Kids suffer information overload, just like their parents.
Now, a new program invites them to hop aboard a souped-up school bus and learn to make sense of the media and its confusing, often conflicting messages. Offering programs that last from a single day up to 17 weeks, the bus will circulate among Bay Area communities before traveling to the Pacific Northwest. Just Think Foundation , which created the Media Mobile in conjunction with BayKids. The program will teach students how to build Web pages as well as how to produce public service announcements, CD-ROMs, and documentaries. Bannister said he hopes to work as a volunteer on the Media Mobile this fall.