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YouthLearn Updates

YouthLearn welcomes 3rd cohort of ITEST projects
YouthLearn continues its involvement in the ITEST Learning Resource Center,
as we welcome and orient the third cohort of projects to be funded by NSF's
ITEST Initiative. Projects focus on engaging youth in STEM activities and
careers, through youth-based activities or teacher professional development
which builds teacher skills in leading cutting edge STEM activities to support
learning. Over the past two years, YouthLearn has organized TA offerings on
topics such as: "Active Learning in the Information Age", "Marketing your
Program: Tips and Tricks", and "Accessibility: Enhancing your program". Staff
members have also supported the ITEST team's efforts in technology
infrastructure, marketing, and publications, and by serving as TA liaisons to
projects.
Cohort 3 Project URL: http://www2.edc.org/itestlrc/itestprojects.htm
Publications URL: http://www2.edc.org/itestlrc/publications.htm

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Funding

Digital Imaging & Visual Learning Grants
"Olympus America, Inc. & Tool Factory, Inc. sponsor a classroom grants
program designed to strengthen education through digital imaging and the
power of visual learning. Maximum Award: $3,500. Eligibility: K12 and special
education schools in the US, its territories, and Canada." Deadline:
December 30, 2006.
URL: http://www.toolfactory.com/olympus_contest/olympus_teacher.htm
Referred by: PEN Weekly NewsBlast

2006 EDS Technology Grant Program
"Get money for computers, digital cameras, technology training, and more
for your K-12 classroom with the Electronic Data Systems grant; successful
applicants must be able to demonstrate how they will innovatively use this
equipment for class projects and activities."
URL: http://email.e-mailnetworks.com/ct/ct.php?t=1085902&c=607757142&m=m&type=3
Referred by: Edutopia/George Lucas Educational Foundation

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Resources

Guide to Creating Teen-Adult Conversations in Your Community
"For those who would like to join us in creating public conversations between
teens and adults on issues that matter to both, we have created a free
40-page guide filled with sample panel discussions, interactive exercises,
handouts, tips, resources, and readings. We are also making available ten
small grants of up to $500 to schools or communities that would like to host
one or more teen-adult public forums - along with deep discounts on multiple
copies of What We Can't Tell You. To learn more about these opportunities,
please contact info@whatkidscando.org."
URL: http://www.whatkidscando.org/Index.asp

Athena Media launches 'Get With IT'
"A parents' guide to new media: understanding and sharing the new media
technologies with your children."
URL: http://www.athenamedia.ie/get_with_It.pdf
Referred by: Young People's Media Network

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Research

Pew Internet Report on Teens Creating and Consuming Online
"57% of Teen Internet Users Create, Remix or Share Content Online; Half
of Online Teens Download Music, One in Three Download Video; One in Five
Have a Blog; One in Five Remix Others' Digital Material into Their Own
Creations... American teenagers today are utilizing the interactive capabilities
of the internet as they create and share their own media creations. Fully
half of all teens and 57% of teens who use the internet could be considered
Content Creators. They have created a blog or webpage, posted original
artwork, photography, stories or videos online or remixed online content into
their own new creations."
URL: http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/166/report_display.asp
Referred by: Pew Internet & American Life Project List

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Activities

The Legacy of Rosa Parks
"Teaching Tolerance is offering free classroom activities to commemorate the
courageous life of Rosa Parks and other women before her who fought for
freedom. The site provides age-appropriate lessons for early, middle, and
upper grades; exclusive Web-based classroom activities; and information on
ordering a free educational kit that includes the 40-minute Mighty Times:
The Legacy of Rosa Parks documentary and a viewers' guide with classroom
activities."
URL: http://www.tolerance.org/teach/activities/activity.jsp?ar=365
Referred by: THE Newsletter

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