[YL] YouthLearn Newsletter, Issue 122

Wed Nov 7 00:16:54 EST 2007

YouthLearn
Newsletter, Issue 122 - November 6, 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. Please feel free to share this resource with friends and colleagues, and visit the News Blog often! http://news.youthlearn.org <http://news.youthlearn.org/> 

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News 

Extending Learning: Will We Ever Get it Right?
"In Karen Pittman's Youth Today column, she makes the case that youth development is ongoing, uneven and complex. Further, she argues that youth development is heavily mediated through relationships; influenced by environment; and triggered by participation, expectations and opportunities for involvement, commitment, contribution and learning." 
URL: http://www.forumfyi.org/_docdisp_page.cfm?LID=6E82E13E-DC2A-48DA-B97856010DBAEE16 <http://www.forumfyi.org/_docdisp_page.cfm?LID=6E82E13E-DC2A-48DA-B97856010DBAEE16> 

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Funding 

HP Technology for Teaching Grant Initiative
"HP believes that technology, when used effectively in teaching, can have a positive impact on student achievement. The HP Technology for Teaching Grant Initiative is designed to support the innovative use of mobile technology in K-16 education, and to help identify K-12 public schools and two- and four-year colleges and universities that HP might support with future grants. Based on the outcomes of the projects funded through this initiative in 2008, HP may offer some grant recipients additional, higher-value grants in 2008. In 2008, HP will award nearly $7 million in cash and equipment to K-12 schools in the U.S. and Puerto Rico, and to colleges and universities throughout North America (Canada, Puerto Rico, and the U.S.)." The application process opens on January 8, 2008. Deadline is February 14, 2008.
URL: http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/grants/us/programs/tech_teaching/index.html <http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/grants/us/programs/tech_teaching/index.html> 

Action For Nature Offers International Young Eco-Hero Awards
"Action For Nature, a nonprofit organization that encourages young people around the world to carry out individual environmental action projects, presents the International Young Eco-Hero Awards to recognize the individual accomplishments of young people (ages 8-16) whose personal actions have significantly improved the environment. Action For Nature will award cash prizes of up to $500 each to young Eco-Heroes for their outstanding accomplishments in environmental advocacy, environmental health, research, or protection of the natural world." Deadline: February 28, 2008
URL: http://www.actionfornature.org/eco-hero/ecoheroawards.html <http://www.actionfornature.org/eco-hero/ecoheroawards.html> 
Referred by: Foundation Center

Youth Service America and Office of Juvenile Justice Offer Service Replication Grants
"Youth Service America and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention in the U.S. Department of Justice are offering grants of $2,000 each to help organizations that have had a successful youth engagement experience replicate their practices in organizations in a broader network or coalition without a youth strategy. Successful applicants will involve youth in addressing the world's most pressing social issues, such as climate change, hunger, disease, nutrition, literacy, disaster relief, poverty, and more." Deadline: November 30, 2007
URL: http://servenet.org/Toolkit/ContentManagement/ServiceWireNews/tabid/122/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/368/Youth-at-th%20e-Center.aspx <http://servenet.org/Toolkit/ContentManagement/ServiceWireNews/tabid/122/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/368/Youth-at-th%20e-Center.aspx> 
Referred by: Foundation Center

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Activities 

Neuroscience for Kids Poetry Contest
"The smell of a flower - The memory of a walk in the park - The pain of stepping on a nail. These experiences are made possible by the 3 pounds of tissue in our heads...the BRAIN!! Neuroscience for Kids has been created for all students and teachers who would like to learn about the nervous system. Discover the exciting world of the brain, spinal cord, neurons and the senses. Use the experiments, activities and games to help you learn about the nervous system. The Neuroscience for Kids Writing Contest is now open!... Entries must be received by February 1, 2008." Poems must have a neuroscience theme - about brain anatomy, brain function or brain health. "Be creative! Use your brain!"
URL: http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/contest8.html <http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/contest8.html> 

YouthLearn's Language Arts Tips and Resources
Out-of-school programs have a unique opportunity to help children master basic language skills because they can apply more flexible approaches to reinforce what kids are learning in their K-12 classrooms. Learning centers can provide unique activities, help with homework, and give personal attention to children who may be struggling with reading or writing. The language arts lesson ideas available on YouthLearn include those that focus on reading skills, those that build writing skills, and those that focus on storytelling skills. The key to most education, especially to teaching reading and writing, is repetition, reinforcement and practice. Although that idea is nothing new, repetition sometimes gets a bad rap. The challenge lies in finding ways to turn repetition and practice into engaging activities that kids actually want to do.
URL: http://www.youthlearn.org/learning/activities/language/index.asp <http://www.youthlearn.org/learning/activities/language/index.asp> 

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