Category: Blog
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Capturing the Folklife Festival: An ARTLAB+ Student Perspective
ARTLAB+ at the Smithsonian Hirshhorn Museum in D.C. was featured in a Smithsonian Folklife Festival article about the Festival. The students created three videos that documented the meaning and culture of the three programs featured at the Festival: The Will To Adorn: African American Diversity, Style, and Identity; Hungarian Heritage: Roots to Revival; and One World, Many Voices: Endangered…
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Students Show Off TechHive Projects at Lawrence Hall of Science
High school interns from the TechHive lab at UC Berkeley’s Lawrence Hall of Science were featured in this article in Contra Costa Times. The 27 students displayed the various projects they worked on with engineering students from UC Berkekely and Lawrence Hall staff. “A project known as the bike simulator gives a stationary cyclist the feeling…
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“Take it and Make it Big”: Growing Partnerships with Libraries and Community-Based Organizations in St. Paul
In an article in Youth Media Reporter, the Createch program is credited for changing the ways in which the community in the city of St. Paul, Minnesota collaborates to improve digital media literacy. It focuses on the purpose of the Createch spaces in three St. Paul Public Library (SPPL) branches and one St. Paul Parks…
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Exploring Imagination through Games with OMSI and Multnomah County Libraries
The first Rockwood Library Game Camp, created through the partnership between OMSI (Oregon Museum of Science and Industry) and Multnomah County Libraries, was featured in an article by Pamplin Media. From December 30 to January 4, the organizations hosted a games education camp for underprivileged Portland youth. “’This was a good entry point for learning…
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An Hour of Code Leaves Youth Begging for More
From Miami through the Midwest, YOUMedia sites and Learning Labs hosted Hour of Code workshops that left participants hungry for more. Whether their events drew eight teens or more than 400, organizers credited advance preparation and engaging tutorials with sparking teens’ interest in mastering the languages that power the games and media they love. “It was awesome. I loved it and…