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Explore Locally, Excel Digitally:

A Participatory learning-oriented after-school program for enriching citizenship on- and offline. Explore Locally, Excel Digitally:. Laurel Felt | felt@usc.edu USC Annenberg Graduate Fellowship Research and Creative Projects Symposium April 11, 2012. Los Angeles Unified School District.

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Explore Locally, Excel Digitally:

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  1. A Participatory learning-oriented after-school program for enriching citizenship on- and offline Explore Locally, Excel Digitally: Laurel Felt | felt@usc.edu USC Annenberg Graduate Fellowship Research and Creative Projects Symposium April 11, 2012

  2. Los Angeles Unified School District Discover. Learn. Teach. ONLY 56% GRADUATE http://cdn2-b.examiner.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/hash/d1/1a/d11a18e71de6a70d54f1b949594b7f87.jpg http://laist.com/attachments/lindsayrebecca/student_floor_lockers.jpg

  3. Inadequacies Discover. Learn. Teach. The participation gap refers to “the unequal access to the opportunities, experiences, skills, and knowledge that will prepare youth for full participation in the world of tomorrow” (Jenkins, Purushotma, Clinton, Weigel, & Robison, 2006, p. 3). Content Time Participation

  4. Participatory Culture Discover. Learn. Teach.

  5. Discover. Learn. Teach. CollaborateCirculateConnectCreate 4Cs

  6. New Media Literacies Discover. Learn. Teach. • Play • Performance • Networking • Collective Intelligence • Appropriation • Judgment • Distributed Cognition • Multitasking • Transmedia Navigation • Simulation • Visualization • Negotiation

  7. Discover. Learn. Teach.

  8. Research Questions Discover. Learn. Teach. RQ1. What is the impact of an after-school program on high school students’ levels of: a. digital literacy skills? b. new media literacies (NML) proficiency? c. social and emotional learning (SEL) competence? RQ2. How can an after-school program for high school students facilitate a culture of “participatory learning”? RQ3. How have participants accepted or transformed our learning goals for this educational program?

  9. Explore Locally, Excel Digitally Discover. Learn. Teach.

  10. Site Discover. Learn. Teach. http://media.washtimes.com/media/image/2010/09/13/20100913-170040-pic-915476575_s640x427.jpg?73b8e21685896c3f2859310aaa5adb253919b641

  11. Participants Discover. Learn. Teach.

  12. Pedagogy Discover. Learn. Teach.

  13. Design Discover. Learn. Teach.

  14. “Hard” and “soft” skills Discover. Learn. Teach.

  15. NML skills Discover. Learn. Teach. Play Negotiation Visualization

  16. Social and emotional skills Discover. Learn. Teach.

  17. Reflection skills Discover. Learn. Teach.

  18. Hard vs. soft skills Discover. Learn. Teach.

  19. Limitations Discover. Learn. Teach. Assessment challenges Outsiders Attendance

  20. Future Research Discover. Learn. Teach.

  21. Acknowledgements Discover. Learn. Teach. • ELED participants • RFK Community Schools • RFK-LA • USC Annenberg Innovation Lab • USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism • USC Annenberg Fellowship Program • Project New Media Literacies Henry Jenkins Erin Reilly Vanessa Vartabedian Ioana Literat Ritesh Mehta Akifa Khan Kirsten Carthew Jane Kagon Erickson Raif Rich Wu

  22. Discover. Learn. Teach. Questions? Comments! Laurel Felt felt@usc.edu laurelfelt.org

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