Category: Location
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Youth-run Design and Research at the Free Library of Philadelphia, Summer 2012
From July to August 2012, 35 teens from Philadelphia worked at the Free Library to give their voice to what sort of environment and programs the library should offer for youth in Philly. 35 youth ages 14-19 served as Teen Programming Assistants for the Free Library of Philadelphia’s 2012 Summer Literacy and Leadership Program—a program…
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Team Columbus Update – Learning Labs Partnership
The Learning Labs planning project is a collaborative effort between the Columbus Metropolitan Library, the Columbus Museum of Art, the Wexner Center for the Arts, the Center for Science & Industry (COSI) and WOSU Public Media. In January 2012, a planning team was created to facilitate the development of a system of learning labs for…
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Matthew Byrd on Misogyny in Video Games
YOUmedia Chicago teen, and Library of Games regular Matthew Byrd wrote a great, thought-provoking piece on misogyny in video games for Huffington Post Teen. Click here to read the essay.
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Dream I. Y.: DreamYard’s Middle School Maker Program
Dream I. Y. was DreamYard’s pilot maker program for 7th and 8th graders that ran over the course of 14 weeks, Mondays, 4PM – 6PM in the Spring of 2012. The Dream I. Y. staff consisted of two teaching artists (one with maker tool expertise, the other with a visual arts background) and a college-aged…
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YOUmedia Miami Programming
YOUmedia Miami featured on South Florida’s Channel 7 Television segment, “Parent to Parent.”