February 2012
Make It Digital
This week Sea appeared on BBC Radio Cornwall talking about young people in Cornwall not in education, employment or training. Kathryn, co-director of Sea was interviewed by James Churchfield during the breakfast show in regards to a new project called Make It Digital.
Listen to the BBC Radio Cornwall Interview
Duration: 6 minutes
Make It Digital is a new digital enterprise programme for young people who are not in education, employment or training and are not sure what to do next.
Sea Communications have designed a creative four week programme which will teach students essential digital skills and help them think differently about planning their future.
Working in collaboration with Sea, students will make a film exploring the subject 'choices for young people' through their eyes. They will learn filmmaking techniques including scripting, storyboarding and how to use basic editing tools. Their films will be shown at a special event for local government, businesses and the wider community.
During the course, all students will receive one to one mentoring from Junction 24, a specialist youth recruitment consultancy who will work with students to understand their skills, strengths, help them put together an action plan and find real work opportunities after the course.
Students will also have the opportunity to apply for an internship with Sea Communications after the course finishes if they are interested in learning more about working in design and media.
Kathryn from Sea explains the idea behind designing this course:
"The internet has revolutionised the way people communicate with each other, find information and create employment opportunties.
As an independent design business working in digital communications, we are in a good position to offer advice and guidance to young people making the transition from school to employment. Most teenagers are already using social networking sites such as Facebook to connect with friends but how many understand the value of their digital skills in employment and education?
Our aim is to help young people uncover relevant skills, provide them with inspiration and connect them with relevant employment or training opportunities.
The course will enable students to express themselves creatively and uncover new skills and interests in a non traditional classroom setting. We plan to make it as fun as possible, whilst at the same time teaching practical skills that can be added to a CV and help them find a future job.
Our collaborative approach means that we can take the course to small groups of teenagers in their community youth group, arrange visits to our design studio and use mobile technology to film and teach wherever they feel most comfortable."
The first course starts on 5th March. Please contact Kathryn or Phil for more information or to sign up!
Click to view to MAKE IT DIGITAL leaflet
