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News

Students Take on Global Challenges
"Technology has been a valuable tool for the student teams participating in
Challenge 20/20. U.S. students and their counterparts from outside the U.S.
must work together to come up with practical solutions to global problems."
URL: http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0322/p16s01-legn.html?s=hns%20

Children benefit from exposure to digital culture
"Children need to participate fully in digital culture in order to develop the
'skills, knowledge, ethical frameworks and self-confidence needed to be full
participants in the world around them,' MIT Professor Henry Jenkins told
members of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
(AAAS) recently."
URL: http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2006/jenkins-0315.html
Referred by: MIT News Office

States erratic on IT literacy
Lack of oversight hinders enforcement - "Among its other goals, the federal
No Child Left Behind Act says that all students should be technology literate
by the end of the eighth grade. Yet, nearly four years after the law was first
implemented, states appear to be all over the map in terms of ensuring the
technology proficiency of their students, an informal investigation by eSchool
News has learned. And the federal government is unable to explain which
states have taken which steps to meet the law's goals."
URL: http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=6195&page=1
Referred by: eSchool News

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Funding

After School Advantage Program
"GTECH provides community organizations with state-of-the-art, Internet-
ready computer centers. Computer centers are designed to provide inner-city
children aged 5-15 with a meaningful learning experience in a safe environment
during the critical after-school hours. Eligible applicants include nonprofit
organizations. There is no deadline date for applications."
URL: http://www.gtech.com/about_gtech/proposal_guidelines.asp
Referred by: Digital Divide Network

Scholarships Available for TechSoup NetSquared Conference
"TechSoup, the nonprofit technology Web site, has announced that the
Philanthropy and Volunteerism Program of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation will
provide a limited number of scholarships to attendees of the TechSoup
NetSquared Conference, May 30-31, 2006, in San Jose, California....
Scholarships will be provided to people at NGOs and nonprofit organizations
who are already using blogs, podcasts, or other new-generation Internet
technologies, and to nonprofit staffers who would like to learn how using
these tools can help extend their organization's reach and impact.
Scholarships will cover travel, lodging, and conference registration for
individuals representing a nonprofit organization."
URL: http://www.netsquared.org/scholarship
Referred by: The Foundation Center

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Resources

CASEL Newsletter: Focus on Adolescents
For any and all folks in the YouthLearn community who work with teens, this
is an information-rich publication: CASEL Connections: SEL (Social and
Emotional Learning) Research and Practice Updates from the Collaborative for
Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning at the University of Illinois at
Chicago. Focus on Adolescents - "In this issue we turn our attention to the
issue of the educational, social, and emotional needs of high school students
and the challenges facing educators in helping students to succeed in high
school and beyond. Spotlight on Research: SEL and High School Achievement...
Spotlight on Practice: Keeping kids in school; SEL at the heart of school
reform... Spotlight on Policy: New York State mental health/SEL policy 2006...
Resources: Helpful websites about school reform... [Plus] New Books, Grants,
Conferences"
URL: http://www.casel.org/listservs/enewsletters/e-news-mar06.htm

YOUTH RADIO RELEASES NEW CURRICULUM RESOURCE
"Youth Radio, an award-winning producer of youth voices, has released a new
curriculum resource called the Fourth R, which adds radio to our traditional
line-up of reading, 'riting, and 'rithmetic. Each month, the Fourth R provides
free, online lesson plan suggestions and standards alignment linked to a radio
story written and produced by youth. The content applies to a range of school
subject areas, including English, social studies, and health classes. Use of
these materials is being piloted in the San Francisco Bay Area and will be
launching nationally in the fall of 2006. Teachers using the Fourth R will be
invited to submit their students' stories through the Youth Radio's website,
making the project an exciting way to connect students to real audiences
and publishing opportunities."
URL: http://www.youthradio.org/fourthr
Referred by: The AMLA Update

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