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REGISTER NOW for (o.o) Emoti-Con 2011!
Seeking a Few Exceptional Mouse Squads to Present Projects at Emoti-Con 2011!
Join us on Saturday June 4 for the NYC Youth Digital Media and Technology Festival!
We are looking for a few exceptional NYC Mouse Squads to present projects at this year's Emoti-Con! If your Mouse Squad has a great project to share, like...
- 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 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!
Then this means you! There is only space for a few Squads to present, so REGISTER NOW -- we'll announce the presenters in the next Wire post on May 20! You can also click here to print the official Emoti-Con flyer!
The Details:
WHAT: Emoti-Con - The Third Annual NYC Youth Digital Media and Technology Festival
WHEN: Saturday, June 4th, 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
Register Here: http://emoticon2011.eventbrite.com
WHAT IF MY SQUAD DOESN'T HAVE A PROJECT? Keep watching the Wire--when we announce the presenters on May 20, we will also open up registration for any remaining spaces to Squads that don't have a project to present.
QUESTIONS? Don't be shy--just ask [email protected]!
ANYTHING ELSE? You bet--you can like Emoti-Con on Facebook and follow it on Twitter! AND the first 30 students to register win an ITunes gift card!
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About Emoti-Con:
Over 100 New York City-area youth will gather at Parsons New School of Design to showcase their use of digital media and technology, and to learn from fellow student game designers, programmers and many more!
The afternoon will feature: a youth project fair, opportunities to win prizes for exceptional projects, discussions with tech professionals, 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 (o.o) Festival 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.
Mouse Corps Legacy students rocking the project fair at last year's Emoti-Con.
