Ethio-Digital and Information Technology Services

Culture-based Youth MultiMedia Education

Group picture of Ethio Techno Mobile Multimedia students during 2006 certificate ceremony

Current training:

The Ethio Digital and IT Services (EDITS) with the collaboration with the City of Seattle park and Recreation, has brought the Ethio-Techno Mobile Multimedia Studio project to young Ethiopian teens.

Ethio Techno Mobile Camera

This project will teach Ethiopian teenagers and Literacy students which are geographically distributed in to three locations in Seattle.

Techno Mobile students at ECMA Computer lab

EDITS will recruit low-income, disadvantaged Ethiopian youth, under 18 years of age to learn multimedia – audio/visual – computer and DVD operation and production skills to advance their native Amharic language and English, using graphic design principles, and image editing.

Techno Mobile students at NSCC class

This Mobile studio, will use interactive instruction techniques involving “hands-on” use of different multimedia equipment and software such as a projector, lap top computers, wall screens, DVD-VHS player, video camera as well as image-editing software applications.

Techno Mobile students at ECMA computer lab

This new style of teaching, (with the addition of a customized web site dedicated to the project) will show student activities and progress in Amharic and English to exchange information (Video Pen Pals' ) with their fellow Ethiopian students back home and around the world. This project will give students to work in groups on their local community issues and projects.

Techno Mobile students at NSCC class