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9/30/10

By Mac Montandon

New Youth City Learning Network: Creating a New Vision for Out-of-School Learning

With scientists, designers and educators from some of the city’s cultural institutions serving as mentors, teens in New York City this summer learned to see their neighborhoods in a new light.
 
 

12/17/09

By Mac Montandon

Teaching New Media Literacy Can Help Youth Stay Safe Online

Spotlight talks to Anne Collier of NetFamilyNews about the myths and realities of online safety.

Filed in: Credibility

 
 

12/02/09

By Mac Montandon

Teens in Virtual Worlds Learn Civic Lessons That Are Anything But Dull

In worlds such as Whyville and Second Life, teens are becoming reporters, politicians and community organizers. And they’re taking these lessons offline, too.
 
 

10/30/09

By Mac Montandon

Art Mobs: Strolling MoMA with Student Curators on Your iPod

Going Meta at MoMA—our reporter tries out citizen curated art guides.

Filed in: Museums

 
 

10/30/09

By Mac Montandon

Students Use Digital Tools to Tell a Real Child Soldier’s Story

The Museum of the Moving Image and Global Kids Join Forces to Teach History.