PRESS RELEASE The Creative Leadership Academy (CLA) is a partnership between E4 Youth, the Moody College of Communication (MCC) and Division of Diversity and Community Engagement (DDCE) at the University of Texas at Austin. Working directly with MCC’s Director of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Erin Reilly and DDCE’s Director of Inclusive Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Ruben Cantu, […]
E4 Youth is partnering with Latinitas and the Intel Foundation’s She Will Connect program to provide digital literacy training, peer networks, and gender-relevant content to fix the Internet gender gap. E4 Youth is providing professional development and support for Latinitas staff as they implement our VR Remix Party curriculum with 1000 elementary and middle school […]
The 2019 Showcase and Awards were the best to date. We celebrated the work of our nearly 200 high school students participating in E4 Youth’s Get Creative Enrichment Clubs across Greater Austin and Shadow the Pros summer Class of 2019. See a list of all of our winners with links to their work and partners […]
Here’s E4 Youth’s guide along with examples for Creating Your VR Remix Party using free and open source tools in the web browser. Included are a curriculum framework, workflow and case studies for any classroom teacher or student to make immersive storytelling projects in a matter of minutes. Remix Examples Remix Guide
Introduction Here’s a hack for snapping 360 images directly from Google Street View at no cost. You used to be able to search and then download these images pretty easily using a site called istreetview.com. iStreetView.com was developed by a high school student who apparently disabled the search functionality due to massive fees for hosting […]
Why Create Legacy ATX? As a retired musician, I’ve often thought about the types of resources and experiences that would have helped me accelerate my growth – not only as a performer/artist but as a professional in the music business. Making a “living” as a musician is more difficult than it’s ever been. The pay […]
We recently asked a number of the creative professionals who support E4 Youth to share their reasons with us. Building a framework for mentoring was a common theme, as was introducing the career possibilities in creative fields to kids who might not otherwise have any idea what their opportunities are — or how to get […]
Over the past year, E4 Youth has partnered with the Mozilla Foundation and Capital Factory to develop curriculum that helps high school teachers integrate immersive media and storytelling into their classrooms. The result of that work is what we now call VR Remix Parties. VR Remix Parties are community events that bring together educators, coders, […]
Standing up in front of a client to present my work is never easy for me, and I’ve been doing it for more than 25 years. Now imagine you’re a high school or college student, presenting to a roomful of your peers and creative industry professionals. That’s just what E4 Youth’s Shadow the Pros participants […]
PRESS RELEASE Date: 16 July 2018 What: Google Fiber Supports Creative Workforce Development in Austin ISD Teacher Application Deadline: August 15, 2018 Contact Person: Carl Settles carl@e4youth.org, Ph# 512-917-2551 Web Site: e4youth.org AISD Teacher Application Link: https://e4youth.org/austinisd Google Fiber Supports Creative Workforce Development for Underserved Youth in Austin ISD APPLY NOW Google Fiber is partnering […]