[DMI] The Power of Youth Voice: What Kids Learn When They Create With Digital Media
If you will be in the Philadelphia area on November 18th, make sure to register for the following event. Global Kids will also be simulcasting this event online and into Second Life for those not able to attend in person, to be able to participate. Stay tuned for more information on this. Event details and registration link below.
Please join Philadelphia educators, parents, researchers, students, and community members for a free public forum entitled The Power of Youth Voice: What Kids Learn When They Create With Digital Media. This event will take place Wednesday, November 18, 2009, from 6pm-8pm at The Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia and will also be available online.
The goal of the event is to open discussion in the Philadelphia area with a range of interested community members about how young people can and do learn from digital media. From 6pm-7pm, there will be a reception during which examples of digital work done by young people in and outside of school are on display. From 7pm-8pm, there will be a panel on this topic with some of the national leaders in the field, followed by a question and answer session.
Please join us:
Where: The Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia or online
When: Wednesday, November 18 from 6pm-8pm, online from 7pm-8pm
Who: This event is free and open to the public, we encourage anyone who is interested in how digital media can be used for learning to attend
For more information and to register to attend either in person or online, please visit: http://www.woodrow.org/youthvoice.
This event is hosted by The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation in coordination with The National Writing Project, and is supported by The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
We look forward to seeing you there!
