{"id":1751,"date":"2013-07-12T21:24:29","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T04:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nwp.org\/educatorinnovator\/?p=1751"},"modified":"2013-07-12T21:24:29","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T04:24:29","slug":"museums-libraries-win-grants-for-youth-to-enhance-online-learning-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/educatorinnovator.org\/museums-libraries-win-grants-for-youth-to-enhance-online-learning-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Museums, libraries win grants for youth to enhance online learning, community"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sixteen museums, libraries and nonprofit institutions have been awarded a total of $150,000 to engage young people in the development of apps, badges, curricula and other tools that will make the online experience more civil, safe and empowering. The Competition is supported by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, administered by Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Alliance and Collaboratory (HASTAC), and was carried out in collaboration with Facebook, the Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI), and Mozilla.<\/p>\n

Competing for grants of up to $10,000 each to support single or multi-day summer programs, the 266 applicants from 41 states plus Washington, D.C., included libraries, community organizations, advocacy groups, museums, non-profits, cultural organizations, youth-serving institutions, and arts organizations.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe competition this year is designed\u00a0to engage\u00a0young people in solving a real-world challenge \u2013 making the Internet a safer and more powerful place to advance learning,\u201d said Connie Yowell, Director of Education at the MacArthur Foundation. \u201cThe ability to meet that challenge will help determine whether education will be more relevant to both young people and the economy where they will be eventually looking for work.\u201d<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Project:Connect Summer Youth Programming Competition<\/a>\u00a0is part of the 5th annual Digital Media and Learning Competition that kicked off May 9 with a daylong hackathon in New York City hosted by Facebook, the Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI), MacArthur and Mozilla. This year\u2019s Digital Media and Learning Competition will encourage the development of apps, badges, curricula, and other tools to enhance learning through making the online experience for young people more civil, safe, and empowering. It included the hackathon in New York City in May, the Summer Youth Programming Competition, and a $1.2 million open competition that will launch in the fall.<\/p>\n

Proposals were evaluated for their potential to:<\/p>\n