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Visiting Digital Storytellers with the Alchemists at Networked Narratives
The Networked Narratives team talks with scholars and practitioners thinking about new ways to collaboratively...
Using Connected Learning to Empower Student Agency
From video chats to charity basketball games, educators are empowering youth civic engagement by connecting...
Writing Love and Ourselves in the Classroom and Beyond
Collaboratively explore the meaning of love and the power of personal narrative in our annotathon...
In the Borderlands, Connecting Writing and STEM Learning
Girlhood Remixed and Ink Spilling create formative summer camp experiences for youth nearing adolescence, connecting...
In East L.A., Teenagers Tell New Stories About Their Neighborhood...
Civic engagement projects give students at East Los Angeles Renaissance Academy an opportunity to celebrate...
Behind the Camera, Students Document Life and Learning
At Philadelphia’s Workshop School, students are developing media production skills to shape their school community...
Teens at the Nexus of Fashion, Gaming, and Technology
A program based in Brooklyn, NY, makes learning enticing for teenagers, combining topics they might...
Why the School Library Is the Perfect Place for Maker...
Library makerspaces, including members of the YOUmedia Learning Labs Network, offer students a chance to...
Spark an Interest; Ignite a Passion: Applications Now Being Accepted...
LRNG Innovators is launching its third challenge, inviting educators to imagine engaging ways to help...
Andover Bread Loaf: Nurturing Literacy & Building Community for Social...
Andover Bread Loaf facilitates writing workshops in Lawrence, MA, creating space for youth and adults...
In Minneapolis, Fostering Black Voices
English teacher Molly Vasich has always been curious about class participation—what prompts it and what...
A Lab That Grows Young Writers
An afterschool writing center offers fourth- and fifth-graders the opportunity to explore their creative capacity upon...
What a Makerspace Can Mean for the Writing Classroom—Takeaways from...
Librarian and maker Colleen Graves recaps a lively and learner-driven session on makerspaces and embracing...
Educating for Democracy in the Digital Age
The Educating for Democracy in the Digital Age Initiative's new video series documents best practices...
Publishing Site Now Open to Amplify Youth Voice
Letters to the Next President 2.0 publishing website launches. Student Submissions are rolling in.
How Young People Are Changing Civics, by Any Media Necessary
In 2011, a young man named Mohammad posted a video on YouTube where he spoke...
Building Privacy Literacy at the Library
As longtime advocates for civil liberties, librarians are uniquely positioned to teach today’s teens about...
Dear Next President, Young People Have Something to Say
Through the Letters to the Next President 2.0 project, students and educators embrace digital writing...
A National Push for More ‘Active Use’ of Technology in...
In its 2016 National Education Technology Plan, the Department of Education emphasizes model approaches to...
‘Twist Fate’ Art and Writing Challenge Calls on Teen Creations
Two popular apps that support young artists and writers are calling on teens to create...
LRNG Innovators Challenge Grant Recipients Selected
We're excited to announce the 11 teams of educators who are building the future, today,...
The Beauty of Learning on Historic Land
A new partnership between the National Writing Project and the National Park Service helps connect...
Native Students Write About Life on the Reservation
The Turtle Mountain Art and Writing Workshop—sponsored by the Red River Valley Writing Project (RRVWP),...
Connecting Colleagues in Cyberspace
Educator innovator Mia Zamora introduces Virtually Connecting, a new connected learning community with a foundational...