IML INITIATIVES
K-12 Initiatives
The IML has been involved in numerous K-12 initiatives, primarily through teaching teachers how to incorporate media into their courses, and how to introduce a variety of literacies into curricula. We have also worked directly with students, offering a variety of workshops and screenings to foster multimedia authoring. Below are several specific K-12 projects: The [...]
21st Century Medical Education
The IML is delighted to be collaborating with faculty members at the Keck School of Medicine to rethink some teaching materials, working in part from an incredible database of images collected by Associate Professor Gene [...] See Project
Sophie 2.0
Sophie is software for writing and reading rich media documents in a networked environment. The program emerged from the desire to create an easy-to-use application that would allow users to combine text, images, video and [...] See Project
Mobile Voices
Winner of a MacArthur Foundation Digital Media and Learning grant, Mobile Voices is a storytelling platform for immigrants in Los Angeles to create and publish stories about their community directly from cell phones. Mobile Voices [...] See Project
24/7:A DIY Video Summit
24/7: A DIY Video Summit took place February 8-10, 2008 at the University of Southern California, with the goal of bringing together the many communities that have evolved around do-it-yourself (DIY) video: artists, audiences, technology [...] See Project
Critical Commons
Winner of a 2008 Knowledge Networking Award from the MacArthur Foundation’s Digital Media and Learning Initiative, Critical Commons is a non-profit advocacy coalition promoting the fair use of media in educational contexts, providing resources, information [...] See Project
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