Connected Learning Alliance https://clalliance.org/ Make Learning Relevant Thu, 08 Jun 2023 00:21:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 A Holistic College and Career Readiness Practice https://clalliance.org/blog/a-holistic-college-and-career-readiness-practice/ Mon, 05 Jun 2023 20:00:28 +0000 https://clalliance.org/?p=89944646 “Bresee helps the youth and those who are most disadvantaged. Serving Koreatown, a primarily Hispanic community, and advocate for the need of bringing peace to our community. By focusing on the youth, Bresee is able to build a better future where everyone is given equal opportunities and leads them to a successful future.” – Youth... Read more »

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]]> The Connected Wellbeing Initiative: Building Understanding and Action Regarding Teens’ Technology Use and Their Mental Health https://clalliance.org/blog/the-connected-wellbeing-initiative-building-understanding-and-action-regarding-teens-technology-use-and-their-mental-health/ Fri, 26 May 2023 03:00:55 +0000 https://clalliance.org/?p=89944625 The positive benefits of youth interacting with technology are often ignored while the negatives are emphasized. It’s time for that to change. In a commitment to this effort, the Connected Learning Alliance, along with the Connected Learning Lab at the University of California, Irvine, are excited to share the new Connected Wellbeing Initiative with the... Read more »

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]]> When Learning is Irresistible: An Invitation to Foster Inventive Mindsets https://clalliance.org/blog/when-learning-is-irresistable-an-invitation-to-foster-inventive-mindsets/ Mon, 22 May 2023 15:00:41 +0000 https://clalliance.org/?p=89944603 Image: Portland State University, Oregon MESA InventTeams In 2019 I stumbled upon the field of invention education when I joined a Lemelson-MIT (LMIT) research project examining how high school teams were using computer science to create technological solutions that would improve the lives of others. As part of the research, I attended EurekaFest, where I... Read more »

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]]> Timbuk2 – Anchored in a Historical Legacy of Care and Spirituality https://clalliance.org/blog/timbuk2-anchored-in-a-historical-legacy-of-care-and-spirituality/ Mon, 15 May 2023 20:39:39 +0000 https://clalliance.org/?p=89944582 “As a child that’s one thing that my parents really instilled in us as children is to know who you are and identify with what is most connected to you…We are Black people. We are of African descent. That is the culture. That’s how I was raised. That’s what I know. That’s who I am.... Read more »

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]]> Proceedings of the 2022 Connected Learning Summit Released https://clalliance.org/blog/proceedings-of-the-2022-connected-learning-summit-released/ Tue, 25 Apr 2023 22:44:35 +0000 https://clalliance.org/?p=89944556 On behalf of the Connected Learning Summit Conference Committee, we are pleased to announce the publication of the Proceedings of the 2022 Connected Learning Summit.  It is our honor to share with you a proceedings that celebrates participatory, playful, and transformative learning. In 2021, the Connected Learning Summit became a fully online event, supporting inclusive,... Read more »

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]]> Responding to Race in Youth Career Development Practice https://clalliance.org/blog/responding-to-race-in-youth-career-development-practice/ Mon, 10 Apr 2023 16:00:37 +0000 https://clalliance.org/?p=89944530 They’re coming to us, without any work experience because of discrimination and lack of opportunities. Or with having had some work experience, but having struggled to successfully retain the job because of hostile employment settings. Or having experienced racism on the job and negotiating professional standards that are unwritten but expected. – Maddie Deegan Davenport,... Read more »

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]]> Technology’s Child: Making the Complex More Concrete for Research on Kids and Tech https://clalliance.org/blog/technologys-child-making-the-complex-more-concrete-for-research-on-kids-and-tech/ Mon, 20 Mar 2023 15:00:38 +0000 https://clalliance.org/?p=89944491 I’ve been researching technology’s role in child development for nearly twenty years. For most of that time, whenever a non-researcher asked me for the verdict – is tech good or bad for kids? – I dutifully replied that it’s complicated, because it is.   And as research continues to accumulate, one could argue things have only... Read more »

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]]> Mobilizing Teen-Centered Research Findings for Teen-Oriented Storytelling https://clalliance.org/blog/mobilizing-teen-centered-research-findings-for-teen-oriented-storytelling/ Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:00:47 +0000 https://clalliance.org/?p=89944459 The first and second authors of this blog post were teens in the the middle 2010s and the early 2000s, respectively. We experienced a media landscape vastly different from each other as well as the present day. Media devices were more limited, Internet connections were constrained; user-generated content or social media was barely on the... Read more »

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]]> The Power of Participatory Projects: Public Media and Gen Z https://clalliance.org/blog/the-power-of-participatory-projects-public-media-and-gen-z/ Mon, 13 Mar 2023 23:03:51 +0000 https://clalliance.org/?p=89944448 New research from the Joan Ganz Cooney Center shows the power of involving young people in community organizations as partners, not just beneficiaries. Gen Z in the Room: Making Public Media By and With Youth for the Future, by Mary Madden and Elizabeth Rood, details findings gathered through in-depth interviews with young people and professional... Read more »

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]]> Call for Proposals Now Open for the Sixth Annual Connected Learning Summit https://clalliance.org/blog/call-for-proposals-now-open-for-the-sixth-annual-connected-learning-summit/ Tue, 07 Mar 2023 17:21:31 +0000 https://clalliance.org/?p=89944265 Call for proposals now open for the sixth annual Connected Learning Summit, which will run entirely online from October 26 to 28, 2023. Submissions open: March 6, 2023 Deadline for submissions: June 23, 2023 Notifications: August 2023 We invite submissions of Research Papers and Showcases that focus on digital technologies for learning, educational and commercial... Read more »

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