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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
Wednesday, May 28, 2025
TechOpps Adobe Premiere Pro
at Media Lab (in McCarren Play Center), Brooklyn 
11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Certify in Adobe Premiere Pro to build your portfolio for school or work. Get certified, get noticed!
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
TechOpps MS Word
at Media Lab (in Al Oerter Recreation Center), Queens
11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Develop your skills in Microsoft Word to become a certified Microsoft Office Specialist. Get certified, get noticed.
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
Intro To Computers
at Media Lab A (in Brownsville Recreation Center), Brooklyn
12:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m.
Learn typing and mouse skills, how to open and save files, basic program functions, and introductory internet tools!
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
Intro to Web Design
at Media Lab (in Highbridge Recreation Center), Manhattan
12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m.
Learn how to build your own appealing website in this course that illustrates the techniques and theory behind Web Design
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
TechOpps Adobe Illustrator
at Media Lab (in J. Hood Wright Recreation Center), Manhattan
12:30 p.m.–2:00 p.m.
Certify in Adobe Illustrator to build your portfolio for school or work. Get certified, get noticed!
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
TechOpps MS Excel
at Media Lab (in Al Oerter Recreation Center), Queens
12:30 p.m.–1:30 p.m.
Develop your skills in Microsoft Excel to become a certified Microsoft Office Specialist. Get certified, get noticed.
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
Intro to Photoshop
at Media Lab (in Herbert Von King Cultural Arts Center), Brooklyn
1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Harness the power used by professional graphic and web designers, fine artists, and photographers with Adobe's most popular image-editor!
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
Speak Up! Podcasting Basics
at Media Lab (in Highbridge Recreation Center), Manhattan
1:00 p.m.–2:00 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
Speak Up! Podcasting Basics
at Media Lab B (in St. John’s Recreation Center), Brooklyn
2:00 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
Youth Digital Literacy
at Media Lab (in St. James Recreation Center), Bronx
2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Learn to use different media applications and tech, and produce something that creatively expresses your ideas.
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
Kids
Content Creators
at Media Lab A (in Brownsville Recreation Center), Brooklyn
3:00 p.m.–5:00 p.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
Kids
Creating Music
at Media Lab (in Herbert Von King Cultural Arts Center), Brooklyn
3:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Create and perfect your sounds using digital audio tools to mix and master your audio tracks.
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
Homework Help
at Media Lab (in A.R.R.O.W. Field House)
3:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Get homework help and time to complete your assignments on the computer.
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
Media Mavericks
at Highbridge Recreation Center (in Highbridge Recreation Center), Manhattan
3:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
Analyze news and information in the media forest.
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
Kids
Pen Tales
at Media Lab (in J. Hood Wright Recreation Center), Manhattan
3:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Put your pen to paper in a collaborative and creative environment: Get your story out there!
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
Kids
Youth Digital Literacy
at Media Lab (in Hunts Point Recreation Center), Bronx
3:00 p.m.–4:30 p.m.
Learn to analyze popular media, evaluate the messages being communicated, and produce something that creatively expresses your own core values and ideals.
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
Kids
Customize Your Kicks
at Media Lab (in St. James Recreation Center), Bronx
4:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Create your own original designs that can be transferred onto any old or new sneakers you bring in
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
Job Search
at Media Lab (in Al Oerter Recreation Center), Queens
4:00 p.m.–5:30 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
KidsCode!
at Media Lab (in J. Hood Wright Recreation Center), Manhattan
4:00 p.m.–5:30 p.m.
Learn to code with programs made just for kids!
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
Kids
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
Intro to Digital Animation
at Media Lab (in Chelsea Recreation Center), Manhattan
4:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m.
Combine your love of drawing and computers to construct an animated sequence!
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
Build It With Blender
at Media Lab (in Herbert Von King Cultural Arts Center), Brooklyn
6:00 p.m.–7:30 p.m.
Learn 3D design with this introduction to Blender, the free and open source 3D creation suite!
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
Kids
Speak Up! Podcasting Basics
at Media Lab (in McCarren Play Center), Brooklyn
6:00 p.m.–7:30 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
TechOpps Adobe Photoshop
at Media Lab (in Chelsea Recreation Center), Manhattan
6:00 p.m.–7:30 p.m.
Certify in Adobe Photoshop to build your portfolio for school or work. Get certified, get noticed!
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
Intro to Computers
at Media Lab (in Hunts Point Recreation Center), Bronx
6:30 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
Learn typing and mouse skills, how to open and save files, basic program functions, and introductory internet tools!
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
Thursday, May 29, 2025
Job Search
at Media Lab (in Williamsbridge Oval Recreation Center), Bronx
10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.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
TechOpps Adobe Photoshop
at Media Lab (in Chelsea Recreation Center), Manhattan
10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Certify in Adobe Photoshop to build your portfolio for school or work. Get certified, get noticed!
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
Content Creators
at Media Lab (in McCarren Play Center), Brooklyn
11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.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
Exploring the Internet
at Media Lab (in Alfred E. Smith Recreation Center), Manhattan
11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Improve your internet search skills and Learn how to protect yourself from common risks while surfing the web.
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
Intro to Apple Computers
at Media Lab (in Highbridge Recreation Center), Manhattan
11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Learn to use the Apple iMac keyboard and mouse; how to open and save files; basic application functions; and introductory internet tools.
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
Intro to Computers
at Media Lab (in J. Hood Wright Recreation Center), Manhattan
11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Learn typing and mouse skills, how to open and save files, basic program functions, and introductory internet tools!
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
Intro to MS Word
at Media Lab (in A.R.R.O.W. Field House)
11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Learn the basics of creating documents using Microsoft Office Word, the most popular and widely used word processing software.
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
Adaptive Intro to Computers
at Media Lab (in Williamsbridge Oval Recreation Center), Bronx
11:30 a.m.–12:30 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
Film Editing
at Media Lab B (in St. John’s Recreation Center), Brooklyn
11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Learn editing techniques as they relate to storytelling.
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
Intro to Computers
at Media Lab A (in Brownsville Recreation Center), Brooklyn
12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m.
Learn typing and mouse skills, how to open and save files, basic program functions, and introductory internet tools!
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
Intro to Web Design
at Media Lab (in Highbridge Recreation Center), Manhattan
12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m.
Learn how to build your own appealing website in this course that illustrates the techniques and theory behind Web Design
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
Intro to MS Word
at Media Lab (in Al Oerter Recreation Center), Queens
12:30 p.m.–1:30 p.m.
Learn the basics of creating documents using Microsoft Office Word, the most popular and widely used word processing software.
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
TechOpps Adobe Illustrator
at Media Lab (in Chelsea Recreation Center), Manhattan
12:30 p.m.–2:00 p.m.
Certify in Adobe Illustrator to build your portfolio for school or work. Get certified, get noticed!
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
Photofit!
at Media Lab (in Herbert Von King Cultural Arts Center), Brooklyn
1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Learn photography basics while exercising!
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
Resume Writing
at Media Lab A (in Brownsville Recreation Center), Brooklyn
1:00 p.m.–2:00 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
Speak Up! Podcasting Basics
at Media Lab (in Highbridge Recreation Center), Manhattan
1:00 p.m.–2:00 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
Customize Your Kicks
at Media Lab (in St. James Recreation Center), Bronx
2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Create your own original designs that can be transferred onto any old or new sneakers you bring in
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
Intro to MS PowerPoint
at Media Lab (in Al Oerter Recreation Center), Queens
2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Create a basic PowerPoint presentation and practice your presentation skills. Learn how to format text, insert graphics, alter colors, and more.
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
Digital Drawing w/ Pen & Tablet
at Media Lab (in Hunts Point Recreation Center), Bronx
3:00 p.m.–4:30 p.m.
Learn the basics of drawing using a tablet and pen!
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
Kids
Digital Drawing With Pen & Tablet
at Media Lab (in Herbert Von King Cultural Arts Center), Brooklyn
3:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Learn the basics of drawing using a tablet and pen!
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
Kids
Homework Help
at Media Lab (in A.R.R.O.W. Field House)
3:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Get homework help and time to complete your assignments on the computer.
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
Intermediate Audio and Video Production
at Media Lab A (in Brownsville Recreation Center), Brooklyn
3:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Take your creative projects to the next level in this course that builds onto your knowledge of digital storytelling
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
Kids
Media Mavericks
at Media Lab (in Highbridge Recreation Center), Manhattan
3:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
Analyze news and information in the media forest.
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
Kids
Pen Tales
at Media Lab (in J. Hood Wright Recreation Center), Manhattan
3:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Put your pen to paper in a collaborative and creative environment: Get your story out there!
Free! Recreation Center Membership required
Kids
Animation Station
at Media Lab (in J. Hood Wright Recreation Center), Manhattan
4:00 p.m.–5:30 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
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