2011 iEARN Adobe Youth Voices Media Festival

Jul 24, 2011 | iEARN Annual Conference and Youth Summit, News

The 2011 iEARN Adobe Youth Voices Media Festival was held on Tuesday, July 19, 7:30 – 9:30 in the Grand Auditorium at the 18th Annual iEARN Conference and 15th Annual Youth Summit in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, which hosted 520 delegates from from 44 countries.

In addition to youth-produced videos from Bahrain, Belarus, Brazil, Canada, China, Mexico, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, and Uganda, the festival featured improv performances from the iEARN-Taiwan Youth Troupe, MC’s Allan Kakinda from Uganda, and Dmitry Savelau from Belarus, and short remarks from participating Adobe Youth Voices educators Ladawan Hengwichitkul from Thailand, Warren Sparrow from South Africa, Mali Bickley from Canada, and Olga Prokhorenko from Russia.

Download a program (pdf) or see below for a listing of festival media. To view the festival, visit the iEARN Adobe Youth Voices YouTube Channel.

Act 1: Environment

We Care
Patai Udom Suksa School, Thailand

Easy Steps to Follow
Schuchin State Gymnasium, Belarus

What Is Your Role?
Centro Juvenil Promocion Integral (CEJUV) and
Cámera ahí nos vemos, Mexico

Act 2: Bullying versus Speaking Up

Bullying
EMEF Presidente João Pinheiro, Brazil

Discrimination
Khawla Secondary School, Bahrain

Say Stop
Minsk State College of Electronics, Belarus

Silent Voices
W. H. Day Elementary School, Canada

Act 3: Health and Safety

The Incredible Adventures of Super Veggie Man
Rondebosch Boys’ Preparatory School, South Africa

Tu Salud en Juego
Centro Juvenil Promocion Integral (CEJUV), Mexico

Keep Safe at School
Whenhua Elementary School, Taiwan

There Is a Dead Bunny at the Lamp Post
E.E. Professor Manuel Ciridião Buarque, Brazil

Act 4: School Life and Our Future

Study Like a Talent and Live Like an Innocent
Pudong Foreign Languages School, China

Just as We Are
Moscow Educational Center 1471, Russia

The Box
Pudong Foreign Languages School, China

Gained Hope
SchoolNet Uganda, Uganda

In addition to the festival, Adobe Youth Voices Essentials visual message and stop motion animation workshops were conducted for participants at the conference.

Photos from Adobe Youth Voices Workshops and Festival.

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