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Apps for Youth, By Youth

Tech Soup

The app was a finalist in Microsoft's 2011 Imagine Cup, a student technology competition. iPad, iPhone, MacOS) is a student planner that helps you keep track of your class schedule, track your grades and GPA, manage homework assignments, and create an interactive calendar. Let us know in the comments! Additional Resources.

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Great reads from around the web on February 11th

Amy Sample Ward

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. Pando Projects is a nonprofit that empowers people—in particular Millennials—to step up as leaders and develop new, local solutions to the problems in their communities.

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Six Alternative (U.S.) Cultural Venues to Keep an Eye On

Museum 2.0

This list is by no means exhaustive: please add your favorites (especially non-American ones) in the comments. The Waffle Shop is a cafe and live streaming TV channel that serves a diverse audience of late night club-goers and locals in an urban neighborhood. Machine Project (Los Angeles, CA). PieLab (Greensboro, AL).

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Temple Contemporary and the Puzzle of Sharing Powerful Processes

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Temple Contemporary’s mission is to creatively re-imagine the social function of art through questions of local relevance and international significance. Every other year, they convene TUPAC, a group of 35 outside advisors, including teens, college students, Temple University professors, artists, philanthropists, and community leaders.

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Community Science Workshops and Shared Authorship of Space: Interview with Emilyn Green

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The people were of all ages--moms with babies strapped to their fronts, six year-olds using skillsaws, pre-teens building robots, teenagers doing homework. Our programs end up being the hub of the local science learning ecosystem--especially in communities where there isn''t a science center for miles in any direction.

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Sending Collections on the Road: Geocaching and Museums

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commented that the demographic of people who are involved is much broader than you’d think, including lots of families looking for a fun, educational, free activity. Both attract locals and tourists who may travel out of their way for the thrill of collecting another place or experience. puts it, “MySpace for inanimate objects.”

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Groundswell Book Club Part 1: Listening

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the Exploratorium is a place high school/junior high students go on field trips and make snarky videos at their teachers' behest (source: YouTube ). I watched many entertaining shorts featuring students explaining exhibits to the beat of popular and illegally uploaded music. If I'm an engaged spectator in the groundswell--using Yelp!

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