Quest to Learn. Quest to Learn supports all students in the pursuit of academic excellence, social responsibility, respect for others, and a passion for lifelong learning.
The school is committed to seeing every student achieve the excellence required for college and career, and enabling every student to develop the skills and habits of mind needed to navigate successfully today's increasingly complex, information-rich global world. Quest to Learn supports a uniquely vibrant learning community that brings together students, educators, game designers, curriculum specialists and parents. This community is committed to student success with a singular focus, but also recognizes that student success ultimately depends on the commitment of each and every community member to his or her own continuous learning and participation.
The learning community Quest to Learn supports extends far beyond the walls of the school, deep into the cultural fabric of the New York City, and beyond, across the globe. Making Learning Connected — A Connected Learning Massively Open Online Collaboration. Connected Learning. Educator Innovator Network. Mimi Ito - Weblog. Cross posted from the Connected Learning Research Network Leveling Up project blog It’s the start of a new year and time to take stock.
It’s been three years since the launch of the Connected Learning Research Network and the Leveling Up project, and a year and a half since the launch of this blog. Along the way, we’ve delved into stories of knitters, boy band and wrestling fans, fashionistas, eSports enthusiasts, and game makers, as well as how the online world is supporting their learning, sharing, and civic engagement. The cases we’ve developed over these years have both confirmed many of the core values and principles of the connected learning model, as well as challenged them in some unexpected ways.
Following from the digital youth project, we’ve found that the online world, even as it has expanded into more diverse areas of interests, platforms, and mobile devices, continues to be a rich source of not only social connection, but of peer learning.
Teach the Web. Week 9: #teachtheweb #4life MAKE Project this week: Become a Webmaker Mentor.
Create a portfolio of your Teach the Web work and apply for the Webmaker Mentor Badge. Include your posts to the #teachtheweb community, event documentation and notes on how you will continue to teach the web. more → Week 8: Make it Real MAKE Project this week: Make an invitation for the people you care about to explore the web with you. Week 7: Playtesting MAKE Project this week: Try out your activities from last week on friends, family members or group of learners, then create a make (or several makes) that reflects on that experience. Week 6: Peers Working in the Open MAKE Project this week: Use remix as a form of constructive criticism. Week 5: Webmaking as Learning MAKE Project this week: Use your learning goals from last week as the basis for an activity or resource. Week 4: Add the Web to Anything Week 3: the Open Web Plan your makes with your collaborator and then do it! Pittsburgh: An EdTech Hive - Vander Ark on Innovation.
Maps. 10/15/12 - $798,400 for 15 NYC Projects Give Teens Digital Tools. Contact: Ani Hurwitz, VP, Communications 212.686.0010 x224 | afh@nyct-cfi.org nycommunitytrust.org | @nycommtrust $798,400 for 15 NYC Projects Give Teens Digital Tools The Hive Digital Media Learning Fund was started by the MacArthur Foundation and The New York Community Trust in 2010 so that, together, educators and young people can design new and exciting ways to learn, create, and participate beyond the classroom. In addition to MacArthur and The Trust, donors include the Joan Ganz Cooney and Beth M. Uffner funds in The Trust, Renate, Hans, and Maria Hofmann Trust, the Mozilla Foundation, and the David Rockefeller Fund.
The following grants were made in October 2012: Downtown Community Television, $18,900 for Young Women Speak Out, a youth-produced website where girls make, share, and respond to media about issues that affect them. Parsons the New School for Design, $39,000 for gadgITERATION, a program that teaches fashion design and technology skills to middle school students.