Support Media Literacy for Kids in Rural India

The MediaArts Lab is a natural extension of Agastya’s multisensory approach in learning. It supports teachers, training them to use technology to make teaching aids and conduct research. Students are taught to use digital cameras, video cameras, computers, sound recorders and more. They produce movies on social concerns, make pamphlets and posters to raise awareness, and learn tools for social activism at the local level. Overall, the Centre is a tool of empowerment, pushing children to make a positive difference in society.  

For the month of April to June-2019, the MediaArts Lab reached 485 children across Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka & Tamil Nadu.

Brief Overview of the activities in April-2019 to June-2019

Activities:

• 2D Animation, Poster, Pamphlet, Story Book, Stop Motion Animation, Audio Recording, Flip Book, Story Writing, Newspaper Mapping, Photography. Mouth Puppets and Origami.

• Organized training for 2 days to the TTP Team on Photography and Video graph. Also taught about how to handle the camera, different shots, different angles, Movements and effect of light exposures.

• In April and May 2019, children were involved in the production.

• Children also involved in video Shoot on Einstein workshop, YIL Alumni video, and edited the video, Stop Motion Animation around 6 videos.

• Students also learned video editing and re-editing and they did HPCL video and 19 videos of Dhwani.