Public Media Connect (CET - ThinkTV)
Engineering Your Future
Started: 2014
- Currently active
- Created by our station
“Engineering Your Future shares” real stories from young professionals who want to inform and inspire students about in-demand engineering careers.
This project reaches tweens and teens via...
- Directly engaging t(w)eens via activities, events, or programs
- Indirectly reaching t(w)eens via educators, PD, curriculum
- Media and/or educational content that is made by, with, or for t(w)eens
What topics does this project focus on?
Education
Identity, relationships
Life skills, career skills
Science, technology
*
Is this project considered part of the station's journalism work?
No
Departments involved:
Education
Production (TV/Radio)
Partner organizations involved:
Ohio Department of EducationOhio Broadcast Educational Media CommissionThe Engineering and Science FoundationThe Virginia W. Kettering Foundation
Media and/or educational content
Who is the primary audience of the content?
T(w)eens
Who creates the media content?
T(w)eens and adults (in collaboration)
*T(w)eens
Who decides the topic areas of the content?
Both youth and adults (in collaboration)
Where is the content shared?
Website
PBS Learning Media
YouTube
Directly engaging tweens and teens in local programming
In this project...
Other
*We create content for t(w)eens
Contact time between youth participants and station staff:
11+ hours
Contact time between youth participants and partner orgs:
11+ hours
Indirectly engaging youth via educators, professional development, or curriculum
This project indirectly engages youth by partnering with...
Curriculum or content distributors (e.g., PBS Learning Media) Community-based organizations or nonprofits
Does this project train educators or run a professional development program?
Yes
Does this project create curricula or educational resources for educators to use?
Yes