[YL] YouthLearn Newsletter, Issue 133

Tue May 20 15:07:55 EDT 2008

YouthLearn
Newsletter, Issue 133 - May 20, 2008

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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YouthLearn Updates 

Youth Media Fellowship - Presentation of Learning
>From September 2007 through May 2008, eight youth media educators from across New York City have come together for bi-monthly, three-hour seminar sessions on Friday mornings. Together, this community of peers has formed the inaugural cohort of the Youth Media Fellowship - itself a pilot program of the Youth Media Learning Network. On May 16, 2008, the Fellows presented their work to colleagues from the fields of youth media, youth development, and formal education at a "Presentation of Learning" event in New York, hosted by the Open Society Institute. The Youth Media Learning Network is a joint project of Education Development Center (www.edc.org) and the Educational Video Center (www.evc.org). For more information contact Timothy Dorsey at 212.807.4214 or tdorsey at edc.org. Follow the link below to explore the Youth Media Fellows' work.
URL: http://ymln.wikispaces.com <http://ymln.wikispaces.com/> 

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News 

Democracy at Risk: The Need for a New Federal Policy in Education
"The Forum for Education and Democracy has chosen the 25th anniversary of the publication of "A Nation at Risk," the last clarion call for federal attention to educational policy, to call for a new federal role in supporting our schools." This is their new report: "Democracy at Risk: The Need for a New Federal Policy in Education." As "practitioners, researchers, and policy analysts who have long been involved in developing successful schools, we are gravely concerned about the inability of the current federal role to support the breadth, depth, and quality of education our children need for a 21st century life - one in which they will need to solve problems we cannot yet fully envision, using knowledge and technologies that have not yet been invented."
URL: http://www.forumforeducation.org/foruminaction/index.php?page=31&item=430 <http://www.forumforeducation.org/foruminaction/index.php?page=31&item=430> 

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Resources 

The FunWorks - Digital Library for STEM Career Exploration
The FunWorks is a dynamic digital library designed by and for youth that supports career exploration in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) fields. It is one of the resources highlighted in the newly launched Technology Curriculum Database, developed by YouthLearn for the U.S. Department of Education-funded National Partnership for Quality Afterschool Learning at SEDL. Created in an engaging multimedia format, The FunWorks website consolidates information, activities, interactive games, and other resources tied to an array of career choices including Music, Technology, Art/Design, Medicine/Law, Sports, and Exploration. This resource gives young people the opportunity to pursue their interests and make meaningful connections to careers. A project of EDC, the FunWorks was funded by the National Science Foundation. 
URL: http://www.sedl.org/cgi-bin/mysql/afterschool/technology.cgi?resource=8 <http://www.sedl.org/cgi-bin/mysql/afterschool/technology.cgi?resource=8> 

Schools of the 21st Century Conference
"Superintendents, principals, teachers and program directors, from community schools, Schools of the 21st Century (21C) and family resource centers, will gather at a Yale University-sponsored national conference on July 14-16, 2008, to learn from experts - including researchers, foundation executives, and state agency leaders - in the field of child development and education and family support. Sessions on early care and education and school-age care will focus on such topics as financing, evaluation strategies, research, music, brain development and more."
URL: http://www.yale.edu/21c/200821cconference.html <http://www.yale.edu/21c/200821cconference.html> 

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Research 

Guiding Principles for Afterschool Programs Serving Preteens
"Successfully navigating early adolescence depends largely on access to safe and engaging activities and supportive relationships with adults. Public/Private Ventures offers this research and guidance on what works to create quality after-school programs and spark positive outcomes for young teens." Commissioned by the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health, P/PV developed this publication, "Putting It All Together: Guiding Principles for Quality After-School Programs Serving Preteens," along with a companion Resource Guide that includes tools and links to research. 
URL: http://www.ppv.org/ppv/publications/publications_description.asp?search_id=20&publication_id=234 <http://www.ppv.org/ppv/publications/publications_description.asp?search_id=20&publication_id=234> 
Referred by: Connect for Kids

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Activities 

Total Recut Video Contest
"Create a short video remix that explains what Remix Culture means to you. Using video footage from any source, including Public Domain and Creative Commons licensed work, we want you to produce a creative, educational and entertaining video remix that communicates a clear message to a wide audience. The video is to be no shorter than 30 seconds and no longer then 3 minutes in duration. This contest is being run to promote awareness of remix culture in an educational capacity by encouraging the fair use of a wide variety of content and also to create a new pool of work that explains what remix culture is to the general public. For more information on fair use, check out these guidelines from the Center for Social Media." People of all ages may enter and compete for the prizes. Deadline for submission: June 2, 2008.
URL: http://www.totalrecut.com/contest1.php <http://www.totalrecut.com/contest1.php> 

We welcome your feedback!

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