Friday, October 31, 2014
New After School Programs and Professional Development Bring Digital Literacy with Grants Totaling $414,000
Nearly half a million dollars in grants from the Hive Digital Media Learning Fund will help teens and adolescents use digital media and technology to get in shape, prepare for college, and share their voices on political and civic issues.
The programs help students use technology to learn, create, and apply new skills. Educators also will be trained to use digital tools to educate young people in and out of school. One project, for example, lets kids create hands-on projects with guidance from professional scientists and engineers. Another uses digital “playlists” of physical challenges to get teens to exercise; our grant supports its roll out to 22 YMCAs.
The Hive Digital Media Learning Fund was started by John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and The New York Community Trust in 2011 so that, together, kids, teachers, scientists, and artists can design new and exciting ways to learn, create, and participate beyond the classroom....