[YL] Afterschool Curricular Materials

[Tony Streit]

Colleagues and friends,

As some of you may know, the team at YouthLearn has been working for some
time to explore the best ways to integrate technology and media into
afterschool learning.  Last year we launched a new section of the website as
part of our work with SEDL and the Mott Foundation that showcased a number
of model afterschool programs:

http://www.youthlearn.org/afterschool

Now we're specifically exploring how afterschool programs are using and/or
adapting curricula to serve their programmatic needs.  We're hoping our list
members can help us in this effort in two ways.  We're specifically looking
for ways that list members have used and/or adapted the curricular materials
on the YouthLearn website:

http://www.youthlearn.org/learning/activities

Have you ever incorporated YouthLearn lesson plans into your work (i.e. the
Soil Around Us project)?  Have you had to adapt them, and, if so, how?
 
We're also more broadly interested in examples of curricula you've found
valuable to address a number of key programmatic elements, such as:

- Fun & Games
- Online Learning
- Communication Skills
- Self-Expression
- Problem Solving
- Careers

If you know of any examples of curricula in these areas, especially if
you've had success developing or adapting materials for your own needs,
please let us know.  We'll be sharing what we gleam from all of you as we
further develop our training materials and the website.

Feel free to send a brief email in response to myself or the list and we'll
follow-up.  Thanks immensely for the help and your interest in YouthLearn.

Best,

Tony


Tony Streit
Director, The YouthLearn Initiative
Education Development Center, Inc.
55 Chapel Street, Newton, MA 02458
Phone 617.618.2778  Fax 617.332.4318
http://www.youthlearn.org
tstreit at edc.org