[YL] YouthLearn Newsletter, Issue 108

Tue Apr 3 22:42:59 EDT 2007

YouthLearn
Newsletter, Issue 108 - April 3, 2007

The YouthLearn Newsletter compiles the latest entries to the
YouthLearn News Blog. This innovative service to the YouthLearn
community highlights youth, education, and technology news, tools,
and resources. We hope this assists you in your important work.
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and visit the News Blog often! http://news.youthlearn.org <http://news.youthlearn.org>  

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YouthLearn Updates 

EDC Tools and Resources to Support Afterschool
The YouthLearn team has recently joined forces with our colleagues across
divisions and disciplines at Education Development Center (EDC) to better
share information about ways that we as an organization are supporting
afterschool. In a newly published section of the EDC website, you can
check out a recent Mosaic on Afterschool Time, an EDC journal which
features a roundtable conversation including YouthLearn Director Tony Streit;
learn about EDC's pedagogical philosophy and our combined tools and
resources; and link to EDC projects relevant to the afterschool space. Please
be in touch if you have any questions about EDC's work on behalf of the
afterschool field. 
URL: http://www.edc.org/afterschool <http://www.edc.org/afterschool> 

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Funding

Young Social Entrepreneurs Invited to Apply for YouthActionNet Awards 
"The YouthActionNet Awards offer grants of $500 each to help fund the
social change projects of young social entrepreneurs around the world. The
awards are supported by a global youth development initiative of the
International Youth Foundation and Nokia. Each year twenty exceptional
young social entrepreneurs are selected as YouthActionNet Fellows through
a competitive application process. In addition to receiving a $500 grant,
YouthActionNet Fellows participate in a week-long capacity building workshop
in Washington, D.C.... The contest is open to all young people between the
ages of 18 and 29. Applicants should be founders of existing projects/
organizations or leading a project within an organization..." Deadline: May 15. 
URL: http://www.youthactionnet.org/yan_awards/index.cfm <http://www.youthactionnet.org/yan_awards/index.cfm>  
Referred by: Foundation Center 

Jordan Fundamentals Announces Restructured Educational Grants
"The Jordan Fundamentals Grant Program was established with proceeds from
the Jordan Brand, a division of Nike, Inc., to recognize outstanding teaching
and instructional creativity in U.S. public schools that serve economically
disadvantaged students. As part of the program's restructuring, grants will
be targeted at selected geographic areas and grade levels, and will be made
at multi-tier funding levels.... Applicants must be public school teachers or
paraprofessionals working with students in grades one through 12. At least
50 percent of the school's student population must be eligible for the free or
reduced school lunch program." Deadline: May 1.
URL: http://www.nike.com/jumpman23/features/fundamentals/overview.html <http://www.nike.com/jumpman23/features/fundamentals/overview.html> 
Referred by: Foundation Center 

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Resources

Children's Art Promotes Peace
"Anissa Paulsen, RPCV Bulgaria, has produced two collections of children's art,
from Bulgaria and more recently from Indonesia. The Indonesian exhibit,
entitled 'Islam Berwarna-warni!--The Many Colors of Islam,' has been shown
in several museums in the San Francisco Bay area. Pdf files showing the
artwork and inspiring words of the children, can be found at
http://www.katw.org/pages/sitepage.cfm?id=172 <http://www.katw.org/pages/sitepage.cfm?id=172> ." See the Global TeachNet
Newsletter for an interview with Anissa. 
URL: http://www.rpcv.org/GTNSpring07.pdf <http://www.rpcv.org/GTNSpring07.pdf> 

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Research

Students, Parents, and Teachers Speak Up on Educational Technology
"The findings of the fourth annual Speak Up survey, recently released at a
Congressional briefing in Washington, D.C., collected ideas and views from
more than 270,000 K-12 students and 21,000 teachers from all 50 states.
For the first time, the survey also included parents, and some 15,000 parents
took part... According to Justin Appel, reporting in eSchool News, the study
shows that students want to learn math and science through real-world
problem solving, visiting places where they can view science in action, and
talking with professionals in the fields. Teachers also believe that teaching
these subjects within the context of real-world problems is the most effective
method, but a key challenge is that there is not enough instructional time to
teach science, they say." 
URL: http://www.tomorrow.org/speakup/ <http://www.tomorrow.org/speakup/> 
Referred by: PEN Weekly NewsBlast 

Looking Back and Ahead After a Decade of Upheaval in Educational
Technology
"The tenth edition of Technology Counts from Education Week is now online.
Technology Counts 2007 grades states on leadership in educational
technology, and finds wide variation among them in the core areas of access,
use, and capacity. Also included is an interactive timeline that examines key
educational technology trends over the past 10 years. The use that students
and educators are making of digital technology has moved in new directions.
Students are taking more tests on computers. And educators are making
ever-greater use of digital data on student achievement -- principally
standardized-test scores, but also other student work organized in digital
portfolios -- to make decisions about instruction." 
URL: http://www.edweek.org/ew/toc/2007/03/29/index.html <http://www.edweek.org/ew/toc/2007/03/29/index.html> 
Referred by: PEN Weekly NewsBlast 

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Activities

Kinetic City: Mission to Vearth
Looking for engaging activities and games that integrate rich content? Check
out "Kinetic City: Mission to Vearth, the after-school standards-based science
program in which kids complete activities in conjunction with a dynamic
website. The Kinetic City Super Crew needs your kids' help to save their
virtual world of Vearth from the science-distorting computer virus, Deep
Delete." This program was produced by the American Association for the
Advancement of Science and funded by the National Science Foundation. 
URL: http://www.kcmtv.com/ <http://www.kcmtv.com/> 

We welcome your feedback!

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