Tech Soup

OCTOBER 17, 2012

As part of the Transforming Communities project, we had the opportunity to explore apps targeted toward youth as well as apps developed by youth. Transforming Communities is a Microsoft-funded initiative that builds on what TechSoup and Microsoft already learned through the first App It Up project. School and Job Preparedness.

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Teen Netsquared Student Library 65

NTEN

AUGUST 16, 2011

SOS_Slaves is part of the transmedia project “Sands of Silence: Fighting Sexual Slavery and Trafficking.” Like many transmedia projects, SOS_Slaves is ambitious. The learning goals in the classroom directly mirror the game’s objectives, creating an experience where both are parallel to one another. SOS_SLAVES.

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Game Change Classroom Machinima 81

Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 13, 2009

There are also tons of nonprofit organizations, like Streetside Stories (where the book cover image above is from), that work during the school day, and after school to supplement the schools' curriculum. Organizations like these teach everything from sports, to science, to the arts, to girl empowerment.

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Public San Francisco Volunteer Los Angeles 41