The YOUmedia Network is a group of libraries, museums and community-based organizations that invite young people to create, learn and build skills with traditional and 21st century digital tools. Learn more...

Discover YOUmedia and Learning Lab locations that are responding to the interests of young people.  These featured sites are leading the effort to develop innovative spaces for collaboration, media production, engaging programming, and opportunities to work with mentors.

YOUmedia

The ArtLab is a dynamic and dedicated community space in the Hirshhorn Museum’s Sculpture Garden. It gives DC area teens free access to up-to-date technology, the support of artist-mentors, and access to the vast physical and virtual resources of the Smithsonian. The space has a sound booth, gaming area, and DropZone, a regular afterschool program with weekend hours that is part of the YOUmedia Network. Learn more...

LearningLabs Projects

Columbus Metropolitan Library, in partnership with the Columbus Museum of Art, the Wexner Center for the Arts, WOSU Public Media and the Center of Science and Industry (COSI), will plan and develop a system of teen learning labs across the city of Columbus, Ohio. The labs will use 21st century digital media tools to enhance learning and create a collaborative community of teens. Learn more...

Research

  • Posted May 17, 2013

    Educators and researchers across the country are focusing on the best ways to engage students in learning in order to prepare them for college and a career. In an age where students are linked to technology through a variety of ways, educators need to find ways to connect students’ levels of engagement with technology to their academic achievement. 

     
     
     
     
     
     

  • On May 29 at 2-3 pm (ET), leading experts will host a webinar on “connected learning,” a framework that draws on the power of technology to link young people’s interests, social networks, and academic achievement. Mimi Ito, Craig Watkins, Elyse Eidman-Aadahl, and Katie Salen will discuss the research, design, and implementation of connected learning. 

    Register and submit questions for the webinar online at http://media.all4ed.org/registration-may-29-2013.