Sunday, January 20, 13

PhoenixHewlett Foundation, iVillage

ColleenPETLab, Parsons

DianaSSRC

Connie YowellMacArthur Foundation

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MySpaceYouTube

Guitarlessons

Grandma’s house

Habbo Hotel

BandPractice

WikipediaGalaxy Zoo

Yu-Gi OhFan Site

Home

Global Communities

Snapshot of a Student’s Life

Local Communities

After-School

School Day Home

Public Libray

MuseumZoo

YMCARoller Skating Rink

Wizard’sClubhouse

Harry PotterFan Fiction

site

Book Club

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Global Kids

Boys & Girls Clubs

World Science Festival

Quest 2 LearnDreamYard

Wildlife Conservation

Society

MOUSE

Cooper Hewitt Design Museum

NY Hall of Science

Joan Ganz Cooney Center

Bank Street NY Public Library

CityLoreMuseum for African Art

American Museum of Natural History

MTV

El Museo del Barrio

Youth Organizations

Science Organizations

Cultural Organizations

Civic Organizations

Media Organizations

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MOTIF: Local neighborhood as learning context

CHALLENGE: Urban Ecology, Design, Sustainability

COMPETENCIES AND LITERACIES:

• Geoliteracies (e.g., define and understand natural, physical, and social components of a geography)

• System thinking (e.g, capture and interpret the complexity, interconnectedness of the components within a geography)

• Spatial orientation (e.g., relate different geographic markers)

• Data interpretation and representation (e.g., demonstrate traditional mapping skills as well as abilities to create and analyze multimedia geo-locative data)

• Stewardship (e.g., present and evaluate solutions to local “eco” problems)

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Carnivore

Big Brown Bats

They sleep in trees and rocks during the day. They hibernate in caves during winter.

Plant

Highbrush Blueberry

They grow in bogs, on the edges of water-bodies and areas with lots of trees.

Herbivore

Spotted Salamander

They live in mature, moist leafy areas.

Carnivore

Elk

They live where grasses, mushrooms, willow and oak trees are abundant.

Plant

Wild Comfrey

This herb grows at the edges of tree lines.

Herbivore

Passenger Pigeon

They live in tree rich habitats.

ecological content

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Think Harder!-1

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Congratulations!Spotted Turtle is food forSpotted Salamandar

mannahattathegame.org

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You have successfully surfaced a new element

River Otter

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Sunday, January 20, 13

MOTIF: Local neighborhood as learning context

CHALLENGE: Urban Ecology, Design, Sustainability

COMPETENCIES AND LITERACIES:

• Geoliteracies (e.g., define and understand natural, physical, and social components of a geography)

• System thinking (e.g, capture and interpret the complexity, interconnectedness of the components within a geography)

• Spatial orientation (e.g., relate different geographic markers)

• Data interpretation and representation (e.g., demonstrate traditional mapping skills as well as abilities to create and analyze multimedia geo-locative data)

• Stewardship (e.g., present and evaluate solutions to local “eco” problems)

The citizen identity approach models authentic skill-oriented, project-based, real-world experiences (practices)

citizen science

citizen journalist

citizen designer

The creation of these learning opportunities and evaluation of their outcomes are supported by D4L team

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Collect, Construct, Change (C3)

C3 is a collaborative effort between The New York Hall of Science, Bank Street College of Education, and City Lore to develop a youth-centered learning program that engages middle-school-aged youth as citizen scientists, journalists and designers. The project utilizes handheld smart phones, equipped with science probes and augmented reality software, in combination with an inquiry based multi-disciplinary curriculum to help kids understand certain environmental conditions in their neighborhood and become advocates for change.

Design PrecedentSite Visit by Situated Visualization Sean Michael White, Columbia Universityhttp://www1.cs.columbia.edu/~swhite/projects.html

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Urban Biodiversity Network

UBN is a citizen science project that challenges middle school-aged kids to investigate, understand, and report on the natural goings-on in their neighborhood. Participants will encounter digital multimedia content objects in the field via alerts to their mobile devices and will then be prompted to make multimedia observations to contribute to an evolving city-wide biodiversity database. In a special session, participants will help to do a census count of all the natural herptiles present on the grounds of the Bronx Zoo. Through successful discovery and curation of field observations, participants will work toward acquiring Biodiversity and Media Literacy badges—which are being developed by the learning professionals at Global Kids.

Design PrecedentsThe WildLabNetworked Organisms and Habitats

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A City of Neighborhoods

ACON is a joint project between The Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New York Public Library, and DreamYard that helps students identify local design problems, develop design solutions, create plans and models to work through their ideas, and participate in a professional design critique of their proposed solutions for positive community change. The key to success of this program is the design process, which gives the participants the ability to self-identify challenges and potential solutions to design challenges in the communities they are studying. This empowers them to become active citizens in all parts of their lives.

Design PrecedentA City of Neighborhoods Program, Cooper-Hewitthttp://www.cityofneighborhoods.org/programs.html

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