Sentences with phrase «digital youth network»

Youth Portraits: Explore Their Digital World — Nafiza, Age 18, New York ---- Cameron, Age 11, Indiana ---- Jalen, Age 12, Illinois ---- Virginia, Age 14, Georgia ---- Luis, Age 18, Oregon ---- Justin, Age 16, District of Columbia --- Dylan, Age 13, New Hampshire ---- Sam, Age 13, Illinois ---- Dana, Age 9, Maryland ---- Olivia, Age 17, California --- ON THIS DVD 2 --- Digital Media Empower Youth — Both in the classroom and in after - school pods, students learn to become critical creators in Chicago's Digital Youth Network.

Digital Youth Network: An after school program in Chicago.

Gardner received the award along with three other recipients: George Lucas, director of Star Wars and creator of the George Lucas Educational Foundation; Julius Genachowski, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission; and Nichole Pinkard, founder of Digital Youth Network and cocreator of Remix World.

You can also watch a video about students learning how to become creators in Chicago at Digital Youth Network.

Digital Remix: The Digital Youth Network's social - networking site Remix World allows students to post and share videos, as well as collaborate on projects, and more.

«Social networking is the platform they're used to,» says Digital Youth Network director Akili Lee.

Students learn to become critical creators in Chicago's Digital Youth Network — both in the classroom and after school.

To this end, the Digital Youth Network remains on the lookout for ways to encourage learning through the activities kids are already engaging in on social - networking sites: YouTube lets viewers rate videos on a scale of one to five stars.

In this manner, the Digital Youth Network has adopted and adapted a popular social - networking feature to nudge students» activities toward a greater realization of a particular academic goal — in this case, media literacy.

The Digital Youth Network runs a private Web site called Remix World, which is modeled on popular online social networks such as Facebook and MySpace.

That's where a program such as the Digital Youth Network can help direct kids» online time toward learning.

The founder of Chicago's pioneering Digital Youth Network (DYN) describes how the organization empowers young people with critical digital literacy skills that make them academically and professionally competitive.

Find more information on the Digital Youth Network website, or follow Digital Youth Network on Twitter.

Both in the classroom and in after - school pods, students learn to become critical creators in Chicago's Digital Youth Network.

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Since arriving at PZ in 2003, James has worked with Howard Gardner and colleagues on the Good Project and co-directed several multi-year initiatives, including The Good Play Project, (a MacArthur Foundation - Funded initiative focused on youth, ethics, and new digital media) and the Good Participation Project (a study of MacArthur's Youth and Participatory Politics Research Network focused on civic participation and civic education in the digital age youth, ethics, and new digital media) and the Good Participation Project (a study of MacArthur's Youth and Participatory Politics Research Network focused on civic participation and civic education in the digital age Youth and Participatory Politics Research Network focused on civic participation and civic education in the digital age and).

Sociologist and digital learning expert Diana Rhoten founded the New Youth City Learning Network to help organizations like museums and libraries design digitally - enabled learning activities built to tap into kids» interests and teach 21st - century skills.

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