[YL] Seeking information about model afterschool activities that integrate technology

[Hae Jung Chung]

Hello, everyone.

My name is Haejung Chung, the Research Assistant whom Tony introduced to 
you just before. I am very pleased to be one of the YouthLearn staff and 
to be joining this discussion list. I look forward to sharing with you and 
receiving valuable ideas for making youth education hopeful, pleasurable 
and responsible.
 
As Tony mentioned in his note earlier today, I'm looking for ideas from 
the list on the role that technology is playing in the growing afterschool 
movement.  Specifically, over the next month or so I'd like to collect 
information about model programs and showcasing them via a new section on 
our website.  We'd like to highlight some of the unique strategies that 
have made these programs successful, and hopefully articulate ways that 
technology is helping afterschool programs increase student learning 
outcomes. 

This new section of the website will:

- provide practitioners with exemplary models and concrete examples of 
technology integration in afterschool programs;
- identify ways that technology can help afterschool providers promote 
student-centered learning and support academic achievement; 
- offer a space where practitioners and other afterschool leaders can 
share their own expertise, tips, tactics, and lessons learned;
- foster new linkages between the community technology movement, 
afterschool and the broader youth development world.

If your program or one that you know of has demonstrated success at 
harnessing technology afterschool, please contact me.  We're especially 
interested in identifying new programs supported through the Department of 
Education's 21st Century Learning Center Program, and those that are 
functioning within a school environment.  We're also very interested in 
models that demonstrate community-school partnerships.

I look forward to hearing from you.  You can reach me via email (hchung at edc.org) or phone (617-618-2730). We can also chat through instant messaging: 
please add me to your contact list (AOL, Yahoo, MSN) by using my email 
address, hchung at edc.org. 

Thank you very much. I look forward to hearing from you!

Sincerely,
Haejung Chung

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Haejung Chung
Research Assistant, The YouthLearn Initiative
Education, Employment and Community Programs
Education Development Center, Inc.
55 Chapel Street, Newton, MA 02458
[Phone] 617.618.2730 [Fax] 617.332.4318 
hchung at edc.org
YouthLearn Website: http://www.youthlearn.org 
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