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For example, the 4-H News technology club in Jefferson County, Wash., provides on-the-spot reports through video clips and podcasts posted to their 4-H Network News Web site. Club members have covered a fire in an historic hotel and a Red Cross disaster training exercise and conducted interviews with local business leaders. The youth are hands-on in every step of putting together the one-to-two-minute news segments. We get ideas about what well do and who well interview, then we take the camera, tape footage, put it on the computers and edit it, 15-year-old Sophie Gilbert said. Gilbert first created a video about a school reunion but quickly saw the educational value for her community. She has produced segments about avoiding drugs and alcohol and a beach restoration project. There is a need for us to talk about some of the important things going on in our county and in the world, she said. The club came together as a collaboration among the local 4-H club, the Washington State University Extension office and the local newspaper. Jack Olmsted, 4-H leader for the club, Pamela Roberts, 4-H coordinator for the Jefferson County 4-H office, and the newspapers publisher work closely with the youth. Online media can be a priceless resource to capture not only the value of the 4-H experience, but also for our community, country and the world, said Olmsted. The youth are getting the process down and planning segments while making them enjoyable but also informative. The 4-H reporters publish their stories to an international audience using tools that are readily available in homes and offices-a video camera, computer linked to the Internet and telephone. It is important to show the world that this can be done and its easy for anyone to do, said 13-year-old Daniel Bryant. Club members see themselves as a resource to others who want to start using online media. They also improve their public speaking skills and build self-esteem as they teach adults how to create and post news segments. 4-H is a community of young people across America who are learning leadership, citizenship and life skills. |
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