WQED
WQED Film Academy On Location
Started: 2016
- Currently active
- Created by another station or organization (and we implement it)
Station type: Joint license
Are you an Educator? Bring the studio to you! WQED Film Academy offers professional development, classroom support, curriculum creation, and after-school programs both virtually and in-person.
WFA teaches and empowers students to create digital media that matters. We guide, mentor, and educate students during their time with us, and beyond. But we don’t just do it at our WQED Studios. We bring the studio experience to your location!
Programming is available to educators, community organizations, and individual students and families. In school and after school programming for schools and organizations can be customized to meet your needs.
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?
Civic engagement
Culture, society
Current affairs
Education
Identity, relationships
Journalism
Life skills, career skills
Media literacy
Media making
Music, art
Science, technology
Wellness, mental health
*
Is this project considered part of the station's journalism work?
No
Departments involved:
Education
Engagement
Photos Courtesy of WQED Film Academy
Photos Courtesy of WQED Film Academy
Photos Courtesy of WQED Film Academy
Photos Courtesy of WQED Film Academy
Photos Courtesy of WQED Film Academy
Photos Courtesy of WQED Film Academy
Photos Courtesy of WQED Film Academy
Photos Courtesy of WQED Film Academy
Photos Courtesy of WQED Film Academy
Photos Courtesy of WQED Film Academy
Media and/or educational content
Who is the primary audience of the content?
Educators
Who creates the media content?
T(w)eens and adults (in collaboration)
*Educators
Who decides the topic areas of the content?
Both youth and adults (in collaboration)
Where is the content shared?
Other
Website
*Final projects will be used/utilized by schools, organizations, and educators to share as desired.
Directly engaging tweens and teens in local programming
In this project...
We host programming directly for t(w)eens
We partner with *local organizations* to host programming
We partner with *national organizations* to host programming
We partner with our *local school district(s)* to host programming
Contact time between youth participants and station staff:
3-10 hours
Indirectly engaging youth via educators, professional development, or curriculum
This project indirectly engages youth by partnering with...
Schools Community-based organizations or nonprofits Public departments (e.g., city parks department, local library, etc.)
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