Category: Blog
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Youth Voices Count with ‘Letters to the Next President 2.0’
Librarians, informal educators, and teachers are using Letters to the Next President 2.0 to engage their students with civic and political issues, and to amplify their students’ voices on the issues that matter to them. Nothing feels normal this election season, and teaching the election is no different. Like all of us, students, especially teens,…
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Implementing Connected Learning and Twenty-First-Century Skill Development in Programming
Professional development training at Studio NPL at the Nashville Public Library focuses on the planning and designing of programs that are centered around connected learning, and the YALSA Future of Library Services for and with Teens report. “If staff are excited about the evolution of teen services in libraries, then there are more opportunities to…
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Making a Platform for Empowerment at the NYSCI Maker Space
Students learn in an environment that is conducive to building a sense of autonomy at the New York Hall of Science (NYSCI) Maker Space, a lab in the YOUmedia Network, by approaching problem-solving with the “I Can Mentality.” Also, an argument is made for educators to get comfortable being learners. “We need to set up…
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Where Librarians, Educators, and Media Mentors Go Online to Learn
At the YOUmedia Community of Practice site, Learning Labs practitioners from around the country share resources and expertise, and work toward improving their own practice. At libraries and museums around the country, there are dedicated spaces for teenagers to plunge into digital learning projects as varied as audio recording and robotics. When the Institute of Museum and…
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Building Privacy Literacy at the Library
As longtime advocates for civil liberties, librarians are uniquely positioned to teach today’s teens about digital privacy. In the summer of 2013, National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden leaked documents revealing the federal government’s pervasive surveillance program. The revelations pushed privacy concerns into the national conversation, causing adults to reconsider their digital behavior and vulnerability.…