Aspiring professionals in children’s media and related fields can compete for the 2010-2011 Early Career Fellows program
The Fred Rogers Center announces an exciting fellowship opportunity for early-career producers, animators, technologists, writers, artists, musicians, educators, and others, interested in creating exciting, high-quality media inspired by the legacy of Fred Rogers. Through the ECF program, the Fred Rogers Center acts as a catalyst for innovation in media- and technology-based work that advances early childhood development and learning.
In 2010-2011, Fellows will create projects to be used in a new, national initiative of the Fred Rogers Center. The Fred Rogers Center Early Learning Environment is being developed as a virtual community of teachers, home-based caregivers, and families who will be empowered by compelling technology and media-based resources to provide literacy-rich experiences for children from birth to age 5. The Early Learning Environment (.pdf) will use “edutainment” (educational entertainment) to deliver resources, and to encourage interaction, in a variety of engaging ways.
Four Early Career Fellows, nationally selected, will be awarded a $15,000 stipend each. Support also will be provided for expenses related to the Fellows’ work. Fellows will spend one year on the development of their projects, which will be featured online through the Early Learning Environment. In addition to the visibility provided by the Early Learning Environment, Fellows will have the opportunity to present their work at the Fred Rogers Center’s next Fred Forward Conference, in 2012. The new group of Fellows will also become part of an online community to be established by the Fred Rogers Center for ongoing professional development and networking among current and former Fellows.
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