Festival2012/Submit/Hack the DIY

Title of session: Hack the DIY

Your name and affiliation: Radio Rookies/Mozilla Hive NYC

Session format: Design Jam

What will your session or activity allow people to make, learn or do?

Educators, young people, developers and journalists will hack the Radio Rookies DIY with Popcorn to create their own DIY for future DIY’s or a new DIY video to teach and engage young people.

How do you see that working?

Participants will watch the Radio Rookies DIY video in action—with tape of two Rookies promo-ing it at World Maker Faire. Next the Rookies will break down what worked and what didn’t, talk about how they’d change it based on Maker Faire response. Radio Rookie educators/producers will lead the groups in their own DIY hacks with the Rookie experts representing the voice and needs of young user/makers. The Rookie team will check in with groups as they work and make sure the DIY’s that are produced accomplish their stated goal.

How will you deal with 5, 15, 50 participants?

We will create more or larger groups. Given that it’s a DIY project, the more people the better.

How long within your session before someone else can teach this?

15-20 minutes. Once Radio Rookies have presented the DIY promo and had Rookies have discussed best practices

What do you see as outcomes after the festival?

This session will build knowledge and expertise amongst participants to make their own DIY videos. The DIY’s they create and the hacking process they go through in order to put them together will help to inform Radio Rookies and Hive NYC in their creation of a DIY template that will be an open and reusable resource for anyone interested in teaching/learning to create their own DIY.