Chicago YOUmedia Best Practices http://www.slideshare.net/adriennestrock

Chicago Public Library

2013 Teen Volume Conference

History: Funding In 2006, the John D. and Catherine T.

MacArthur Foundation launched a five-year,

$50 million Digital Media and Learning

Initiative to help determine how digital

technologies are changing the way young

people learn, play, socialize, and participate

in civic life. --youmediachicago.org

History:

Research & Design

Research:

Mimi Ito

HOMAGO

HOMAGO

HOMAGO Design

Hanging Out

HOMAGO Design Messing Around

HOMAGO Design

Geeking Out

Space Design:

Challenges &

Lessons Learned

There is more than

one way to HOMAGO!

Meet Niq, Graphic Design Mentor

https://docs.google.com/a/digitalyouthnetwork.org/file/d/

0BzD0EggJhhONMlBnZkhBX3oybTA/edit?usp=sharing

Niq

https://docs.google.com/a/digitalyouthnetwork.org/file/d/

0BzD0EggJhhONMlBnZkhBX3oybTA/edit?usp=sharing

Dreamyard http://dreamyard.com/

ARTLAB+ http://www.hirshhorn.si.edu/collection/artla

b/#collection=artlab

YOUmedia: Branches

YOUmedia: Branches

YOUmedia: Branches

YOUmedia: Branches

YOUmedia: Branches

YOUmedia: Branches

Challenges &

Successes

Teens at the Harold

Washington Library

Center

Penny Bender

Sebring, Eric R.

Brown, Kate M.

Julian, Stacy B.

Ehrlich, Susan E.

Sporte, Erin

Bradley, and Lisa

Meyer

YOUmedia Users: • 350-500 individual teens visit weekly.

• 39 percent reported attending weekly

for over a year.

• 40 percent are African-American males.

-- Penny Bender Sebring, et al. Teens, Digital Media, and the Chicago

Public Library

YOUmedia Users: -- Penny Bender

Sebring, et al.

Teens, Digital

Media, and the

Chicago Public

Library

YOUmedia Users: • 89 percent believe it's cool to be excited

about interests at YOUmedia.

• 57 percent report improving one or more

digital media skills because of YOUmedia.

• Over half report YOUmedia helping to

improve school work, writing, and

relationships with adults. -- Penny Bender Sebring, et al. Teens, Digital Media, and

the Chicago Public Library

YOUmedia Users: • Nearly 75 percent report a greater

awareness of post-high school

opportunities because of YOUmedia.

• 65 percent report a connection with at

least one adult in YOUmedia.

-- Penny Bender Sebring, et al. Teens, Digital Media, and

the Chicago Public Library

New Research:

Connected Learning "Connected Learning occurs when a young

person is able to follow a personal interest

or passion with the support of peers and

caring adults and can link this interest or

learning to academic achievement, career

success, or civic engagement." -- Penny

Bender Sebring, et al. Teens, Digital Media, and the

Chicago Public Library

YOUmedia

Programming

Harold Washington Library Center

Workshop Schedule

Challenges, Best Practices,

Lessons Learned:

Niq on program design

Library of Games

Homeschool Group

Resources: http://www.slideshare.net/adriennestrock • http://www.youmedia.org/toolkit

• http://dmlcentral.net/

• http://connectedlearning.tv/

• http://www.digitalyouthnetwork.org/

• http://ccsr.uchicago.edu/publications/teens-

digital-media-and-chicago-public-library

• http://www.flickr.com/photos/youmediachicago

• http://libraryofgames.org/

• http://homeisforhomies.tumblr.com/