Media WORKS Enterprise

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Media WORKS Enterprise

• Building technological fluency and sustainable
  employability by integrating design, creativity,
  collaboration, and community service in a new
  media design learning company.

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Media WORKSan immersion learning environment

• A learning company
• Design studio
• Professional Staff
• Constructivist curriculum
• Career planning and personal development
  through Opportunity WORKS

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Media WORKS the learning company

• The core immersion experience builds shared
  design and collaborative skills
• Youth are Interns gaining work experience
• Instructors serve as lead designers and work
  alongside Interns
• Each Learning Tier includes portfolio entry
  requirements, learning objectives, and a Capstone
  Community Service project.

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Media Worksthe design studio

• Design projects are managed in a business setting
  with assigned tasks, and defined project roles
• Group concept development sessions and group
  critiques improve communication and
  collaborative skills
• Designing for a client requires organization,
  adherence to deadlines, and teamwork
• Published designs help to motivate

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Media WORKS Curriculum
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Opportunity Works Career and personal
development System

• From the moment of intake an Interns career and
  personal goals become a priority
• The Opportunity WORKS counselor works with each
  Intern individually throughout their work
  experience and helps them implement a career plan
• Opportunity WORKS career plan management is a
  life-long benefit for each Intern

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Media WORKS professional staff

• Enterprise Manager
• Head Designer
• Head Educator
• Opportunity WORKS Advisor
• Information Systems Engineer
• Studio Assistants

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MWE Organizational Structure
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Media WORKS Products and Services

• ?Learning
• -technological fluency, employability, design,
  collaboration, software, professionalism
• ?Iterations of learning through Community Service
• -Interns broadcast learning through workshops,
  modeling success, and community service design
• Graphic Production for the Community
• -Posters, illustrations, animations, websites,
  web databases, layouts, brochures, multimedia,
  video and audio - for non-profit and small
  business clients.
• Community Technology Center
• -hands-on training in software, hardware, and
  internet use for local residents

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Media WORKSOutput

• Further education
• Sustainable Employability
• Skilled level wage earnings
• Personal self-management
• Opportunity WORKS lifetime connection

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Media WORKS Portfolio

• Corporate Identity - Pilot Logotype

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Media WORKS Portfolio

• Identity - Website, Business Card Letterhead

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Media WORKS Portfolio

• United Way InfoLine

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Media WORKS Portfolio

• Web Design - Department of Labor - Domestic Abuse

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Media WORKS Portfolio

• Learning Products - Migrant Workshop