Seeking Squads to Present Projects at Emoti-Con! 2012 :)

Join us on Saturday, June 2 for the NYC Youth Digital Media and Technology Challenge!

We are looking for a few exceptional NYC Mouse Squads to present projects at this year's Emoti-Con! Does your Mouse Squad have a great project to share?

Emoti-Con Project Examples

• A tech-based community service project, social awareness project, or project designed to make change in your school or community
• A digital video or video game
• Software or websites you designed
• Electronics, robotics, or physical computing projects
• A project that you made on a 3-D printer or using 3-D imaging software
• A graphic design or digital storytelling project
• An audio-based project (like a podcast or digital music), or
• Prototypes or models of any of the above--if your project is still in progress, you can share screenshots, sketches, planning documents, etc!

Register Here: http://emoticon2012.eventbrite.com

• If your squad has a project like this, then this means you!
• There is only space for a few squads to present, so REGISTER NOW -- we'll announce the presenters in another Wire post on May 16!
• You can also click here to print the official Emoti-Con flyer!

The Details:

• WHAT: Emoti-Con! - The Fourth Annual NYC Youth Digital Media and Technology Challenge
• WHEN: Saturday, June 2th, 12PM - 4:30PM (Presenters arrive at 11AM to set up!)
• WHERE: The Lang Student Center at Parsons New School of Design: 55 West 13th Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues) in Manhattan - click here for a map.



• WHAT IF MY SQUAD DOESN'T HAVE A PROJECT? You can register as audience members and be placed on the waiting list. After all the presenters are registered, we'll let you know whether we have space for you.
• QUESTIONS? Don't be shy--just ask [email protected]! You can also check out the Emoti-Con! FAQ here.
• ANYTHING ELSE? You bet--you can like Emoti-Con! on Facebook and follow it on Twitter!

About Emoti-Con!:

Here's what the A-Team--the youth committee that has been helping plan Emoti-Con!--have to say about it:

See more on the Emoti-Con! YouTube channel.

Over 150 New York City-area youth will gather at Parsons New School of Design to compete in a science fair-style project competition, with prizes in categories like Most Potential for Social Impact, Most Innovative, and Most Entertaining.

The afternoon will feature: the project fair (with opportunities to win prizes for exceptional projects!), a design competition, and great professional speakers. Throughout the day, youth will be showing their work and engaging in a city-wide dialogue about the role of new media and technology in their lives and on society. Participants will be demonstrating a wide variety of digital media, such as digital comics, serious game designs, animated movies, assistive technology projects, DIY tech support, and more.

The Emoti-Con! Challenge has been developed through a unique grass-roots collaboration amongst a small number of NYC youth-serving organizations (Mouse, Global Kids, the New York Public Library, and Parsons Academy) to address the needs for cross-institutional collaboration and to provide the much needed face-to-face venue for youth to connect across digital media and technology projects.