I recently chatted with some teenagers about a controversial ad that was aimed at their demographic. It was created by rapper Tyler The Creator for Mountain Dew. The students had some interesting things to say.

I saw this in the New York Times and had to share it with the community. It speaks to the core of what E4 Youth does. A portfolio that demonstrates your ability to have a vision and get things done is one of the most important things you can do for your education. In the end, employers want to know that you can get things done rather than your score on a test. What's even better, by doing what you love and demonstrating it in a portfolio,…

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Just 2 Ad Industry Tours left this year. Click the following links to sign up for McGarrah Jessee Tuesday, December 11th at 10AM and LatinWorks Thursday, December 13th at 10AM!…

Univision is Austin's number one television and radio news station. Tour the facility and meet the folks that make it work. Maybe you can get a summer job producing videos like E4 Youth student Selena Mattson pictured above. click on the pic to register and for more…

Well, it's that time of the year. We're starting our annual series of field trips to local advertising, media and tech companies. You can sign up for free to visit some of Austin's best companies and learn what it takes to make a living as a creative person. There are a wide range of careers including art, photography, graphic design, music, video, writing, technology and film just to name a few.…

Jaxiry C. Garcia

My name is Jaxiry C. Garcia. I was born in Mexico City. I lived in Mexico for Ten years, in the rest in Austin Texas. I’m 17 years old. When I first got into Middle School, I was really scared because I didn’t know English…

The Chicago teachers went on a strike about how the education systems. They feel like it should be better?! 

The teachers going on strike made a major impact on the students. Being that the teachers weren't in school, the school board had to shut down the school. Kids who are under age had no one to watch them during the day while parents were working. It was such an inconvenience to the parents. …

Today we had our first guest speakers come and talk to us. Wade Floyd an entrepreneur who runs many websites designed to help people, and Jette Momant a director of communication at Envision Creative Group, spoke to us about what they had to go through to get to where they are now, they also told us about the talents and habits they had when they were younger and how those help them with their jobs now. For our assignment today, we were split in to three groups, and had to turn a towel in to…

Aquafina: The Legend of the Water Girl from Media Xperiments on Vimeo.

Short horror spoof written, shot and edited by youth in the 2011 It Could Be U Summer Camps.

It Could Be U Camp 2011 Trailer from Media Xperiments on Vimeo.