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Using Data to Engage Youth in their
Neighborhoods
Leo Burd & Danielle MartinDepartment of Play
MIT Center for Civic Media & Intel Computer Clubhouse NetworkJanuary 27, 2012 - MetroBoston Data Common Data Day
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Session Goals
1 Present facilitation framework for youth engagement and participation
2 Review case studies of technology tools developed in community settings
3 Hands-on, co-design activity
4 Discuss next steps for taking it back to your projects
5 Provide references to existing frameworks, resources & tools
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Icebreaker
What’s in your pocket?
Lay out every tool in your pocket or bag
that you could use
to engage youth in a community setting?
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How can technology
foster youth
empowerment?
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action-research life cycle
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Although existing technologies could be used
to foster youth inclusion, participation and local civic
engagement, most tools are either too complex or lack
appropriate functionality for the task.
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http://www.departmentofplay.org/
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We aim to develop an easy-to-use, open-source digital toolkit with corresponding curricula and pedagogical guidance to help young people:
• Capture neighborhood knowledge by taking photographs, measuring distances, collecting data, recording interviews and constructing local maps
• Represent and share local information as “spatial narratives” integrating digital media in an online platform
• Organize civic engagement initiatives through an advocacy forum for children and adolescents to reflect, share, and act critically in their local communities.
Goals
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Community working group
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Examples of technology tools for youth voice & activism
1 Balloon mapping
2 Phone based audio blogs and tours
3 Youth-designed mobile apps
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Grassroots Mapping
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My City, My Future
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organization of personally meaningful community events
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VoIP Drupal is…
A software platform that facilitates the construction of Drupal
sites that literally pick-up the phone, make calls, record
messages, send and receive text messages, run voice polls,
and more.
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VoIP Drupal modules
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Potential VoIP Drupal applications• Go Out to Vote campaigns• 2-1-1 and 3-1-1 hotlines• Phone-based community surveys• PTA and other meeting reminders• Story recording / playback• Group voicemail• Audio speed dating services• Language training• Audio tours• Adventure games
• Interactive community radio programs
• Emergency announcements
• And much more!
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Android App Inventor
MIT Center for Mobile Learning
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Android App Inventor - Design
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Programming
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GO! App for That?
1 Form small group – put yourself in youth mindset
2 Identify a local challenge in your neighborhood
3 Identify existing resources, including data or existing ways to gather data
4 Brainstorm platforms, functionality, and features
5 Mock up your app idea interface design
6 Elevator pitch – present your app idea in 1 minute!
Activity adapted from the Applications for Good App Workshop 2011 http://applicationsforgood.org/app-workshop-template/
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Define your Challenge: Needs & User Story
Need User Story
Based on general categories such as health, employment, education, financial literacy, and fun describe some specific needs in your local area
1. Describe an actual person, getting specific around demographics, housing, resources.
2. A description of daily experiences
3. A description of specific difficulties.
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Choose from App Features and Functionality Menu
Phone Type Functionality
Basic voice, camera, text message
Feature email, send photo, may have full keyboard, some apps
Smart gps, accelerometer, apps, maps, wifi, hotspot, voice to text etc.
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Things to keep in mind to facilitate youth engagement
• Put tools into hands of youth
right away!
• Interest-based, youth-led
learning
• Start from needs and audience
identification, then choose a technology tool
• Co-design
• Partner with existing youth groups and bring resources,
innovations and technology tools to them
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For additional information
http://www.departmentofplay.org/
@deptofplay
http://departmentofplay.org/Using+Data+to+Engage+Youth+in+their+Neighb
orhoods