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YouthLearn Updates

Stage 2 Training in Democratic Republic of Congo
As part of our ongoing work in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Monica
Biswas of the YouthLearn Initiative visited the country to lead a second
training. This one focused on two topics: engaging people and materials
from the local community in classroom teaching, and paying attention to
issues of gender and equity in education.
URL: http://news.youthlearn.org/archives/000213.html

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News

Technology as a Tool to Support Instruction
"In an Education World 'edu-torial,' Lynne Schrum presents her personal
perspective on the ways in which technology can enhance learning--and
calls on educators to take a leadership role in determining the ways in
which technology is used to support educational goals."
URL: http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech004.shtml
Referred by: Education World Newsletter

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Funding

Youth Garden Grants Program
"The National Gardening Association and the Home Depot will award Youth
Garden Grants to schools and community organizations with child-centered,
outdoor garden programs. In 2006, 150 programs will receive Home Depot
gift cards for the purchase of gardening materials and supplies particular
to the needs of their program, and an activity package from NGA. Fifty
first-place winners will receive $500 gift cards; 100 second-place winners
will receive $250 gift cards. Deadline: November 30, 2005."
URL: http://www.kidsgardening.com/grants.asp
Referred by: Foundation Center RFP Bulletin

Promoting Critical Collaboration Between Teachers and
Media Specialists
"The Thomson Gale TEAMS Award recognizes and encourages the critical
collaboration between the teacher and media specialist to promote
learning and increase student achievement. Maximum Award: $2,500.
Eligibility: All K-12 public and private schools in the United States and
Canada. Deadline: September 9, 2005."
URL: http://www.galeschools.com/TEAMS
Referred by: PEN Weekly NewsBlast

Call for participation: UNESCO Digital Arts Award 2005
"Young artists from around the world are invited to take part in this year's
award devoted to the theme of 'City and creative media'. Organized in
collaboration with Art Center Nabi (Seoul, Republic of Korea), the Award
would be delivered to non-realized project proposals in order to embrace
a wider audience of creators, who have the innovative artistic ideas but
not necessarily the means. Deadline: September 14, 2005."
URL: http://portal.unesco.org/digiarts

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Resources

ASSIGNMENT: MEDIA LITERACY
"Maryland State Department of Education's 'ASSIGNMENT: MEDIA LITERACY'
provides a wide range of teaching tools and resources for incorporating
media literacy concepts and skills into the K-12 curriculum. This web site
displays samples of the curriculum materials available in the kit."
URL: http://www.marylandpublicschools.org/MSDE/programs/medialit

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Research

Data on Child Well-Being
"KIDS COUNT, a project of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, released the
2005 KIDS COUNT Data Book on July 27, 2005. The Data book features
10 key measures of child well-being that it has used to track the
well-being of children since 1990. The data is used to provide state
profiles of child well-being and to rank the states. This edition also
includes several background measures related to unemployed parents in
each state. The book also includes an essay by Casey President Douglas
W. Nelson, 'Helping Our Most Vulnerable Families Overcome Barriers to
Work and Achieve Financial Success.' The KIDS COUNT website provides
users with lots of state-level statistical data on children and provides
easy-to-use tools which allow users to generate custom reports including
rankings, graphs, and maps, which can be downloaded."
URL: http://www.kidscount.org
Referred by: Promising Practices in Afterschool

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Activities

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