The Buzz About HIVE: Digital Learning Media
Submitted by Steve on October 18, 2011
Hoong Yee Lee Krakauer's latest post to the conference blog:
In 2011 and 2012, the New York Community Trust made grants to middle and high schools that linked youth, art, science, museums, libraries and new partners with the intent to gain insight to the community, extend into the five boroughs and to serve the most disadvantaged kids. Was it possible to create an innovative process where learning happened anytime, anywhere that could scale? And could this happen on their preferred devices where they become creators?
A project involving the New York Public Library and Global Kids involved kids in a social media scavenger hung by using QR codes on iPads. This initiative, piloted in the Bronx, challenged kids to build a game to find and discover things such as, where did Edgar Allen Poe live?
The enduring question is how to replicate such projects in other branches and in other boroughs.