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Learning + Engagement
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ngagement implies commitment to a system or process. When one is engaged in something, one cares about the outcomes of their actions on the thing in which they are engaged. As a result, engagement often results in, or is the product of, learning. This section presents cases that focus on how the affective qualities of learning and engagement are mobilized towards civic impact. From media literacy programs in schools to citizen journalism in cities, these cases highlight where and why learning happens in civic life and the myriad ways it builds commitment and engagement.
The following case study of a youth-produced TV News Show in Philadelphia illustrates how a community journalism project mobilizes available local and media resources to reconfigure the perception of stigmatized urban youth as valuable civic actors.
Ipads and Education. Implementing iPad programs in schools has become the new technology rage in many K-12 schools. While most of the time we hear about the positives of this type of program, we tend to hear less about the negatives or the problems faced by schools unless it is on the grand scale such as the Los Angeles School Department (Blume 2014).
In 2012, students from The Academy at Urban Arts Partnership and LatinoJustice PRLDEF took on the policy of “Stop-and-Frisk” in New York City and created a viral and grassroots campaign that changed the landscape of youth participatory digital politics and community policing in New York City.
The Civic Intelligence Research and Action Laboratory promotes diverse projects and approaches through a participatory “make the road by walking” approach. The 30+ lab projects include an anti-bullying game and housing for disabled veterans and are conceived and developed by students. The lab’s “radical center” helps address the role of agency, motivation, freedom, and the use of media…
Hacker collectives have increasingly gained media and scholarly attention in recent years. Yet, theoretical and empirical investigations of hackers’ entanglement with institutional politics are still rare. Based on interviews, observations and media analysis over two years this case study fills parts of this gap with the Chaos Computer Club – one of the world’s oldest and largest hacker collectives…
Padres y Jovenes Unidos is a multi-issue and multi-generational organization started by people of color in Denver who work for educational justice. In recent years, Padres has been organizing to combat the “school to jail” track that has seen increased numbers of urban students leaving school with a criminal record…
The Digital Empowerment Academy program engages underrepresented youth to develop their digital literacy and leadership skills. Our mission is to support youth in their endeavors to make social impact in their community via digital engagement. The DEA curriculum is designed based on Digital Kinship Model…
In 2000, Jordan’s first community radio station Radio al-Balad 92.4FM emerged to break the government’s monopoly over local media by launching AmmanNet.net to produce community news content for Internet distribution and broadcast on nearby FM stations in Palestine…
NewsActivist strives to build a global community of students and teachers who are thinking and writing their way into civic action. Research on the characteristics of school curricula and learning environments that correlate with civic commitments demonstrates the crucial role of open discussions and exposure to many viewpoints…
by: Sara Villagrá-Sobrino, Luis. P Preto-Santos, Ivan M. Jorrin-Abellan, and Sara Garcia Sastre
This case study was conducted in a Primary rural school where a new collaborative software was introduced, to analyze how teachers designed and orchestrated classroom activities in technologically-rich settings…
The #WalkMyWorld explores the use of digital texts and tools to respond to and author poetry. Beginning with a literacy focus, it expanded into an affinity space across multiple portals and pathways to meaning-making. The primary focus empowered educators and students to engage in social scholarship practices…
'Your Story Goes Here' is an open-access, remixable, digital teaching kit designed to cultivate and engage new Citizen Planners – urban planning activists of all ages. Storytelling is a powerful participatory and inclusive tool to explore how we live and thrive in our shared and growing cities and a platform that empowers citizens…
by: Orkan Telhan, Yasmin B. Kafai, Richard Lee Davis, K-Fai Steele, and Barrie M. Adleberg
Connected Messages is a construction kit that lets youth express important personal and communal ideas by designing interactive community murals. The project was launched by the Maker Jawn Initiative across five Free Library branches in Philadelphia, and over 1,000 youth worked together to create murals from foam boards, markers, and low-cost networking technologies...
A hackathon in South Los Angeles hosted by YCSC’s(YouthBuild Charter School of California) and WebSlam (an innovative event that served multiple functions) is examined…
The City Digits project seeks to integrate data literacy and civic education into the school curriculum, using digital tools and a student-driven pedagogical approach. It is a high school math class and an accompanying web application that provide opportunities for youth to explore data, develop data literacy, and engage in analysis and debate around civic issues...
In the past two decades, thousands of students around the world have come into contact by exchanging handmade paper dolls, or Flat Stanleys, and tracking their global movements through journals, emails, and social media...
In 2000, Jordan’s first community radio station Radio al-Balad 92.4FM emerged to break the government’s monopoly over local media by launching AmmanNet.net to produce community news content for Internet distribution and broadcast on nearby FM stations in Palestine…
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