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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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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
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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
Participatory Culture Discover. Learn. Teach.
Discover. Learn. Teach. CollaborateCirculateConnectCreate 4Cs
New Media Literacies Discover. Learn. Teach. • Play • Performance • Networking • Collective Intelligence • Appropriation • Judgment • Distributed Cognition • Multitasking • Transmedia Navigation • Simulation • Visualization • Negotiation
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?
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Pedagogy Discover. Learn. Teach.
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“Hard” and “soft” skills Discover. Learn. Teach.
NML skills Discover. Learn. Teach. Play Negotiation Visualization
Social and emotional skills Discover. Learn. Teach.
Reflection skills Discover. Learn. Teach.
Hard vs. soft skills Discover. Learn. Teach.
Limitations Discover. Learn. Teach. Assessment challenges Outsiders Attendance
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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
Discover. Learn. Teach. Questions? Comments! Laurel Felt felt@usc.edu laurelfelt.org