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Whether you want to create a hit movie or song, train yourself for a new job, or develop new computer skills, you can find a media education program that’s right for you. Our Media Education programs are taught by the best educators, right here in our media labs at our recreation centers.
How to Join
We offer media education programs for people of all ages and for all skill levels. Our programs are available as a part of your recreation center membership. Join our recreation centers before December 31 for a free one-year membership.
Media Education Events
Thursday, February 20, 2025
Mid-Winter Break: Blast Off- Discovering Space and Black History
at Entrance - Springfield Lane and 149th Avenue (in Idlewild Park)
10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
During Mid-Winter Break, have your kids join us at to explore the solar system, stars, and the future of space and learn of the contributions of Black scientists and astronauts.
Free!
Kids
Youth Tech Workshop: Speak Up! Podcasting Basics
at Media Lab (in Sorrentino Recreation Center), Queens 
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Learn how to create and produce your own podcast, a series of audio shows that can be played on portable audio devices.
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
Kids
Youth Tech Workshop: 3D Printing Workspace
at Media Lab (in Herbert Von King Cultural Arts Center), Brooklyn
11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Learn the basics of 3D design and printing with Blender and 3D Printers. Take designs out of your head and into your hands.
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
Kids
Youth Tech Workshop: Animation Station
at Media Lab (in J. Hood Wright Recreation Center), Manhattan
11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Kids will give objects and characters a life of their own, and can even animate themselves using Stop Motion Animation at this one stop imagination station!
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
Kids
Youth Tech Workshop: KidsCode! Dance Party
at Media Lab (in Chelsea Recreation Center), Manhattan
11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Learn to code by making an epic dance party with code.org!
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
Kids
Youth Tech Workshop: Speak Up! Podcasting Basics
at Media Lab (in Highbridge Recreation Center), Manhattan
11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Learn how to create and produce your own podcast, a series of audio shows that can be played on portable audio devices.
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
Kids
Youth Tech Workshop: Digital Painting
at Media Lab (in Al Oerter Recreation Center), Queens
11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Use interactive digital tools to take traditional painting to the next level!
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
Kids
How to Operate your phone
at Multi-Use Room D (in McCarren Play Center), Brooklyn
12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m.
Helping members to learn to use and operate your phone.
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
Youth Tech Workshop: Speak Up! Podcasting Basics
at Media Lab (in Sorrentino Recreation Center), Queens
1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Learn how to create and produce your own podcast, a series of audio shows that can be played on portable audio devices.
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
Kids
K-8 Digital Learning
at Media Lab (in Detective Keith L. Williams Field House)
2:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
Get a variety of fun and educational computer-based activities to strengthen your academic and technology skills while we encourage creativity, self-awareness, and social activism.
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
Kids
Phone Photography
at Multi-Use Room D (in McCarren Play Center), Brooklyn
2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Helping members to learn to use and operate your phone.
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
Youth Tech Workshop: Makey Makey Inventions
at Media Lab (in Herbert Von King Cultural Arts Center), Brooklyn
2:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
Learn how to use food, water, your own pencil drawings, and playdoh sculptures to create game controllers.
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
Kids
Youth Tech Workshop: Intro to Game Design
at Media Lab (in Al Oerter Recreation Center), Queens
2:30 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Bring your imagination and make your own video game to share with your friends! Create heroes, traverse dungeons and thwart villains all created by you!
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
Kids
Youth Tech Workshop: Intro to PhotoPea
at Media Lab (in J. Hood Wright Recreation Center), Manhattan
2:30 p.m.–3:30 p.m.
Edit images, make illustrations, design for the web, and do so much more with PhotoPea, a web-based graphic design tool.
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
Kids
Youth Tech Workshop: KidsCode!
at Media Lab (in Chelsea Recreation Center), Manhattan
2:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m.
Learn to code with programs made just for kids!
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
Kids
Youth Tech Workshop: KidsCode! Dance Party
at Media Lab (in Highbridge Recreation Center), Manhattan
2:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m.
Learn to code by making an epic dance party with code.org!
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
Kids
Build Your Own City: Urban Planning w/ Cities Skylines
at Entrance - Springfield Lane and 149th Avenue (in Idlewild Park)
3:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Explore the world of Urban Planning in this interactive workshop where students use the city-building game "Cities Skylines" to design their own functional cities.
Free!
Youth Tech Workshop: Creating Collectibles
at Media Lab (in J. Hood Wright Recreation Center), Manhattan
3:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m.
Design and print your own collectible trading cards using graphic design software
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
Kids
Friday, February 21, 2025
Youth Tech Workshop: Film Editing
at Media Lab (in Sorrentino Recreation Center), Queens
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Learn editing techniques as they relate to storytelling.
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
Kids
Youth Tech Workshop: Animation Station
at Media Lab (in Chelsea Recreation Center), Manhattan
11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Kids will give objects and characters a life of their own, and can even animate themselves using Stop Motion Animation at this one stop imagination station!
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
Kids
Youth Tech Workshop: Intro to Audio Production
at Media Lab (in Highbridge Recreation Center), Manhattan
11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Become the DJ as you learn to use audio editing software! Record your own music, poetry, stories, or lyrics while learning about the recording process at the same time.
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
Kids
Youth Tech Workshop: Stop Motion Movie Making
at Media Lab (in J. Hood Wright Recreation Center), Manhattan
11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Create a movie using stop motion filming techniques
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
Kids
How to Operate your phone
at Multi-Use Room D (in McCarren Play Center), Brooklyn
12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m.
Helping members to learn to use and operate your phone.
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
Youth Tech Workshop: Film Editing
at Media Lab (in Sorrentino Recreation Center), Queens
1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Learn editing techniques as they relate to storytelling.
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
Kids
K-8 Digital Learning
at Media Lab (in Detective Keith L. Williams Field House)
2:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
Get a variety of fun and educational computer-based activities to strengthen your academic and technology skills while we encourage creativity, self-awareness, and social activism.
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
Kids
Phone Photography
at Multi-Use Room D (in McCarren Play Center), Brooklyn
2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Helping members to learn to use and operate your phone.
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
Youth Tech Workshop: Animation Station
at Media Lab (in Chelsea Recreation Center), Manhattan
2:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m.
Kids will give objects and characters a life of their own, and can even animate themselves using Stop Motion Animation at this one stop imagination station!
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
Kids
Youth Tech Workshop: Intro to Digital Photography
at Media Lab (in Herbert Von King Cultural Arts Center), Brooklyn
2:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m.
Learn to navigate camera functions, improve your photography technique, and upload and share your pictures online.
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
Kids
Youth Tech Workshop: Intro to PhotoPea
at Media Lab (in J. Hood Wright Recreation Center), Manhattan
2:30 p.m.–3:30 p.m.
Edit images, make illustrations, design for the web, and do so much more with PhotoPea, a web-based graphic design tool.
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
Kids
Youth Tech Workshop: Stop Motion Movie Making
at Media Lab (in Highbridge Recreation Center), Manhattan
2:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m.
Create a movie using stop motion filming techniques
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
Kids
Earth Explorers: Oceans, Climate and Space
at Entrance - Springfield Lane and 149th Avenue (in Idlewild Park)
3:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Students will journey through Earth science concepts with NOAA’s science aliens Teek and Tom Explore Planet Earth.
Free!
Kids
Youth Tech Workshop: Creating Collectibles
at Media Lab (in J. Hood Wright Recreation Center), Manhattan
3:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m.
Design and print your own collectible trading cards using graphic design software
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
Kids
Monday, February 24, 2025
Intro to Computers
at Media Lab (in Sorrentino Recreation Center), Queens
9:00 a.m.–10:00 a.m.
Learn typing and mouse skills, how to open and save files, basic program functions, and introductory internet tools!
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
Content Creators
at Media Lab (in Sorrentino Recreation Center), Queens
10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
Become a content creator by learning how to shoot, edit, and optimize your post results on social media platforms like YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
Adaptive Intro to Computers
at Media Lab (in St. James Recreation Center), Bronx
11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Learn basic typing and mouse skills as well as how to open and save files, basic program functions and get introduced to the internet in an adaptive environment!
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
Google Suite
at Media Lab (in Chelsea Recreation Center), Manhattan
11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Learn how you can use a Google email account to access the full suite of administrative tools Google offers for free.
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
Job Search
at Media Lab (in Sorrentino Recreation Center), Queens
11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Learn how a combination of resume writing, interview skills, and various online databases can be used in order to conduct a job search.
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
Resume Writing
at Media Lab (in Alfred E. Smith Recreation Center), Manhattan
11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Put your best foot forward and get the job you want by learning how to create a resume that stands out.
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
TechOpps MS Word
at Media Lab (in Jackie Robinson Recreation Center), Manhattan
11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Develop your skills in Microsoft Word to become a certified Microsoft Office Specialist. Get certified, get noticed.
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
Adaptive Intro to Computers
at Media Lab (in Kwame Ture Recreation Center), Bronx
11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m.
Learn typing and mouse skills as well as how to open and save files, basic program functions and get introduced to the internet!
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
Adaptive Digital Painting
at Media Lab (in Williamsbridge Oval Recreation Center), Bronx
12:30 p.m.–1:30 p.m.
Use interactive digital tools to take traditional painting to the next level!
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
Intro to PhotoPea
at Media Lab (in St. James Recreation Center), Bronx
2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Edit images, make illustrations, design for the web, and do so much more with PhotoPea, a web-based graphic design tool.
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
K-8 Digital Learning
at Media Lab (in Detective Keith L. Williams Field House)
2:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
Get a variety of fun and educational computer-based activities to strengthen your academic and technology skills while we encourage creativity, self-awareness, and social activism.
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
Kids
Youth Digital Literacy
at Media Lab (in Hunts Point Recreation Center), Bronx
2:30 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
Learn to use different media applications and tech, and produce something that creatively expresses your ideas.
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
I SPY Photography
at Media Lab (in Sorrentino Recreation Center), Queens
3:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Learn how to use the camera on your phone and go on a photo scavenger hunt!
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
Kids
3D Printing Workspace
at Media Lab (in Jackie Robinson Recreation Center), Manhattan
3:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Learn the basics of 3D design and printing with Blender and 3D Printers. Take designs out of your head and into your hands.
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
Making Music
at Media Lab (in Chelsea Recreation Center), Manhattan
4:00 p.m.–5:30 p.m.
Learn about music as you make and play your own instruments and write your own songs.
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
Kids
Rhythm Roulette: Hip Hop Beat-Making
at Media Lab (in Kwame Ture Recreation Center), Bronx
4:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Learn the ins and outs of hip hop and RnB beat-making from mixing to final production.
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
Stop Motion Movie Making
at Media Lab (in Williamsbridge Oval Recreation Center), Bronx
4:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Create a movie using stop motion filming techniques
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
Open Studio Time
at Media Lab (in Red Hook Recreation Center), Brooklyn
5:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m.
Record your voice and/or instrumentals in our media lab studio! This time is open to anyone wishing to develop their skills in the world of audio production.
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
Kids
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