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11/02/11
By Barbara Ray
Q&A: Hive Learning Network Uses the City as a Game Board for Learning
Spotlight talks with executives from the Mozilla and MacArthur foundations about programs underway to connect cultural institutions with educational digital projects—and with each other.2/17/11
By Matt Haber
At Hackasaurus Jam, Mozilla Encourages Young Programmers to Change the Web
A new tool set and curriculum aims to open up the web so that young people can see how it works, change it and make it their own.9/30/10
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.9/16/10
By Josh Karp
YOUmedia Program Builds On Success at Downtown Library, Expands to Underserved Chicago Neighborhoods
YOUmedia is taking its successful model for 21st-century learning to more Chicago students across the city.7/07/10
By Ben Wolff
YOUMedia Students Remix Their World
The YOUMedia after school program at the Chicago Public Library encourages students to be active media producers and consumers. For many young people this includes remixing, sharing, applying and critiquing work made by others. In these examples of student work, the young artists use literature, games and music to express their own political beliefs and hopes for the future.2/15/10
By Josh Karp
The Chicago Public Library Helps Teens “Find History”
Armed with mobile GPS devices, Chicago teens race around the city looking for facts—and learn a little something about Daniel Burnham’s plan for the city as they go.10/19/09
By Ben Wolff
Finding Daniel Burnham / Finding Community
Teens at YouMedia were given a challenge: read Daniel Burnham’s “A Plan for Chicago” and create your own digital urban plan. They took that challenge and ran with it, all the way to the United Nation’s World Habitat Day celebration.10/05/09
Navigating Identity—Reimagining Oneself Online
When a librarian asked whether youth in juvenile justice might find a spot in Teen Second Life, a virtual world dedicated to young people, Rik Panganiban of Global Kids said yes. What he didn’t realize was that existing in the virtual world would empower those kids to act as mentors, keeping other kids out of trouble in their offline lives.9/08/09
By Barbara Ray
Anywhere, Anytime Learning
“What happens in here is creativity,” says Chicago Public Library Commissioner Mary Dempsey. Read about the exciting results of YOUmedia’s first month, and the thinking behind its design.9/08/09
Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out
Dig deeper into the research behind “hanging out, messing around, and geeking out.”9/08/09
By Barbara Ray
Libraries’ Role in Promoting 21st Century Skills
Read more about where libraries fit in this digital world and how they can promote 21st-century skills.9/08/09
By Ben Wolff
