[YL] YouthLearn Newsletter, Issue 134

Tue Jun 3 14:41:11 EDT 2008

Wendy:
thanks so much for this valuable information
we are planning a summer entrepreneurship camp and the research and
curriculum information is a godsend
WaDo (that is Thank You in Cherokee)
Charly Gourd (Ukstan-Ok-Sti Gah-Luv-Nah)

On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 12:15 PM, Wendy Rivenburgh <Wrivenburgh at edc.org>
wrote:

>  *YouthLearn*
> Newsletter, Issue 134 - June 3, 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
>
> _______________________
> *Funding *
>
> *VSA arts Invites Entries From Young Artists With Disabilities for Green
> Light Awards*
> "Sponsored by VSA arts with support from Volkswagen of America, Inc., the
> Green Light Awards program is open to young artists ages 16 to 25 living in
> the United States who have a physical, cognitive, or mental disability. The
> program invites entries of both representational and abstract work... Art
> must be an original work that has been completed in the last three years."
> Eligible media include paintings and drawings, fine art prints, photography,
> computer-generated prints and two-dimensional mixed media. "This year the
> program also welcomes entries of sculpture and time-based media." 15 cash
> prizes will be awarded. Deadline: July 11, 2008.
> URL: http://www.vsarts.org/PreBuilt/showcase/gallery/exhibits/vw/2007/
> Referred by: Foundation Center
>
> _______________________
> *Resources *
>
> *Creativity in Public Education*
> In a new video clip frontpaged on Edutopia, innovation consultant Sir Ken
> Robinson talks about the transformation needed in public education to
> nurture creativity… and he advocates making creativity an "operational idea
> like literacy." The clip (15 minutes) was recorded at the Apple Education
> Leadership Summit in April 2008. An older article written by Robinson on
> similar themes is also linked.
> URL: http://www.edutopia.org/
>
> *Op-Ed: Put a Little Science in Your Life*
> "I've increasingly come to believe: our educational system fails to teach
> science in a way that allows students to integrate it into their lives,"
> writes Professor Brian Greene in a New York Times Op-Ed. "When we consider
> the ubiquity of cellphones, iPods, personal computers and the Internet, it's
> easy to see how science (and the technology to which it leads) is woven into
> the fabric of our day-to-day activities," and yet, "I've spoken with so many
> people over the years whose encounters with science in school left them
> thinking of it as cold, distant and intimidating. They happily use the
> innovations that science makes possible, but feel that the science itself is
> just not relevant to their lives. What a shame. Like a life without music,
> art or literature, a life without science is bereft of something that gives
> experience a rich and otherwise inaccessible dimension."
> URL:
> http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/01/opinion/01greene.html?em&ex=1212638400&en=0763f2d29058a80b&ei=5087%0A
>
> _______________________
> *Research *
>
> *What Works in Education and Civic Engagement Programs*
> "Two new fact sheets from Child Trends synthesize the lessons learned from
> evaluated out-of-school-time programs and interventions in education and
> civic engagement. The findings are based on the Child Trends database of
> experimental evaluations of social interventions for children and youth -
> LINKS (Lifecourse Interventions to Nurture Kids Successfully)." Among the
> findings reported in the fact sheet on What Works for Education, "Most of
> the out-of-school time programs that target educational outcomes have
> positive impacts." Among the findings reported in the fact sheet on What
> Works for Civic Engagement, "Connecting children with needy populations
> and/or providing community service opportunities is effective in increasing
> helping behavior and perceptions of social responsibility."
> URL:
> http://www.childtrends.org/_docdisp_page.cfm?LID=9FD242EE-DB44-419A-912AAB82D349BC66
>
> _______________________
> *Activities *
>
> *ESRI GIS - Community Mapping Activities, Etc.*
> The ESRI GIS software tools and curriculum create opportunities for young
> people to engage in their communities in concrete, meaningful ways. It is
> one of the resources highlighted in the recently launched Technology
> Curriculum Database, developed by YouthLearn for the U.S. Department of
> Education-funded National Partnership for Quality Afterschool Learning at
> SEDL. Projects range from community mapping to global investigations, with
> technology employed as a tool in a learning process that is
> interdisciplinary and, to varying degrees, learner-driven. Developed by
> ESRI, a company that has a long history in geographic information systems,
> the education community portal offers educators an array of free or low-cost
> resources. These include curriculum, software products, and a book series on
> GIS education.
> URL:
> http://www.sedl.org/cgi-bin/mysql/afterschool/technology.cgi?resource=20
>
> *Positive Youth Develoment Activities from 4-H*
> From Illinois 4-H, these "Positive Youth Development (PYD) Lesson Plans
> have been designed for use in a club/group setting to strengthen" the eight
> elements identified as critical to positive youth development. These are
> easily adaptable for camp and other youth programs. Lesson plans include the
> following core sections: Background information; Assessment questions; Roll
> Call Suggestions; and Activities, such as self-reflection, games, and
> role-play.
> URL: http://www.4-h.uiuc.edu/opps/pyd-club.html
>
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