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Free access - Educational Leadership: Working with Tech-Savvy Kids
Working with Tech-Savvy Kids article in Educational Leadership Hello there! If you are new here, you might want to subscribe to the RSS feed for updates on this topic. Powered by WP Greet Box ASCD’s magazine Educational Leadership has opened … Continue reading
Connecting Curriculum with Community
The current issue of District Administrator magazine (October 2010) is online with a great article about service-learning. Now, service-learning is not just “kids helping out.” It’s a way to combine academics with real-world applications and authentic learning. Connecting Curriculum with … Continue reading
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Celebrating Global Youth Service Day
As part of National Volunteer Week, today is Global Youth Service Day! Global Youth Service Day is an annual campaign that celebrates and mobilizes the millions of children and youth who improve their communities each day of the year through … Continue reading
Six Myths About Service Learning
From Principal Leadership magazine: Six Myths About Service Learning by Scott Richardson and Michael Josephson. Service learning is the Rodney Dangerfield of education. Students say that it’s an “annoying requirement.” Parents say, “My kid will learn more in the classroom … Continue reading
Edutopia - Students Teach Technology to Teachers
“When middle school students Alison and Nat confer with their teachers, it’s to talk about the lessons the students are preparing for student teachers as part of a new Generation www.Y program. The young people are part of a growing … Continue reading
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Tagged Edutopia, Generation www.Y, GenYES, mentoring, pre-service, service learning, students, teachers, tech support, technology
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START it up!
This is an exciting announcement! We’ve been working with a terrific group of folks on an initiative called START - Service & Technology Academic Resource Team. All the members of the team are working to combine service learning and student-led … Continue reading
2010 MLK Day Technology Challenge
From Serve.gov | Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service. We are calling on educators and web professionals to join our new effort – the 2010 MLK Day Technology Challenge. The idea is simple: to connect schools with technology needs … Continue reading
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They aren’t broken… 7 rules for adult allies of youth development
from YoungerWorld.org: 7 Rules for Adult Allies If you don’t experience discomfort every time you’re listening to Youth Voice, you aren’t listening right. If you can’t stay engaged enough to simply sit and listen to young people talk, you aren’t … Continue reading
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Tagged adult, community service, empower, empowerment, listen, roles, service learning, youth development, Youth Voice & Service Learning
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Relevant research: Combining service-learning and technology fosters positive youth development
In an ongoing effort to promote youth empowerment in education, we’d like to offer this research synopsis. This one pulls together several of our favorite subjects: youth development, project-based learning, and technology. Best Practices for Integrating Technology and Service-Learning in … Continue reading
Accept the Challenge to Learn and Serve
The National Service-Learning Partnership has announced a challenge to those interested in service learning. October 5-11, 2009 will be a week of special events and community outreach that will raise awareness and build support for service-learning across the United States. … Continue reading
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