AGORA

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“Collapsing The Barriers Of To The Creative Technology Economy, Silicon Beach” We want educational stakeholders and instructors to think deeply and question how they meet the needs of their digital learners. WHY they do what they do. Start with WHY, inspire with WHAT learning could look like, and consider HOW to get there.

An engaging learning broadcast that focuses on big-picture ideas for trends in education to prepare our students for College and Career Readiness in THEIR world. The broadcast will be put into action through a showcase of hands-on project that feature future skill-sets needed to get a head of the curve and extract the keys and the inside baseball from the “Gatekeepers” in the creative tech economy. Activation & Engagement is Phase one.

WHY AGORA ?

We seek to transform the economic landscape for the next generation of digital leaders by connecting underresourced groups with education, experiential, and career opportunities in the creative-tech-media-entertainment sectors in Los Angeles County, the most diverse county in the country.

"Given that Los Angeles is arguably the most diverse County in the country, as well as the creative capital of the nation, the Los Angeles County Arts Commission should play a leadership role in implementing model programs and leading discussions about how to ensure that arts organizations appropriately reflect the diversity of our communities...�

—Resolution by Supervisors Hilda L. Solis ,Mark Ridley Thomas, and Sheila Kuehl November 10, 2015

Through the summit we will showcase the transformation of students, instructors and mentors into a design team to publish and distribute an over-the-top system network www.brownbagtv.org. (BBTV) that will showcase digital media pedagogy to prospective talent evaluators searching for skilled workers for workforce 2025.

The output(s) will result in student generated content that can measure the students capability to achieve IMDB credits, leveraged portfolio, and tech-creative certifications to compete for internship/apprenticeships inside of the partner network in Silicon Beach and beyond.

Dakar’s broadcast will relate to Los Angeles Community College Students in a cultural context that speaks to their ambitions to showcase their voice. We offer Industry partners the opportunity to share their corporate citizenship to learners 16 and beyond, and to build a bridge to the creative-tech economy in Silicon Beach and beyond. https://www.kcet.org/shows/socal-connected/the-rise-of-silicon-beach .

Connect industry with community college students to prepare students to meet rapidly changing industry needs and propel them into high education and workforce placement. Tectonic shifts are happening in media, entertainment and technology.

The traditional structures in which entertainment has been created and distributed are crumbling while new, rapidly changing structures are taking their place - or sharing newly created space -while media and technology are combining to create new solutions to non entertainment problems.

The speed in which these changes are occurring make it challenging for students to prepare for careers and for industry to find job-ready applicants when new needs emerge. By bringing students to industry, the student can received relevant insight and training while industry increases their pool of job ready applicants.

• Multi-week immersive class for junior college students from LA County Community College District. http://s172518151.onlinehome.us/brownbagtv/site/?p=2422 Phase 1

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Industry & Program Overview

Work shops & Training

Project (Planning & Execution)

Presentation of Project & Findings

• Focus will be on hands-on training and the completion of the June 1st Summit project that students will demonstrate proof of skills to future employers and that can serve as a base for future development.

! Expected duration approximately 4 weeks February 2 through March 6th ! Mixture of hands on training and workshops which will be guided and presented

by Silicon Beach Employee Resource Groups, Information presented will prepare students to complete their project. ! Instructors will be pushing students to consider applications, identify interests

and strengths. ! By the end students should have an idea of what they are going to do for the

Summit project and may have identified teams.

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An experience-based training platform for underserved students 10-16 in which they learn by

doing, producing a live TV show and associated digital elements http://s172518151.onlinehome.us/dpi/site/. The curriculum is delivered under the supervision of mentor staff, and the participation of a range of guest mentors.

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An opportunity for Presenter Partners with deep knowledge and passion for community service, outreach, education, to group mentor BBTV from theory to consumers. The training, career counseling, workforce preparation, and other "harmonies" to support that BBTV will be undergirded by the best practices of mentorship http://www.mentoring.org/programresources/mentor-resources-and-publications/employee-mentoring/ MENTORS

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LAEL ALEXANDER, NOITIVONNE TERRENCE COLES, RED BOX JAY TUCKER, Digital Pathway Initiative, Why We Should Care?

TED LAI, APPLE- Technology In The Classroom, Next Generation Learners MAYA BEASLEY- How Can America Compete Globally In STEAM Workforce DEREK ALAN-ROWE, Immersive Reality, Empathy Machine, DARYLE LOCKHART-Gaming, Marketing, The Business Of The Business GREGG JOHNSON-LA County Arts Summit/Creative-Tech Economy.

• Students: 10th – 16th; underserved, diverse •

DPI on-line curriculum http://s172518151.onlinehome.us/dpi/site/

• Experience-based learning • 4 weeks of contract for each student, digital Citizen Standards, Green/Clean T • Creating a TV magazine for subscription based on-demand workforce programming • Writers, producers, directors, camera-operators, editors, web designers, and content development and pitch marketeers.

• Other course topics: digital citizenship 101, new means of distribution, other careers in media, guilds, unions, etc.

• Instructors, Guests/Mentors/Celebrities/Influencers

• Graduates trained in accordance with certified curriculum/plan • Measurable results/deliverables: – (in addition to experiential and course experience) – Launch Pilot, February 2, 2020 – "Work" placement directly afterwards – internships, etc.

– Connections to selected mentor guests – Student portfolios: – Personal projects: own movie/tv show, app, other items created in class – Completion of DPI custom online portal lesson plan

Magazine format Focus on tech-entertainment news, economic reports: events, people, • A mix of interview, studio and location shooting • Flexible format accommodates many types of material, stories • Stories' sources include partner input opportunities • Complementary digital components for distribution – Website(s) – Connected Mobile App(s)

• Show to broadcast via YouTube, then migrate to Livestream, then to proprietary media platform, www.Noitivonne,com • 1.7 million high school students • 2.3 million Community College Students • Web sites and apps as additional distribution channels, increasing audience • Partner opportunities to reach this audience

• Pilot Show to be broadcast live Feb 2ns, then post production for presentation of review of AT&T Film Festival Segments 2020, Digital Hollywood, Urban Tech, Siggraph, MWC LA 2020. Connect • Location shooting, Indie Film Festivals • COHORT – Students from, LAUSD, LACCD, Cal State Northridge LA, USC, UCLA – Output: Career Festival Broadcast To LA County Arts Ed Audience – 3 Months – 30 students – Facilities, equipment Integration

Kevin Clark

Dakar Foundation For The Performing Arts Email: kevinclark@dakarfoundation.org (818) 918 7684