YL Web Roundup, Issue 2

Fri Jan 26 11:01:04 EST 2001

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YouthLearn's Web Roundup
January 26, 2001 - Issue 2

Here we go!
A whirlwind tour of news, grants, tips and information we've found
on the Web this week. Links were chosen for their relevance to learning
and technology in out of school programs.

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<p>NEWS

1. President Bush Announces Education Proposals
This week, President Bush released "No Child Left Behind," a "blueprint
represent[ing] part of my agenda for education reform." Among the five
proposals is one that "offers matching grants for community technology
centers. Matching federal grants will be provided through the Community
Development Block Grant Program administered by the Department of Housing
and Urban Development in order to establish Community Technology Centers in
high poverty areas."
http://www.ed.gov/inits/nclb/index.html

2. Survey Finds Minorities Use the Web Differently
The L.A. Times reported on a new survey that looked at what African
Americans and Latinos seek on the Internet. "African Americans were more
likely than other groups to focus on career advancement and professional
development, education, family and relationships and
entertainment...Latinos, meantime, were more likely to use the Internet as a
major source of news content, particularly for international news. Both
groups were less likely than the general population to seek financial or
technological information online." This information may be useful to
programs that want to show their communities the relevance of technology to
everyday life.
http://www.latimes.com/business/cutting/20010116/t000004445.html (Jan 16)

3. Morino Institute Publishes Venture Philanthropy Report
A new report released yesterday, "Venture Philanthropy 2001: The Changing
Landscape," provides a comprehensive picture of the state of venture
philanthropy, a new way to meet society's most vexing and longstanding
problems.
http://www.venturephilanthropypartners.org/usr_doc/vpp012501.htm

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SPOTLIGHT on YOUTHLEARN

1. Bird and Butterfly Garden at Eden Palms
New on the YouthLearn site are pictures and information from Scott Rains of
the Eden Palms Computer Learning Center in California on a project that
combined nature learning with computer learning. "Seventeen children got
involved by making predictions of what birds we'd attract. We rescued some
injured birds and found abandoned nests. And we counted, charted and graphed
data on the computer."
http://www.youthlearn.org/creations/garden.html

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GRANTS and FUNDING

1. New Kit Provides Ideas for Funding
Connect for Kids has created an online toolkit that offers general
information on funding resources, including a specific section on childcare
and out of school programs.
http://www.connectforkids.org/content1549/content_show.htm?attrib_id=299&doc
_id=45947

2. Corporate Awards and Grants Opportunities
The National 4-H Council has posted a list of 2001 corporate award and grant
opportunities, many available to innovative out of school programs.
http://www.fourhcouncil.edu/Market/whatsnew/resources.htm

3. Forecast of Funding Opportunities from U.S. Dept of Education
An extensive list of expected funding opportunities from the U.S. Dept of
Education for fiscal year 2001 is available. The list includes deadline
dates and contact information for each program or competition.
http://ocfo.ed.gov/grntinfo/forecast/forecast.htm

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TIPS

1. Web Site Offers Way to Evaluate Youth Development Programs
Purdue University, Ohio State and 4-H offer a practical way to design and
measure the impact of youth development programs. The site provides forms
for inputting information about your program and generates an instantaneous
online analysis and printable report.
http://www.four-h.purdue.edu/fourfold/transition.html

2. $1000 Awards for Youth-Initiated Projects
The Innovate electronic mailing list today reports that International Youth
in Action and the Global Youth Action Network are offering $1,000 awards to
young people (under 25) who have started a project that has positively
impacted their community. Deadline: Mar 21.
http://www.youthlink.org/gyantakeaction.html

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PROGRAM PROFILE

1. Urban Youth Technology Programs Succeed in Cincinnati
The Digital Divide Network has published case studies on its web site of
three programs in Cincinnati that are empowering youth with technology
learning. One of the articles, written by Dr. Steven Hawley of Wright State
University, features Community Access to Technology (CAT), a partnership of
community groups that has set up a computer refurbishing center with urban
youth as the workforce. Volunteers train the youth and the youths also learn
how to install the hardware at client sites. "Their participation is
supported by community employment programs which offer funding for work
experiences. The youth come to learn and to demonstrate what they know. This
is 'education by doing' and every skill that they practice is part of a
program to get them industry certification."
http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org/stevenhawley.adp

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

1. NIOST to Offer Three Summer Seminars
The National Institute on Out-of-School Time is offering the following
seminars in Boston for after school program professionals and leaders.
"Building a Stable and Skilled Workforce" on policies affecting the
recruitment and retention of after-school workers (Jul 9-11); "Effective
Management in Out of School Time" (Jul 12-14); and "Quality Advisor
Training" on program improvement (Jul 12-14). Tuition is $575.
http://www.niost.org/tssflyer.html

2. Free Online Workshop on After School Programs
WNET School has scheduled a new online workshop called "After-School
Programs: From Vision to Reality" on Feb 16.
http://www.thirteen.org/wnetschool/concept2class/index.html

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CONFERENCES

The following conferences are coming up in Jan and Feb. Look for YouthLearn
staff at the conferences marked with an asterisk below!

Jan 24-26
National Summit on Recruiting, Hiring, Retaining, and Training Quality
Social Service Staff
The Performance Institute
Washington, DC
http://www.performanceweb.org/conferences.asp

Feb 8 (Miami), Feb 20 (Houston)
Digital Steppingstones: Smart Strategies for Underserved Communities
Tomas Rivera Policy Institute
http://www.trpi.org/dss

Feb 8-9
Beyond School Hours IV: Achieving and Sustaining Success
Foundations, Inc.
San Francisco
http://www.foundations-inc.org/foundations/brochure_show.cfm?ID=4

Feb 8-9
Grants and Funding for School Technology
Eschool News
New Orleans
http://www.eschoolnews.com/gf/

Feb 11-13
*NSACA Public Policy Forum 2001
National School-Age Child Care Alliance
Washington, DC
http://www.nsaca.org/ws/cgi/passisapi.dll?|members|ANONYfIdepnd|View|6

Feb 21-22
Youth and Adults Uniting for Community Change
Natl Network for Youth Symposium
Washington, DC
http://www.nn4youth.org/symp2001.htm

Feb 25-28
13th Annual America's At-Risk Youth National Forum
Natl Dropout Prevention Center
Myrtle Beach, SC
http://www.dropoutprevention.org/2levelpages/ProfessionalDevelopment/4lvlCon
ferences/4lvlFORUM2001MainMenu.htm

Feb 26
*CTCs Moving Forward: Programming for Digital Communities
Mouse
New York
http://www.mouse.org

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