May 14, 2014 Hive NYC Cohort Hangout

Hive Digital Media Learning Fund Cohort Hangout May 14, 2014

BUILDING A NATIONAL WEBMAKER MOVEMENT

STEP 1: Needs Analysis

GUIDING QUESTIONS:What webmaker activities are already out there? Where

are there gaps?

STEP 2: Engage Hive Partners

GUIDING QUESTIONS: What success and challenges have Hive members had implementing web literacy programs? What kinds of

activities would be most useful to their learners?

STEP 3: Design Activities

GUIDING QUESTION: What kinds of web literacy activities will engage learners while keeping in mind the challenges many Hive orgs face?

STEP 4: Playtest

GUIDING QUESTION: How well do our new activities teach the web while meeting

the needs of our Hive partners?

STEP 5: Summer Institute

GUIDING QUESTION:How can we utilize the MOUSE network to develop nationwide communities of web literate learners?

MOUSE WILL BUILD SEVERAL WEB LITERACY STANDARD-ALIGNED RESOURCES FOR NATIONAL RELEASE ON WEBMAKER.ORG & MOUSESQUAD.ORG

10 MOUSE COORDINATORS WILL PLAYTEST AND CO-DESIGN AT THE SUMMER INSTITUTE IN NYC.

THEN, START A WEBMAKER MOVEMENT AT THEIR SCHOOLS IN THE FALL!

IT’S A PILOT!

STEP 6: Worldwide

Distribution

GUIDING QUESTION:

How can we make MOUSE’s webmaker activities available

to anyone who wants them?

THANK YOU!

kate@mouse.org

Creative Activism in Climate Change

Climate Change is arguably the most significant conservation challenge we face today, particularly in urban settings like New York City as the area

continues to recover from Superstorm Sandy.

WCS wanted to explore ways NYC teenagers could engage in creative activism to address climate change issues in their city through a seamless integration of applied science learning and technical skills.

The program focused on climate science and urban ecology with a challenge for participants to connect community audiences to conservation issues facing their city and communicate possible solutions.

What did we hope to discover through CACC?

The Four ProjectsElectronic Design & Construction @ the Central Park ZooDr. Jonah Brucker-Cohen, an award winning artist, writer, researcher and Scrapyard Challenge founder, helped participants focus on sustainability and climate change through the exploration of trash. Participants designed and built simple electronic projects out of found or discarded "junk" as tools for building awareness about complex climate change problems facing NYC.

Geospatial Modeling & Analysis @ the Bronx ZooDr. Eric W. Sanderson, a landscape ecologist, writer, and director of the Manahatta and Welikia projects, trained participants to use a vision-making application, he co-developed, to improve the nature of NYC. Participants used the Manahatta2409 platform to create their own vision of a climate-resilient, sustainable NYC at a block-by-block level and shared it with others.

GIS Mapping @ the Prospect Park ZooHabitatMap partner, Michael Heimbinder, a community and environmental innovator, trained participants to use the online mapping and Aircasting platforms, as well as, open source GIS tools. Participants created an interactive map exploring the visual impacts of climate change on local communities, politics, and infrastructure within Brooklyn and shared with community audiences.

Transmedia Storytelling @ the Queens ZooPaolo Cirio, an international contemporary media artist, works in the framework of cultural, political, and economic realities and information to fabricate new realities. Participants learned to create transmedia storytelling projects - a technique used to tell a story or experience across multiple platforms and formats, using various digital media tools such as video, photography, and social media. Their futuristic stories were set at the 2064 World’s Fair in Flushing Meadows Corona Park.

Who took part?WCS EducationKaren Tingley, Director of City Zoos EducationDr. Brian Johnson, Director of Education Research & Program DevelopmentErin Prada, Manager of Digital Learning & EngagementAndrew Stephens, Conservation EducatorEmily Stoeth, Conservation EducatorJared Ozga, Conservation EducatorLily Mleczko, Conservation EducatorSonia Bueno, Conservation EducatorJoanna Domenicali-Shah, Conservation Teaching Fellow

WCS Global ConservationDr. Eric Sanderson, Senior Conservation EcologistMario Giampieri, Mannahatta2409 GIS Data Wrangler

EyebeamErica Kermani, Director of EducationDr. Jonah Brucker-Cohen, artist, researcher and writerPaolo Cirio, international contemporary media artist

HabitatMapMichael Heimbinder, Founder & Executive Director

Fordham UniversityAmanda Makkay, doctoral candidate in Urban EcologyJason Aloisio, doctoral candidate in Urban Ecology

80 Teens Recruited65 Teens Completed Program

ChallengesRecruitmentAttendanceAttritionMotivationTimeTechnology limitations – network accessGap in student skills

Tools that EvolvedGoogle DocsGoogle Nexus 7 Tablets Google Sites

Ideas that EvolvedFinal showcase event planned by studentsHive as a pipeline for additional teen opportunities

Practices that EvolvedStrengthening Connected Learning principlesTechnology integrationFinal project evaluation

www.creativeactivism.scrapyardchallenge.com

Looking to the FutureReplicate a model of the program

Partner with zoos and aquariums located within currently established Hive Learning Network Cities such as Chicago, Pittsburgh and Toronto.

Rework curriculum utilizing knowledge from our evaluations and Connected Learning principles as a lens from the beginning

Build a peer network through online communities connecting participants at partner facilities for peer based exchanges

Strengthen civic engagement/action component

You’re Invited!

Girls First Digital Studio

NYSCI Partners

Program Goal

•  The overarching goal of the program is to develop and test a computing and digital technology education program that can be used effectively with underserved female youth, and to expose girls to female professionals who work in STEM fields and/or with digital media.

Homesteading

Sculptures

Dream/Nightmare Sequence

Final Designs

Female STEM Role Models

Lessons Learned •  Challenge #1- Recruitment/Museum Location

–  Solution: Accept wider age range of students

•  Challenge #2- Technology/Network Issues with Open Source Platform –  Solution: Sacrificed not being able to collaborate over network so

students can work with open source platform •  Challenge #3- Interactions amongst Older & Younger

participants –  Solution: The older students naturally became mentors with some

of the younger students.