Youth Media and Technology
TEEN MENTAL HEALTH EVENT
IT WAS: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
This is a big one. Two years in the making, we finally launch our long-form doc on teen mental health, Headspace. Breaking the silence, one voice at a time. We’ll convene teens and experts to discuss it, then show some AMAZING shorts from our Kids, Screens & Phones program, teaching pre-teens and teen across the county how to live in harmony with tech: safely, responsibly, creatively, and in balance. At the Taos Center for the Arts, the event runs from 5:30-7:30pm, and popcorn as always is free to all!
PIECES OF TAOS MEDIA CONTEST
GET YOUR ENTRY READY!!
Coming to the big screen on December 12th 2024 at the TCA is our first-ever Pieces of Taos Media Contest. Open to middle- and high-school students in Taos County, we’ll award three $750 prizes and five $500 prizes to the top entries exploring the people, places, and things in our magical community. The audience at the TCA will then vote on a Best in Show for a sweet 4k camera.
PROGRAM SPOTLIGHT
KIDS, SCREENS & PHONES
How can we guide our children to better balance in their online lives? Our near-peer model of teens talking with K-8 kids about apps, privacy, screen addictions and more is now live across Taos.
With support from the NM Google Kids Initiative
and the Keeler Foundation
TK1 News
Some quick hits:
- In March 2024 we won a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to record 45 Oral Histories. This month, teams of TK1 youth will begin interviewing select elders on how climate change and technology have shaped their lives.
- Our Kids, Screens & Phones program has a new curriculum and set of homemade lesson plans, and will launch in schools across the county in September. We will also host various parent dialogues.
- We are wrapping up videos on the Taos Housing Partnership, on projects led by the Taos Soil and Water Conservation District, on the Gorge Bridge and more.
2024-25 AFTER-SCHOOL LINEUP
Monday–Friday 3-6pm at our HQ
Our after-school programs are drop-in, hands-on, project-based mentorship events. That’s a lot of words, but they’re all true. While we do have some formal programs (like Queerious below), most of our programs depend on YOU, the participating teen. We believe in throwing together our instructors, our resources (from laptops to our Production Studio) to YOU, giving it a shake and a stir, and see what happens! Come join the fun.
The TK1 Youth Council
Lead Instructor: Sandy Campbell
Amplifying youth voice
Ages: 15 and up
Location: TK1 HQ
Every Monday 3-4:30pm
Queerious
Lead Instructor: Dani Cervantes
A story-telling group for LGBTQIA+ teens
Ages: 13 and up
Location: TK1 HQ
Every Monday 4:00-5:30pm
Digital Arts: Doc Lab and Kids, Screens & Phones
Lead Instructors: Pete Monro and Kiki Siebenaler
Ages: 14 and up
Location: TK1 HQ
Monday-Thursday 3-6pm
Computer Shop & Student Squad
Lead Instructor: Bill Hood
Ages: 14 and up
Location: TK1 HQ
Tuesday-Thursday 3-6pm
INITIATIVES
Future Dialogues
A major initiative of the TK1 Youth Council
These are formal events convened at the Taos Center for the Arts (TCA), featuring food, photographs, podcasts, and then student video investigating aspects of our collective future. These have been:
- The Future of our Water. Dec 2022
- The Future of our Food. May 2023
- The Future of our Forests. Dec 2023
- The Future of our Community. May 2024
In December 2022, eleven student videos explored The Future of our Water.
In May 2023, student videos asked: what is the Future of our Food? And in December 2023, we asked, what is the Future of our Forests?
In-School Programs
During the school year, TK1 has a robust set of in-school programs, working across Taos County and into Rio Arriba County.
Every classroom has its own media-and-technology projects. TK1 staff work directly with teachers across northern NM to design an approach that satisfies specific and tailored learning objectives.
After-School Programs
When school is in session, TK1 offers after-school instruction in media and technology.
SUPPORTERS
The J3 Advised Fund
The New Mexico Broadband Equity Fund
