera Zizanio, UN Plural PLUS, Platform for Intercultural Europe and many others...

FILM CAMP II

 
 International Youth Film Camp "Taste of Peace 2" II will be held in Mountain TARA, great and beautiful National Park in Central Serbia, close to the famous serbian film director Emir Kusturica village on Mokra Gora will be held from 30th of July to 8th of August 2010! Film, Animation and Multimedia Educators will be from USA (Media Academy from the CHS, Los Angeles) and Media Education Centre. Participants have to be 12 to 22 years old willing to use creativity for film, animation and multimedia production. Our guest will be Belgrade Youth Philharmonic Orchestra and main issue of the Camp will be: Environment, Multimedia and Basic Natural Elements of Music. During the Film camp will be also small school of painting with participants from children's art academy "Petit Montmartre". Also, we will have lessons of Serbian, Spanish, German, French and English languages.

For all other information, application form and participation fee please write to Miomir Rajcevic

FOR THE BETTER FUTURE, CIVIL SOCIETY, ELECTRONIC DEMOCRACY
Dear Friends, Members, Delegates, Supporters, Presenters and Guests,
We are in preparation for the International Youth Media Summit 2010, place and space for young filmmakers all around globe, willing to show how media can change the World! Summit will be held in Serbia, 11th to 20th of August 2010.
5th International Youth Media Summit
IT IS NOT BECAUSE THINGS ARE DIFFICULT THAT WE DO NOT DARE; BUT IT IS BECAUSE WE DO NOT DARE THAT THINGS ARE DIFFICULT
SEVEN VOICES IN TIME
HEALTH, VIOLENCE, DEMOCRACY, YOUTH, ENVIRONMENT, POVERTY, DISCRIMINATION

Intercultural dialogue, creativity and innovation in media production, publishing and broadcasting! PSA's, films, documentaries, TV, radio, animation, internet... all kind of media made by young people all around the Planet!

The program of the 5th Summit is exclusively designed to provide Skill and Professional Development as well as familiarizing the young participants with codes and standards of Media. Also, provide media platform for young adults to express and present the seven significant issues relating to them globally:
HEALTH, VIOLENCE, DEMOCRACY, YOUTH, ENVIRONMENT, POVERTY and DISCRIMINATION

The outcomes of the 5th Summit will be:
• Seven declarations about global situation in seven focus items of the Summit's work: youth, health, poverty, violence, discrimination, democracy and environment;
• Seven Public Service Announcements (PSAs) filmed and edited by student filmmakers as well as researched and prepared by the student diplomats
• Seven documentaries-making off-about every of the Summits Teams

Special focuses of the 5th Summit:

• WESTERN BALKANS: Youth for the future! Media literacy-tool for reconciliation of the good relationship in western Balkan. Animate It project!
• POVERTY, YOUTH and Global Economical crisis, with special focus in the migrants, refugees and young people in the process of readmission;
• ENVIRONMENT and Global
• DISCRIMINATION, VIOLENCE and INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION-TECHNOLOGIES, tools for youth cooperation against prejudice!
• HEALTH, YOUTH AND ECOLOGY: Influence of Media Literacy and Media Education in developing sustainable and healthy environment. Role of the Public service Broadcasters in this process;
• YOUTH, DEMOCRACY, Media and Civil Society
• PORTAL for OPEN MIND! International Youth Community, Electronic Democracy and Children and Human Rights (Round Table);
• INTERCULTURAL and INTERACTIVE EDUCATIONAL MULTIMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES, for teachers and students, new content of educational tools (Round Table)
• GLOBAL SCHOOL: Online Educational and Collaborative Activities (Round Table)
• GLOBAL mobile reporters: internet radio and TV reporting IN REAL TIME! Every day streaming on the internet of all main activities of the Summit. Summits Internet TV Station (IYMS TV) with 24 hours of program...
• SCREENINGS, PRESENTATIONS, PANELS AND DISCUSSIONS
• IYMS Traveling Cinema Project

About the workshop:

I look at film as a language. It´s a unique combination of words, pictures, movements and sound. To learn how to use this language I propose a "step by step-method"

Day 1. Preparation. Learning about the equipment and the idea of research. Finding out about how to do and what to tell about.

Day 2. Working with the story, making the storyboard.

Day 3. Creating the characters. The "actors" in the story. We will work with colored paper and using scissors. The "cut-out" method.

Day 4. Animating the characters on backgrounds, in the animation boxes.

Day 5. More animation and sound making.

Day 6. Looking at the films. Discussing future projects.

Draft programme:

Day 1, Thursday, 8th of October
Arrival of participants in Belgrade. Local transport to Becej (90 minutes by minibus), accommodation, groups dinner

Day 2, Friday, 9th of October

Day 3, Saturday, 10th of October
Lessons by the program of Mr. Erling Ericsson. First steps in Storytelling and scenario. Practical work with the box and software.

Day 4, Sunday, 11th of October
Lessons by the programme of Mr. Erling Ericson. Brainstorming and finishing of the scenario. Storyboard. Practical work with the box and software.

Day 5, Monday, 12th of October
Lessons by the programme of the Erling Ericsson. Beginning of the film production. Basic elements of the sound in film. Practical work with the box and software.

Day 6, Tuesday, 13th of October
Lessons by the programme of the Erling Ericsson. Beginning of the film production. Basic elements of the sound in film. Practical work with the box and software.

Day 7, Wednesday, 14th of October
Post production. Evaluation of the films. Closing presentation of the works of participants. Farewell dinner.

Day 8, Thursday, 15th of October
Departure of the participants

Main criteria for the applicants: we are looking for young leaders, educators or future educators (University Students) willing to continue to work with children and young people in Media Literacy. We would like to participants are from some NGO or School. Also, we are looking for applicants could understand and speak English, because all Workshop will be in English language.

VIRTUAL SUMMIT
IYMS: Platform for Global Visibility

Film Festivals, Successful Young Producers, Distributers... but also Media Literacy Organizations working with Children's and Youth, Network of the National and Regional creative Centers and other Festivals for films made by young authors... all of them could be our members. And all of them like to be Visible.

New Belgrade HQ will have PRIORITY to continue to developing all NEW ICT tools to help to our Members and Friends to exchange information as fast as possible. XXI century has Nick Name: MEDIA era! We believe that FAST today means IN REAL TIME!

Thanks to support of and work of the Young People in the International Youth Media Summit Organization we are ready to offer to you the Lasts Internet Technologies for Exchange of Information, News, Photos, Video Clips, movie trailers...

MEMBERS of IYMS could use one of Visibility services:
WHO IS WHO, online Catalogue with information about all Members of IYMS. With your User Name and password you can keep all information in the WHO IS WHO updated! After simple Login you have right to change-edit all data at the page of your Organization!

Friends of IYMS (Festivals, Producers, Distributers, Organization working with all new media for Children and Young Adults...) have to have just to REGISTER and we will open special space for presentation of their Events, Festival Winners, new Film Production, Projects...
Members of the Balkan Plus! Network will have special space for their Festivals. We would like to open Balkan Plus! KFK Network TV, Online Broadcasting Platform! For every Balkan Plus! KFK Festival, participating organization, young producer, Film Club will be possible to upload video clips and trailers of the films in competition trough our www.video-TION.net/video clone of YouTube platform and to provide this information with all visitors of the IYMS web site.

PROMOTIONAL Space for IYMS Members, opportunity we offer to our colleagues, is Virtual and Real Promotional Desks! Your Digital Promotional Material, Photos, texts, Video-Clips, from NOW you can share with all IYMS Community. On the IYMS web site with just one click you can enter in the Presentation Room. If you are interested to have your SHOW in the Virtual Presentation Room please fill our Online Application at www.IYMS.info and your promotional presentation will be on the Internet. We will have Promotional Room during 4th SUMMIT and if you like to have your promotion also in the big screen in the IYMS Venue, please contact IYMS Office for all instructions!

IYMS Global TV is also one part of our Virtual GA, promotion of new opportunity we will offer to our old and new members. Up to five minutes of promotional film about your Organization... we are ready to include in our ON DEMAND Internet Broadcasting Department. You will find at the IYMS web site IYMS TV button and with one click you can view our Promotional Program. In the future this will be Great Place for presentation of the Films from IYMS Network... You can choose random viewing or you can select from the MENU film what you like to watch!

IYMS FLIP ONLINE Catalogue, for the first time, in the richest possible online format, with possibility to screen video-clips, flash banners, interactive Galleries... Our Catalogue from Belgrade 2009 on in the Internet edition! Just one "click" on Catalogue Button at the IYMS web site and you can start to read Flip IYMS Catalogue!

IYMS BLOG offer to you to become part of the Global Blogger's Society. You can share with all of us information, photos, video-clips... The fastest way to inform us about all activities in your school/organization... Just go in the BLOG page in the IYMS web site and READ, WRITE (if you are Member) or COMMENT information from the Space of the Media for Youth!

IYMS DIRECT REAL TIME Broadcasting, all information in the Real Time-Audio Video Streaming of the Summit 2009! For all Members, Friends, Supporters and Interested in IYMS 4th Summit we will offer opportunity to use our Real Time Streaming and Recording Service! Every MINUTE of the Summit, every picture and every word will be open in REAL TIME STREAMING. Parcels of the Summit will be also part of the IYMS Global TV! First time in the History of IYMS, thanks to International Youth Media Summit Network and young coordinators, Miss Dunja Radulov, Media Education Centre-IYMS Head of Virtual Summit's desk, Miss Suncica Mitrovic, Media Education Centre, Head of the BLOG, Video and Sound Departments and Mr. Bojan Biga, Media-TION, Internet Radio!

Mr. Miomir Rajcevic
Executive Director of the IYMS

"Kevin is more deserving of the Nobel Peace Prize than many who have received it in the past." - Dr. Noam Chomsky, Institute Professor Emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

"A courageous and inspiring man.", - Mairead Corrigan-Maguire, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate,
Belfast , Northern Ireland

"As a long time front line worker with the Elders' Council at the Downtown Eastside Women's Centre, I stand behind what Kevin Annett is trying to do for our people. The genocide that continues today and which stemmed from the residential schools needs to be exposed. Kevin Annett helps break the silence, and brings the voice of our people all over the world." -Carol Muree Martin - Spirit Tree Woman, Nisgaa Nation

Dear members of the Summit Family, Friends and Colleagues,

We are in preparation for the fourth International Youth Media Summit (will be held in Serbia, 19th to 28th of August 2009)! This is the preliminary call for application for the participation on the 4th Summit and you can see Requirements for Applicants!

SEVEN VOICES IN TIME documentary serial about 3rd Summit (it was 85 delegates from 22 countries all around GLOBE) you can stream at our Internet TION TV:
http://worldtv.com/media-tion-tv

Official CALL for participation is ready at our web site www.iyms.eu and www.iyms.info. Like a first step of your application you have to fill our online Letter of Interest or download Letter of Interest and start with Application Procedure!

Executive Committee of the Summit:
Ms. Evelyn Seubert, MediaAcademy, USA
Ms. Aileen Marshal, Scottish Educational Council, Scotland (GB)
Ms. Birgitta Olsson, Film I Halland, Sweden
Mr. Vahid Vahed, CineWest, Australia
Mr. James Gleason, MediaAcademy, USA and
Mr. Miomir Rajcevic, Media Education Centre, Media Laboratory, Serbia

Youth Committee of the 4th Summit:
Miss Ariyan Daly, Australia
Mr. Nikhil Acharya, India
Miss Erene Marcos, USA
Miss Sarah Marcos, USA
Miss Kirsty Harris, Scotland, UK
Mr. Karl Olsson, Sweden
Miss Dunja Radulov, Serbia
Miss Chika Ochia, Nigeria and
Mr. Vid Rajin, Serbia

IYMS invites organizations, schools and other institutions working with media to nominate two young media enthusiasts 15-22 years old to participate in the 4th International Youth Media Summit, August 19th to 28th in Serbia. The young participants could be candidates as Student Filmmakers and Student Diplomats. Beside the official delegates for the Summit, there are two more ways in which you can participate: as a guest and as a presenter.

The outcomes of the Summit are Public Service Announcements (PSAs) filmed and edited by student filmmakers as well as researched and prepared by the student diplomats.

The program of the Summit is exclusively designed to provide Skill and Professional Development as well as familiarizing the young participants with codes and standards of Media. Also, provide media platform for young adults to express and present the seven significant issues relating to them globally!

The name of the 4th Summit will be:
4th International Youth Media Summit
FOR THE BETTER FUTURE
PSA's, films, documentaries, TV, radio, animation, internet... all kind of media made by young people all around the Planet

Serbia, 19th to 28th of August 2009
Arrival: 19th of August
Departure: 28th of August
POVERTY, RACISM, VIOLENCE, YOUTH EMPOWERMENT, ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH, WOMEN'S RIGHTS Seven voices in time: creativity and innovation

Special focuses (draft):

Global Economical crisis and POVERTY
Global Warming and ENVIRONMENT (University professor, Dr. Mr.Jovan Popesku, Member of the Board of MEC)
INRETCULTURAL TECHNOLOGIES against RACISM AND VIOLENCE
Influence of Media Literacy and Media Education on HEALTH, YOUTH EMPOWERMENT AND WOMEN'S RIGHTS (University professor, Dr. Ms. Ljiljana Medenica, Member of the Board of MEC)

After very successful preparation workshop (Global Mobil Reporters, International Winter Multimedia Workshop, Serbia, December 2008) under the coordination of International Youth MultiMedia Summit and Media Education Centre, with support of European Commission and European Association for Viewers Interests and Swedish Institute and participation of the delegates from 12 Countries we will have special Teams working on radio and TV reporting IN REAL TIME!

First time we would like to include radio in the Summit's activities. I hope that we will have seven radio teams... Also, we will have every day real time streaming on the internet of all main activities of the summit. We will have also Summits Internet TV Station (IYMS TV) with 24 hours of program... Who is interested to see what we like to produce during the Summit can see our program we will do during the two days of the International Puppet Theater Festival, 17th and 18th of May 2009. Link and address of this event will be in our (new) site at www.iyms.eu or www.iyms.info

Innovation is that 4th Summit will be TRAVELING! We like to make as much as possible VISIBILITY of the Summit and to give opportunity to NEIGBORHOOD COUNTRIES to (Romania, Hungary, Croatia) to visit us and to participate in the Summits Activities. We will start with Opening Ceremony in Belgrade, 20th of August, 21st of August we will go to Vrsac, nice city at the North of Serbia and we will stay in Vrsac three days (21st, 22nd and 23dr). From Vrsac we will go to Becej and we will stay three days in Becej (24th, 25th and 26th of August). Closing Ceremony of the Summit will be in the nice city of Novi Sad (27th of August)! From Novi Sad to Belgrade Airport is around 75 KM (one hour by car).

If your organization like to become member of the IYMS, please don't hesitate to ask me for application form.
If you like to receive in the future information and letter of the Summit's activities, please reply to this letter with "subscribe" in the subject.
If you like to apply for participation, please inform us: reply to this letter with "participant" in the subject.

Please don't hesitate to ask me for more information, if you need. At the web site you will find information from the 3rd Summit.

Please forward this letter to your colleagues and organizations could be interested in participation.

Miomir Rajcevic
Media Education Centre, President
Obilicev venac 21
11000 Belgrade
Tel: 00381 63 248 490
Fax: 00381 11 2631 892
Serbia, Europe

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If you are between the ages of 18-26, you have the opportunity to join youth from around the world and participate in this international contest that will empower you to take a leadership role in your life.
If you are between the ages of 18-26, look to the left navigation to the 5 portals and choose the one that best matches your passion. You can sign up there and read the rules of the contest.
If you are above the age of 26 and you want to become a mentor/member for this Young Leaders Network, then you can become a member on THIS PORTAL. "It is imperative that we as teachers, parents and community/world leaders come together and assist the youth to take their rightful place in the world. We have a lot to do to shift... help me make this happen!"

Mrs. Tess Cacciatore, Founder/Visionary of YLN and World Trust Foundation.