Shaping Media, Shaping Lives

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61158680787059405682012-02-16T05:41:59.116-08:00Shaping Media, Shaping Lives<a href="http://www.homeinc.org"><img src="http://www.homeinc.org/images/gr-logo-380x110.jpg"/></a>Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05824564546940081581noreply@blogger.comBlogger81100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6115868078705940568.post-54038521157978525032009-10-15T06:06:00.000-07:002009-10-15T06:09:44.785-07:00Media Literacy, teaching and learning and 21st Century Skills

HOME, Inc.165 Brookside Avenue Extension · Jamaica Plain, MA · 02130FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 14, 2009HOME, Inc. Contact: Alan Michel, Phone 617.427.4663, alanmichel@homeinc.org PR Agency Contact: David Scher, Phone 978.395.5068, basics@comcast.net MEDIA LITERACY CONFERENCE – October 24th, 8:00 AM-4:00 PMMedia Literacy, 21st Century SkillsBoston, MA – HOME, Inc., TechFoundation and MIT

Alan Michelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18223074161127446478noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6115868078705940568.post-32208401574555881802009-02-13T09:12:00.001-08:002009-03-20T08:21:47.983-07:00Students at Brighton High Attend Inauguration and Examine the Political Process

The Inauguration of the 44th President of the United States was attended by nearly 2 million people, a record breaking turnout for a historic and symbolic event. Among the hoards gathered on the National Mall on the chilly January morning to welcome the new president were 30+ students from Brighton High School, one of HOME's media lab partner schools.The students brought video and still cameras

Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05824564546940081581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6115868078705940568.post-62566999023641920922008-12-03T14:32:00.000-08:002008-12-04T06:54:04.024-08:00Teen TV Website Launched!

Teen TV, one of HOME's media programs, now has its own website, with all the complete two seasons and pilot episode playing on the site. The video's are being hosted by Blip.tv, where Teen TV has it's own channel. Teen TV is a summer intensive media literacy and media production workshop that is part of HOME's Media Lab Partner-ship with public schools. Our teen crew learns the ins and outs of

Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05824564546940081581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6115868078705940568.post-87648027633581529042008-10-14T06:48:00.000-07:002008-10-14T07:13:13.203-07:00ForSE 2008

I had the good fortune of attending ForSE 2008, the forum for Social Entrepreneurs. on Friday October 10th at Boston University School of Management. It was a great opportunity for open discussion about creating viable partnerships between funders and programs interested in social outcome enterprises that can become sustainable. There were some great examples of projects. Alex Chisholm, Executive

Alan Michelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18223074161127446478noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6115868078705940568.post-89253886844520109012008-03-17T14:32:00.000-07:002008-03-19T07:25:21.435-07:00DrupalCon Boston 2008

It's been a few weeks now since I attended DrupalCon Boston, and there's is a lot of exciting news to report. Lots of cutting edge technology, and more Mac laptops than I've ever seen in one place!For those of you wondering what Drupal is, it is a Content Management System (CMS) or platform. What is does is allow you to build a website using a wide array of tools, and manage all its content so it

Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05824564546940081581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6115868078705940568.post-14559745281480384892008-02-03T12:26:00.000-08:002008-02-03T12:53:12.474-08:00Two BPS Conferences

I am excited about HOME's blog. Here is my first submission.I have just participated at two conferences with he Boston Public Schools over the last couple days. One at Media Technology High School and the second at Northeastern University. It was great to see our small but dedicated community of school supporters, students and teachers working together, sharing ideas and picking up new energy and

Alan Michelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18223074161127446478noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6115868078705940568.post-21178616378830320132008-02-02T10:42:00.000-08:002008-02-02T10:51:28.435-08:00Blast From the Past

Here for your enjoyment are some old videos from English High School and Social Justice Academy. To choose from the list of videos, click on the "menu" button.

Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05824564546940081581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6115868078705940568.post-62181884135955638652008-02-01T14:11:00.000-08:002008-02-01T14:19:50.468-08:00Blog Created

It's been a long time coming, and HOME, Inc. now has a blog. This blog will feature frequent updates on what's going on with our various projects. For those that are just finding us now, you can take a look at our website: www.homeinc.org, or simply continue reading.HOME, Inc. ("Here-in Our Motives Evolve") is a 30-year old, non-profit organization. Our

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