[YL] YouthLearn Newsletter, Issue 148

[Wendy Rivenburgh]

YouthLearn
Newsletter, Issue 148 - January 20, 2009

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 

The Inauguration of President Barack Obama
The nation and the world today witnessed the inauguration of President Barack Obama, a truly historic event. Multiple news outlets offer video clips if you missed it or wish to see it again, or to show it to youth in your programs. From now on, the official White House website features news about President Obama's agenda on education, technology, the economy and other issues - as well as a blog, weekly video address, and additional resources. Stay informed and get involved beyond election season, and practice the art of democracy!
URL: http://www.whitehouse.gov <http://www.whitehouse.gov/> 

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Funding 

Legacy Project: Listen to A Life
"The Legacy Project Listen to A Life Contest connects generations through oral history. To enter, a young person must interview an older person about his or her hopes and goals throughout life, how he/she achieved goals and overcame obstacles, or how his/her dreams may have changed along the way. The young person then writes a 300-word essay based on the interview. Maximum award: a Lenovo ThinkCentre, iPod Classic, and $800 worth of Orchard Software; young person's school receives $25,000 worth of Orchard Software. Eligibility: each team must consist of a young person 8-18 years and a grandparent or grandfriend 50 years or over." Deadline: March 30, 2009.
URL: http://www.legacyproject.org/contests/ltal.html <http://www.legacyproject.org/contests/ltal.html> 
Referred by: PEN Weekly NewsBlast

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Resources 

The Innovation Center and Kellogg Leadership for Community Change Knowledge Well
"At the Innovation Center we're thrilled to announce the launch of our new website!... our site can serve as a resource for anyone - youth, adults, community organizers, educators, activists, social entrepreneurs, engaged citizens - interested in working with youth and creating community change. The central feature of the new site is the interactive Kellogg Leadership for Community Change (KLCC) Knowledge Well - a virtual nexus of tools, activities, people and ideas all intended to help you engage both youth and adults to affect real, long lasting change in your community. Here, you can browse (and download - for free!) through our ever popular tool kits, as well as tips and activities generated during the course of the KLCC initiative."
URL: http://www.theinnovationcenter.org <http://www.theinnovationcenter.org/> 

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Activities 

Letters from the White House
"Introduce young readers and writers to one of the most personal and meaningful ways to communicate with Letters from the White House. This national creative writing contest encourages students in grades PreK through 12 to explore the useful arts of letter writing and journaling, take a look at the history of our country, and tap into their own creativity when they imagine and write about themselves as having a role in a past, present or future White House. Contest resources for educators and parents can help make this a fun and meaningful project for the classroom, after school program or for families at home. Letters from the White House is presented by Reading Rockets, AdLit.org, and the National Children's Book and Literacy Alliance (NCBLA) in celebration of Our White House: Looking In, Looking Out, the NCBLA's critically acclaimed publication about American history." Submit entries by February 16.
URL: http://www.adlit.org/our_white_house_contest <http://www.adlit.org/our_white_house_contest> 


 

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