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Back to School with Multimedia Ed Packages for the Classroom
Having been a classroom teacher, I understand what a demanding profession teaching can be and the need for quality support material for teachers and the classroom. One particular source of frustration for me, as a teacher, was the unimaginative, rote learning materials that typically accompanied videos in the classroom – “watch the video and answer…
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Introducing the Kids of the Rocket Fund: Shawn and Shawnee
Ahimsa Media is comprised of a cast of interesting characters, so it isn’t a stretch for us to develop a new plethora of personalities – online characters that is. Our inaugural lady was Emme Rogers, and since then character development has become a creative niche for us. Amazing how it helps us to deal with…
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The NSI speaks to Ahimsa Media (part 2)
As promised, please enjoy installment two of Liz Hover’s NSI interview with Erica Hargreave and Susan Brinton. Here, the conversation turns to the unknown elements of applying to a brand new funding stream and our project’s future should the application be successful. Erica also takes the time to briefly discuss the funding changes within the…
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The NSI speaks to Ahimsa Media (part 1)
The Ahimsa Media office began this summer abuzz with application preparations for The Canada Media Fund’s (CMF) first ever Experimental Funding Stream. As the printer fell silent, the regular working day returned and the waiting game began, our phone rang. Liz Hover, Digital Media Manager for the National Screen Institute (NSI), was calling to set…
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Tips for Creating a Personalized YouTube Channel
In July my knowledge of personalizing YouTube Channel pages went up by about 100 percent. Erica assigned Liz and I the task of creating and personalizing YT Channels for Ahimsa characters Shawnee and Shawn Rockett (of the Shaw Rocket Fund), and for Shea, Ahimsa’s teenage character online. I’d never tried my hand with personalizing YT…
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Things I’ve Learned Creating a Character for an Online Narrative
Erica presented Bronwyn, Liz and I with the project of creating a character for a blog for readers in their mid-teens. Being way out of my mid-teens, I found the task a bit daunting and wasn’t really sure I could create a narrative voice that sounded authentic and entertaining. Thankfully, I found that actually getting…