Tech Soup

JULY 14, 2015

With lines of code projected on a screen, these children listen intently in a conference room at the Mountain View Public Library, as part of a four-week course on programming. It was recently recognized by the City of San Jose for raising awareness of computer science among teens. The Power of Kids Teaching Kids.

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Teen San Jose Share Library 36

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 21, 2011

Trying to engaged the teen-to-twenty-something who normally may not use the research library. My focus is on how children learn science. And the next location will be at MoMA where they are teaching a 10 week digital media course about building arcades and will actually build one with kids. Learning Science by Design.

Game 140

Game Culture Museum Change 140

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2006

MacArthur wants to know: How is digital media changing the way that children learn and develop and what are the implications? "We are in a moment of time where 57% of teens produce and share media. We need to understand the properties of how knowledge is exchanged and developed in these peer-based online networks.

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Digital Learning Media Avatar 50

NTEN

JUNE 21, 2011

Trying to engaged the teen-to-twenty-something who normally may not use the research library. My focus is on how children learn science. And the next location will be at MoMA where they are teaching a 10 week digital media course about building arcades and will actually build one with kids.

Game 52

Game Culture Change Museum 52

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Guards staring at black teens and grumbling about their clothes. The parents told her they felt okay about what their kids were learning but were concerned about their children''s job prospects as adults. If you can teach science, how can you be stupid? Many YES teens don''t come in with confidence about their own abilities.

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St. Louis Museum Audience Teen 45

Museum 2.0

JULY 28, 2010

Guards staring at black teens and grumbling about their clothes. The parents told her they felt okay about what their kids were learning but were concerned about their children's job prospects as adults. So Diane asked them, "What if I hire your kids and pay them to learn science, teach it to other people, and gain professional skills?"

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St. Louis Audience Teen Museum 53

Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 21, 2006

We do a garden nutrition program at our two school sites and at the YMCA site, which is basically for children, at these sites, teaching them about gardening and about nutrition. We do a lot of work with teens in the summertime. It's a six-week course, and there's a pretty extensive waiting list for that; it's very popular.

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People Podcast Oakland Local 43