Chicago Youth Voices Network » Announcements http://cyvn.org A coalition working together to strengthen youth media in Chicago Mon, 24 Jan 2011 17:55:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Young Planners Networks announces June Conference in Chicago http://cyvn.org/2010/03/young-planners-networks-announces-june-conference-in-chicago/ http://cyvn.org/2010/03/young-planners-networks-announces-june-conference-in-chicago/#comments Wed, 24 Mar 2010 20:33:59 +0000 mindy http://cyvn.org/?p=53 PLANet YOUTH 2040: Look to the Future will be YPN’s fourth annual conference, where youth and adults nationwide will explore long-range solutions to creating healthy, equitable cities & regions.  OPLANet Youth 08 Workshopver one-hundred young people will participate in:

  • Skill-building workshops
  • Peer presentations
  • Mobile workshops
  • Facilitated discussions
  • Open mic night
  • A film festival, and more!


YPN is organizing this year’s conference with our fiscal agent, the California Center for Civic Participation, and in partnership with the Institute for  Policy and Civic Engagement and the Urban and Public Affairs program at the  College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs at University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), and the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP).  We are also proud to have the American Planning Association (APA) and Planners Network (PN) as co-sponsors of this year’s event.

Registration materials will be online soon. Please contact Andrew Williams-Clark at dru.ypn@gmail.com for more information.

About Your Proposal…

Share your knowledge and experience with the Young Planners Network this year.  Sessions are 60 minutes, and we pair groups with complementary themes together. Please comment on the following in your proposal:

TOPIC / THEME
Does your work fall into a specific area within planning?

  • Long-range, multi-disciplinary planning (transportation, housing, open space, health, etc.)
  • Equity & social justice through youth engagement (environmental, educational, economic, etc.)
  • Planning for healthy, sustainable communities (i.e. healthy and local food access, safe places to play, climate action, ‘green’ movements)
  • Domestic & neighborhood violence prevention
  • Tools for youth engagement (new media, curriculum, internships, participatory action research, arts-based etc.)
  • Youth engagement in the 2009 Livable Communities Act
  • Or…offer your own category!


PRESENTATION FORMAT
Get creative!

  • Interactive workshop – Engage the audience in a discussion and skill-building activities
  • Panel discussion – Assemble your own panel of presenters around a common theme
  • Poster presentation – Create a poster that describes your project, ideas and vision
  • Mobile workshop – Design a tour for participants, organize a site visit
  • Creative expression – Submit a poem, piece of artwork or short film
  • …Or suggest your own presentation design!


YOUR PROPOSAL SHOULD INCLUDE:


1. Contact information for each presenter (name, title, address, telephone, email)

2. Topic area / theme, and preferred presentation format (See below)
3. Session title and summary (300 words or less)
4. Audio-visual requirements (projector, computer, sound equipment)
5. Length of the presentation (time required / requested)
6. Any other special requirements (transportation, materials, etc.)


Submit proposals in PDF or Microsoft Word format, preferably as an attachment to Andrew Williams-Clark at dru.ypn@gmail.com.  Proposals must be received no later than April 10, 2010.
]]> http://cyvn.org/2010/03/young-planners-networks-announces-june-conference-in-chicago/feed/ 32 MacArthur Fdn. Releases New Report on Youth and Digital Learning http://cyvn.org/2010/03/macarthur-fdn-releases-new-report-on-youth-and-digital-learning/ http://cyvn.org/2010/03/macarthur-fdn-releases-new-report-on-youth-and-digital-learning/#comments Wed, 24 Mar 2010 17:06:01 +0000 mindy http://cyvn.org/?p=50

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur has just released a new publication,  Re-Imagining Learning, that is available for free downloading here.

Preparing young people to compete and thrive in a global, connected world demands new ways of thinking about education. Digital media has the potential to help us fundamentally re-imagine teaching and learning. We must create new ways and places to learn, new and more rewarding roles for parents and teachers, new approaches to assess learning as it takes place, and, most importantly, a new focus on fostering passion, creativity, innovation, and the skills needed in the 21st century workforce. —MacArthur Foundation, 2010

The website version is particularly interesting as it contains interviews with scholars like Mimi Ito and features our friend and ally Digital Youth Network. Highly recommended, this beautiful site highlights what youth can achieve when given access to innovative technology tools.

]]> http://cyvn.org/2010/03/macarthur-fdn-releases-new-report-on-youth-and-digital-learning/feed/ 46 CYVN Members to Present at Allied Media Conference http://cyvn.org/2010/03/hello-world/ http://cyvn.org/2010/03/hello-world/#comments Sat, 06 Mar 2010 20:54:53 +0000 admin http://cyvn.org/?p=1 Beyondmedia Education and Open Youth Networks are leading workshops at the 2010 Allied Media Conference in Detroit this summer June 18-20, 2010.

OYN is presenting a couple of workshops in Game Design using Scratch. The tacks for this year’s conference are as follows:

Indigenous Media and Technology

Medios Caminantes: Medios creando, fronteras derrumbando

Do-It-Yourself Technology

Rad Art: 2-D images for 3-D movements

Trans & Queer Youth Media

Eco-Justice Media Making for Sustainable Communities

Media Policy for Social Justice

The AMC is followed immediately by the US Social Forum.

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