Xavi Macias, Zane Scheuerlein and Mindy Faber of Open Youth Networks are off this week to present two workshops at the Allied Media Conference.

Using Google Maps to Visualize the Network of Youth Organizations at the AMC

will help youth build a national Google map of youth media activists.

The Culture of Video Remix: Tools and Approaches for the Media Educator

participants will learn the various tools, apps and methods for creating video remixes that critically examine mass media messages. Using bit torrent, audio hijack, and video download, conversion and compression tools - they will grab several video files off the web and learn about fair use provisions of copyright law as they apply to the work of educators and student remixers.