Category: Blog
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Logging into Libraries: TechArt Program in Las Vegas Help Teens Develop Multimedia Skills
The TechArt Studio Program was mentioned in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, emphasizing how the program gets teenagers into libraries and connected with the available multimedia technology. “’I’m absolutely in love with this program,’ said Kim Clanton-Green, manager of the Sahara West Library and project manager for the TechArt Studio program. ‘We take technology and we…
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What’s Behind the Creative Impulse?
This article appeared originally at Remake Learning, a blog of the Kids + Creativity Network in Pittsburgh We’ve been pondering exactly why the “creativity” piece of our Kids+Creativity Network is so important. There’s plenty of neuroscience that delves into how the churning gears of our brains come up with divergent ideas and, on the other hand, what stifles…
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Amy Eshleman on the Evolution of YOUmedia and Libraries
This piece first appeared on Pittsburgh’s Remake Learning site. We sat down with Amy Eshleman, who led the Chicago Public Library team that created YOUmedia and has been integral to Learning Labs from their start in 2012. She is the program leader for education at the Urban Libraries Council and is helping to spearhead the expansion of…
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Left Brain, Meet Right Brain: Art in STEM
A lot has happened since President Obama declared a national impetus to improve STEM learning, which focuses on science, technology, engineering, and math, in July of 2012. Since plans for a “master teacher corps” were put into motion, another movement began—one that is about more than just proverbial “hot air,” too. STEAM education, a revamped version of STEM,…
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Why Mentors Are Critical to YOUmedia
The success of a Learning Lab environment turns on effective mentoring. As evident in the three-year evaluation report of Chicago’s YOUmedia, relatable mentors are the linchpin in teen engagement. But why? Tené Gray, director of Chicago’s Digital Youth Network (DYN), the prototype for Chicago’s YOUmedia, and K-Fai Steele, teen programming specialist at the Free Library of Philadelphia, a Learning Lab, explained why…