{"id":12493,"date":"2012-10-18T12:16:56","date_gmt":"2012-10-18T16:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/?p=12493"},"modified":"2012-10-18T12:16:56","modified_gmt":"2012-10-18T16:16:56","slug":"intern-digital-media-intern-office-of-stem-education-partnerships-northwestern-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/2012\/10\/18\/intern-digital-media-intern-office-of-stem-education-partnerships-northwestern-university\/","title":{"rendered":"[INTERN] Digital Media Intern, Office of STEM Education Partnerships, Northwestern University"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Position: Digital Media Intern<\/p>\n<p>Department: Office of STEM Education Partnerships, Northwestern University<\/p>\n<p>Location: Evanston, IL<\/p>\n<p>The Office of STEM Education Partnerships (OSEP) seeks a highly motivated and energetic individual who is<\/p>\n<p>interested in working on OSEP\u2019s informal STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts\/design, and math) education<\/p>\n<p>program called FUSE (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fusestudio.net\/about\" target=\"_blank\">www.fusestudio.net\/about<\/a>). The Digital Media Intern will work alongside the FUSE Team to<\/p>\n<p>test and edit FUSE Challenges, which are the core educational activities of the FUSE program. Each Challenge is<\/p>\n<p>comprised of a series of increasingly complex levels, each of which is carefully scaffolded to teach a set of skills or<\/p>\n<p>concepts. Specifically, the Digital Media Intern will be responsible for reviewing challenge content and incorporating<\/p>\n<p>feedback from teens to produce polished, engaging challenges that appeal to a broad range of teen interests. This<\/p>\n<p>position will require some writing but will primarily consist of creating and editing short video tutorials.<\/p>\n<p>This is a temporary, part-time position requiring 20-30 hours per week with the potential to become a full-time position<\/p>\n<p>pending funding availability and performance.<\/p>\n<p>Specific Responsibilities:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Works collaboratively with the FUSE team<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Creates video and photo tutorials to teach skills necessary for successful challenge completion<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Publishes revised challenges to FUSE website<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Performs related duties as required or assigned<\/p>\n<p>Minimum Qualifications:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 A bachelor&#8217;s degree in a STEAM content area and\/or education or the equivalent combination of education and<\/p>\n<p>experience from which comparable knowledge and abilities can be acquired<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Experience using common media creation and publishing tools (e.g., iMovie, Google SketchUp, Illustrator,<\/p>\n<p>and\/or open-source equivalents) to create and publish web content (videos, blogs, basic graphic designs, 3D<\/p>\n<p>models) and ability to teach those tools to teens<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Excellent team, verbal and written communication skills<\/p>\n<p>Preferred Qualifications:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Experience creating media for teen audiences<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Experience in working with teens in out-of-school settings, particularly in STEAM fields (e.g., museum or<\/p>\n<p>library programming, after school programs such as science clubs, computer clubs, etc)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Familiarity with the maker community philosophy and approach (e.g., makerspace, hackerspace, FabLab,<\/p>\n<p>MakerBots, DIY, etc.)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Creative thinker in utilizing innovative strategies to achieve project and learning goals<\/p>\n<p>Compensation:<\/p>\n<p>This fellowship is a paid position with a competitive hourly rate.<\/p>\n<p>To apply:<\/p>\n<p>Send a resume and brief cover letter to Maggie Waldron, FUSE Project Coordinator, at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:m-waldron@northwestern.edu\" target=\"_blank\">m-waldron@northwestern.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Applications will be accepted until October 28.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Position: Digital Media Intern Department: Office of STEM Education Partnerships, Northwestern University Location: Evanston, IL The Office of STEM Education Partnerships (OSEP) seeks a highly&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-intern","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/122"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12493\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}