Youth and IT Slide Show

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Welcome to Atlanta!December 8-9, 1999
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W. K. Kellogg Foundation
Special Dialogue on Youth and Technology
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In attendance
Dan Atkins, Alliance for Community Technology,
Univ. of Michigan Patricia Bransford, Nation
al Urban Technology Center Karen Buller, National
Indian Telecommunications Institute Holly C
arter, Community Technology Centers Network
Chuck Ericksen, New Paradigm Partner Director,
Cooperative Educational Services
Steve Goodman, Educational Video Center
Tracy Gray, Morino Institute Larry Kirkman, Bento
n Foundation Java Jackson, The Algebra Project
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In attendance
Roberta Johnson, University of Michigan
Janet Lathan, Byte Back Zoraya Lee-Hamlin, Urban
League of Essex County Aaron Levine, Ford Foundat
ion Caesar McDowell, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology Alan Melchior, Brandeis University
Trish Millines Dziko, Technology Access Foundati
on Ed Mishrell, Boys and Girls Clubs Mario Morin
o, Morino Institute Omo Moses, The Algebra Projec
t Paul Resnick, University of Michigan
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In attendance
Michael Saunders, HandsNet Mike Tenbusch, Think D
etroit Ellen Wahl, Center for Children and Techno
logy Kate Williams, Alliance for Community Techno
logy, Univ. of Michigan Robin Willig, Nation
al Academy Foundation and Geraldine Brookins J
oyce Brown Gail McClure Phyllis Meadows Kay Ran
dolph-Back from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation
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Online images of or by youth across the United
States Collected from the Web over fall 1999.U
sed with permission.
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Digitalself-portraiture
Paul. Courtesy of the YBG Studio for Technology
the Arts. http//www.yerbabuena.org/ggw96/gallery
/stutech1.htm
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Cultural research and family camping
Left, buffalo soldier study and camping trip.
Above, Stephanie and Andrea. Courtesy of Austin
Learning Academy. http//www.alaweb.org/
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Teen Web design start-up
John. Courtesy of Plugged In, East Palo Alto.
http//www.pluggedin.org
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Programming classes and annual competitions
Black Data Processing Associates competition
winners, Dayton Carrie Grice, Dejuné Fox,
Charles Crawford, Jeremy Jones, Craig Johnson,
and Chester Grice, team coach. Courtesy of BDPA
Dayton. http//www.bdpadayton.com/
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Afterschool girls club
Tahishas page. Courtesy of Penn State Lehigh
Valley Cyber Sisters Club. http//www.lv.psu.edu/j
kl1/sisters/
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Web-raisings for schools, non-profits
Photo by Tom Mendoza, Los Angeles Daily News.
Courtesy of LAs Breakaway Technologies.
http//www.breakaway.org/webraising.htm
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Photography publishing
Chantel and Sara in the playground, by J. C. Tara
Osario. Courtesy of LEAP in Hartford, CT.
http//www.leap.yale.edu/communities/Hartford/kids
work/
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Computer savvy volunteers for youth projects
Bert Hendriksen and Lucy Gigli. Courtesy of
Compumentor, San Francisco. http//www.compumentor
.org/cm/compumentor/examples.html
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Digital storytelling and illustration
Weh Pom Coyote, illustration and story by Eva
English Morris. Courtesy of Roundhouse Council,
Greenville, CA. http//www.pjtc.org/ciof/rhouse/rh
ouse.html
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1. How can technology transform the social
conditions affecting youth in communities?

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Web page self-portraiture
The Mob Squad. Courtesy of LEAP, Hartford, CT.
http//www.leap.yale.edu/communities/Hartford/neig
hborhoods/cot/kidswork/199900/summer/webpages/
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Medical and mental health support
Courtesy of KidsPeace, Orefield, PA.
http//www.kidspeace.org/
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Furniture-making report
This rocker is the very same one that my JV
basketball coach probably has in his livinng
room right now and hopfuly it will last him a
life time. BELOW This chair is one of the
most comfortable chairs I have ever sat in and
according to everyone else they all agree.
Excerpted from Jairos page. Courtesy of
Computers In Our Future, University of
California-Riverside. http//cdi.ucr.edu/
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Copyists visiting virtual museums
Crying Girl by Naomi, after Roy Lichtenstein.
Courtesy of LEAP, Hartford, CT.
http//www.leap.yale.edu/communities/Hartford/neig
hborhoods/dp/lclc/kidswork/summer/1999/arthistorym
useum/replicas/
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News stories by children and youth
Courtesy of Childrens Express, Washington, DC.
http//www.cenews.org/
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2. How can technology enhance youth access to
learning?
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Math Storytelling
When I got home I noticed that one of my
gerbils was out.That means that one half of my
gerbil population was out. I threw ten jelly
beans at it.There were 30 left in the bag
Johnnie Valenta, 5th grade
Courtesy of math teacher Mr. Smith, Williams
Elementary School, Georgetown, TX.
http//www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/math98/gtexas.html
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Workshops in online activism
Courtesy of W. A. Jones Foundation and the Center
for Environmental Citizenship. http//www.enviroci
tizen.org

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Virtual Travel
Buenos dias, yo me llamo Ulises Tomorrow when
I die, do not come to look for me, I will never
be under the earth, because I am the wind of
liberty. Excerpt from an dispatch by Ulisis Mon
tiel Silva, 16, homeless in Mexico City.
Courtesy of Odyssey, San Francisco.
http//www.worldtrek.org/odyssey/mexico/91698/9119
8silvia.html
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Community profiles
in our community people are very friendly and
people also feed the pigeons
Excerpted from community profile by the Boys of
Dwight Kensington. Courtesy of LEAP New Haven.
http//leap.yale.edu/communities/NewHaven/LCLCs/ps
/parkaffirm.html
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GirlsZine
Story illustrations from Animism The Ancestors
are Always There For Us by Lon Chiam Saechao. C
ourtesy of Quietly Torn, San Francisco.
http//www.quietlytorn.com
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3. How can technology best serve individuals
and organizations working with youth?
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TeenGuidebook
Photos of Mike and Ben, two contributors.
Courtesy things2do.org, Montgomery County, MD.
http//www.things2do.org.
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Global kids computer art exhibit
Courtesy of the Kidlink Worldwide Art and
Computer Art exhibit. http//www.kidlink.org/engli
sh/general/kidart.html
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Multilingual classes for adults and children
Courtesy of United Neighborhood Houses of New
York. http//gateways.unhny.org/unh_exhibit/today/
index.html
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Afterschoollearningenvironment
Courtesy of the Computer Clubhouse, Boston, MA.
http//www.computerclubhouse.org
I hang outat the Computer Clubhouse.
I am an alien from outer space. My name is Deego
Pothole. I am 1,000,000 years
old. I come from Planet B. My human name is Sarah
Elishe. In my human body I am 12 years old.
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Practice testingand PC intro
Courtesy of the Murchison Community Center.
Http//www.murchisoncenter.org///www.kidlink.org/
english/general/kidart.html
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Baseball league recycling PCs
Courtesy of ThinkDetroit. http//www.thinkdetroit.
org

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Multilingual classes for adults and children
Courtesy of United Neighborhood Houses of New
York. http//gateways.unhny.org/unh_exhibit/today/
index.html
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Info for parents
Courtesy of Connect for Kids. http//www.connectf
orkids.org