Check Out the Public Service Announcements Created by the Ordway Teen Media Residency Program

The Teen Media residency took place at Perpich Center Arts High School in two Mass Media & Democracy classes lead by  teacher Sun Yung Shin.  The classes worked with Sherine Crooms, media artist and educator, to create collaborative public service announcements (PSA) surrounding social justice issues of their choosing.  The students were inspired by the  social justice work of artist Angélique Kidjo, who performed for more than 1800 students and educators at the Ordway on January 20, 2011.

Check out the students' final public service announcements below!

If you are unable to view TeacherTube videos, you can also see public service announcements all together on YouTube

PSA: Child Exploitation


PSA: Don't Ask, Don't Tell


PSA: Anti-Bullying


PSA: Racial Equality


PSA: Drunk Driving


PSA: Disability Advocacy


PSA: Water Access


PSA: Family Violence


PSA: Media Representation

Teen Media Presents Public Service Announcements!

Tomorrow, students from Perpich Center for Arts Education will present their Teen Media creations to an audience of their peers following the Angelique Kidjo Performing Arts Classroom. Students have been working over the last ten weeks to create public service announcements (PSA) focused on select social justice issues.

Collaborating teams under the direction of teaching artist, Sherine Crooms, and classroom educator, Sun Yung Shin, have created ten PSAs with topics ranging from media exploitation of women to violence in the family. Students have done an excellent job of exploring topics and coming to consensus on the content of the videos before producing the films!

New Teen Media Program Launches!

Three weeks ago, we launched the new Teen Media program with students in the Mass Media and Democracy course at Perpich Center for Arts Education High School.  Students will explore social justice issues world-wide through UNICEF and through the work of musician and activist Angélique Kidjo.  This 10 week residency focuses on media production, imagery, and social justice issues. Two classrooms of around 30 students are working with Sherine Crooms, media artist and educator, to create collaborative public service announcements (PSA) surrounding social justice issues of their choosing.

During the first session, students watched a wide range of advertisements and discussed their content, use of imagery, social context and relationship to the videos. The conversations were open and inventive and we are very excited to see what this group of students will come up with for the project content. They will be reaching out to the community to interview people that connect to their topic of interest and learning about the best interview techniques. Production starts in a week which means the students will begin learning about the technical aspects of video production, materials and also the artistic and strategic elements of documentary interviewing and creation.

The content of the PSA is social justice and students have selected topics ranging from racial equality to bullying in schools.

If you and your students had an opportunity to create a PSA, what topics would be important to them and why would it be important for your students to share their PSA with the world?