Animated Short

Animated films are a way of addressing serious/hard-to-film concepts in a manner that may be more comfortable for people to view. Think about some issues facing communities today and write/animate a short film that addresses those issues.

Architecture/Design

As a group, design a community center. Start by thinking about the resources that are already available in your community and what may be missing. Perhaps you need more activities for teens, better medical centers, or more Clubhouses. Decide what needs are the most pressing and design one community center which addresses those needs.

Comic Book

Create a comic book that addresses some issues facing your community today. Some examples may include homelessness, violence, or pollution. Find a way to make your comic book interactive using the technology available to you.

Community Mapping

Create a digital map of the coolest youth places in a Boston neighborhood. Using digital cameras, audio recorders, and state-of-the-art mapping technology, you will go out to the streets of a Boston neighborhood, interview people, explore what is happening there, and, together, create a digital guide to favorite youth places in the area.

Creative Photography

Digital photography is a wonderful way to capture memories, but also a means of self-expression. Learn the basics of the digital camera and then set out to document the Teen Summit, while also creating your own works of art. Share your photos with the Journalism and Web Design groups to help them accomplish their goals.

Elements of Game Design

Bring together graphics, sound clips, videos, and other elements to create a mini video-game. Your challenge, as a group, is to envision and make a collaborative game, where players work together towards a shared goal. Work in small groups to create images and sounds, build your own game controllers, and integrate the elements using a new graphical programming language.

Fashion Design

Do you know who designed the clothes that you wear? Are you ever frustrated because something doesn’t fit or look the way you want? Here is your opportunity to design your own fashion line. Start out by talking to some of your friends, and other Teen Summit participants. What would they like to see? Can you find a way to incorporate traditional dress and modern clothing styles into one clothing line? Start with drawings, play around with colors and fabrics, and, if time permits, make some samples of your own.

Graphic Design

The Teen Summit logo is printed on all of the Teen Summit materials, including T-Shirts, programs, and the website. Design a logo that captures the essence of the Teen Summit, can be reproduced in black and white and color, and can be scaled for large or small printing. If you have time, create a series of posters to advertise the next Teen Summit.

Journalism

What are the things other people might want to know about the Teen Summit? What would make good news? How about human interest stories? Document the Teen Summit through a magazine, blog, or daily newsletter. Collaborate with other groups to get photos, information, and graphics. Interview your fellow Teen Summit attendees, write about your own experiences, and discover the information "behind the scenes". Then, pull everything together, lay it out, and publish!

Music

An anthem is a piece of music that helps inspire a group of people around a particular idea (such as a national anthem). Create a song/rap around a theme (such as the Computer Clubhouse or the Teen Summit) that others might be inspired by.

Robotics

More and more robots are being used to do things that are too monotonous, dangerous, or precise for humans. Think about some of the needs you have in your communities. What are some robotic solutions to help meet those needs? Using the tools provided to you, and working in teams, design and build your robots.

Stop Action Animation

Using a variety of stop action animation techniques, create a movie, or series of movies that addresses some common issues facing your community today.

TV Broadcasting

Create a TV show or news broadcast to share the experiences of travelling to and participating in the Teen Summit with other Clubhouse Members, family and friends who are at home. Try to capture the diversity of the participants, the activities that are taking place, and the location of the Summit.

Video

Create a (video) commercial for the Computer Clubhouse that will appeal to other teens around the world. The end result might be something you or your Clubhouse Coordinator could use to get others excited about the Clubhouse and could include music, animation, or whatever helps get the message across.

Web Design

Create a Teen Summit website and post it on the Village for the rest of the Clubhouse Network to see. Collaborate with other groups to obtain photos, articles, music, graphics, etc.

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