New Media and Collaborative Learning at Youth Radio: Interview with Elisabeth...
This post is part of a series of interviews highlighting leaders in the field of New Learning (what we call “NLI at Inquiry”). Recently, we interviewed Elisabeth Soep – research director and senior...
View ArticleNew Media and Collaborative Learning at Youth Radio: Interview with Elisabeth...
This post is part of a series of interviews highlighting leaders in the field of New Learning (what we call “NLI at Inquiry”). Recently, we interviewed Elisabeth Soep – research director and senior...
View Article“Teaching” in the 21st Century
By Jeff Meade, Mobile Learning Program LeadLocal pre-k teacher, Cassidy Martinez, gathers digital resources in the museum for a creative story using Glogster.Let's put some quotes around the word...
View ArticleDML 2012: Audacious Goals for Transforming Learning
Diana Rhoten of Startl kicked off the MacArthur Foundation's DML 2012 conference in San Francisco on March 1st with a bold challenge: have audacious goals. For this group of practitioners, researchers,...
View ArticleTeen Portrait Competition at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC
Allen Chiu’s “Untitled 412″ was taken on a deserted street in Providence, R.I.The Teen Portrait Competition (TPC), a collaboration between the New Learning Institute and the Smithsonian's National...
View ArticleThe Model Classroom Empowers Kids to be the Voice of Change in their Communities
Teacher Lucy Popson's Third Grade "Caring Crew" revitalizes their school garden in Tucson, Arizona.The NLI Model Classroom Program is now in its third year, and teachers across the country are...
View ArticleFeatured Model Classroom Project: Stewards of Wyoming Local History
The Mercantile in Sheridan County, Wyoming is one of many local sites Laurie Graves and Lamont Clabaugh's 3rd Grade students will explore through the "Then and Now of Sheridan County" project.Sheridan...
View ArticleDigital Dispatch: The Youth Design Program at the Field Museum
Teens in Chicago have been busy at work designing a pop-up museum that brings a youth-created exhibit to the community. They've picked their theme and are now working on designing the details of the...
View ArticleUpdate from the Youth Design Team Program at The Field Museum
The Youth Design Team program at the Field Museum is in full swing. 11th grader Quinn offers a detailed update of where the teens are in the process of designing their pop-up museum:As the deadline for...
View ArticleGetting Real and Relevant at the Field Museum
Ever wondered what happens when youth engage in real and relevant work? The Youth Design Team at the Field Museum in Chicago is a great example of this. Teens are deep in the production phase of their...
View ArticleTeens' HumaNature Pop-Up Exhibit in Chicago Nears Launch
The pop-up exhibit is very close to its public showcase. Sarah, a 12th grader from the Youth Design Team at the Field Museum, shares an update on what she and the rest of the teens are up to this...
View ArticleGo Behind the Scenes as Teens Work on the Final Details of the HumaNature...
YDT'er Matthew takes us on a tour of the various work teams that are developing the HumaNature pop-up exhibit at the Field Museum. Check out how the teens are doing as they approach their final...
View ArticleTeens at the California Academy of Science Launch the "Problem with Plastics"...
As we get into the final month of the Pearson Young Scientists "Problem with Plastics" program, our energetic teens are focusing on designing their social media campaign to impact the issue of plastics...
View ArticleTeens at Chicago's Field Museum Engage in Authentic Collaboration to Meet...
We've been following the Youth Design Team as they plan, develop, and share their pop-up museum with the Chicago community. 16-year old Dana, a teen in the program, gives us an exciting birds eye view...
View ArticleField Museum Teens Share Their Mobile Museum with Other Teens
The Youth Design Team took their pop-up museum to a local Chicago high school for the first time. Lyle, a member of the group, shares his experience:On March 21, the Youth Design Team was delighted to...
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