YOUTH COMMUNITY INFORMATICS

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YOUTH COMMUNITY INFORMATICS

• UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN
• GRADUATE SCHOOL OF LIBRARY INFORMATION SCIENCES
• UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS EXTENSION

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Workshop Objectives

• inquiry model that positions youth as active
  change
• Ask what issues are of significance to your
  community
• Investigate possible use of curriculum
• Create plan for own community
• Discuss how to adapt
• Reflect how might use practically

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Workshop Plan

• Introduce project
• Discuss issues within community
• Introduce curriculum
• Examples of curriculum
• Discuss ways to use curriculum within own
  community
• Answer questions

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Youth As Videographer.41

• After school program in local public schools
• Goal to empower economically diverse African
  American Youth
• Youth created video and audio documentaries based
  on oral history

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Youth as Videographer..41

• Youth led documentary
• Based on discussions about local poverty issues

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Youth As Mapper.44

• The north side of the town
• 5 African American teens interview
• Photos
• Videos Youtube
• Organizational Profile/Interview Questionnaire
• Google map

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More than Mapping

• Transforming the Community
• What do you hope to get out of this project?

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Youth as Mapper44

• Embedded school based program
• GPS introduced by YCI
• Technology based curriculum

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Youth as Author 1.48

• Paseo Boricua
• BACCA Barrio, Arts, Communication, and Culture
  Academy
• Anti-Underage Drinking Campaign

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For More Information

• http//yci.illinois.edu
• Curriculum available at
• http//courseweb.lis.illinois.edu/chip/YCI20curr
  iculum20final20420242010-nb.pdf