Youth Community Inquiry: New Media for Community and Personal Growth (New Literacies and Digital Epistemologies)

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Youth Community Inquiry offers a detailed look at how young people use new media to help their communities thrive. Chapters address questions about learning, digital technology, and community engagement through the theory of community inquiry. The settings range from a small farming town, to a mostly immigrant community, to inner-city Chicago, and include youth from ages eight to 20. Going beyond works on social media in a narrow sense, the projects in these settings involve the use of varied technologies, such as GPS/GIS mapping tools, video production, use of archives and databases, podcasts, and Internet radio. The development of inquiry-based activities serves as a record of the diverse experiences and a guide to future projects. The book concludes with an overview of a curriculum that readers may adapt for their own settings. Cover Contents Preface Acknowledgments 1. Community Inquiry (Bertram C. Bruce) Engagement in Community Life Youth and Their Communities Today The Youth Community Inquiry (YCI) Project Ethos of Inquiry Supportive Environments for Inquiry Inquiry Units: The Community Is the Curriculum Communities of Inquiry Section 1: Learning About the World in a Connected Way 2. Youth Interests and Digital Media: 4-H Podcasting Program in Urbana Middle School ([Ching-Chiu Lin] [Karyn M. Mendoza]) Overview of the Program Student Vignettes Achievements and Challenges Implications for Community Engagement Final Thoughts 3. New Media Technology: Tools of Expression/Repression in Communities (Alex Jean-Charles) From Community Engagement to Community Inquiry Purpose Theoretical Framework Findings Street Interviews Participants’ Personal Reflections on Interviews About Power Face-to-Face with Surveillance Technology Working the System: Coping with Surveillance Technology Presenting the Project to the Community Final Thought 4. Beyond Human Sensors: The Learning Instincts of Youth Using Geospatial Media ([Nama R. Budhathoki] [Bertram C. Bruce] [Jill Murphy] [Kimberly Rahn]) Human Instincts and Youth Media for Communication Media for Construction Media for Investigation Media for Expression Youth Mapping Around Illinois Cemetery Mapping in Onarga Discussion Conclusion 5. “Now I Am College Material”: Engaging Students Through Living Reflections of Self-Identity as a Form of Pedagogy ([William Patterson] [Shameem Rakha]) Social Capital and the Youth Media Workshop Project History Project Impact Research Using Indigenous Knowledge Acquisition and Use of Social Capital Unforeseen Impacts Section 2: Learning to Act Responsibly in the World 6. TAPping In: Education, Leadership, and Outright Gumption ([Sally K. Carter] [Shameem Rakha] [Chaebong Nam]) Making Connections: The History of Tap In Leadership Academy Summer Enrichment Program and Tap In—YCI Connection Accomplishments and Stories: The Photography Project The Future of Tap In Leadership Academy Nam’s Reflection Rakha’s Concluding Remarks 7. Teen Tech, East St. Louis: Navigating New Community Partnerships ([Chris Ritzo] [Mike Adams]) About East St. Louis About Teen Tech Team The YCI Project Model New Partnerships, New Curriculum Navigating a New Path Toward Local Autonomy Analysis and Lessons Learned What We Learned from Working with Teen Tech Challenges and Transformations Conclusion 8. The Learning Never Stops: Creating a Curriculum That Resonates Beyond the Classoom ([Jeff Bennett] [Robin Fisher]) You’re Always Welcome Ask: How Can We Make Formal Education More Relevant? Investigate: Motivations for Curriculum Development Create: Growing a Curriculum Discuss: Educating for Community Reflect: Educating in Community Section 3: Learning How to Transform the World Chapter 9. (Re)voicing Teaching, Learning, and Possibility in Paseo Boricua ([Patrick W. Berry] [Alexandra Cavallaro] [Elaine Vázquez] [Carlos R. DeJesús] [Naomi García]) Narrative Openings From Urbana to Paseo: Some Background Replaying the Movie of Paseo Boricua To Yale and Back: Carlos DeJesús, Literacy, and Education Diverse Critical Pedagogy: Elaine Vázquez’s English Class On the Edge of Success: Narratives of Community Building 10. Youth Asset Mapping: The Empowering and Engaging Youth Project (E2Y) ( Chaebong Nam) Participants Community Inquiry Youth Activities in Mapping Youth Learning Outcomes Discussion and Implications Conclusion 11. Creating Collaborative Library Services to Incarcerated Youth ([Jeanie Austin] [Joe Coyle] [Rae-Anne Montague]) Why Library Services in Juvenile Detention Centers? Partnering with Juvenile Detention Centers Beginning ELSEY Fostering a Collaborative Approach Linking Incarcerated Youth to Library Services Critical Literacy Programming Conclusion Section 4: Evaluating and Making Sense of Youth Activities 12. A Needle in a Haystack: Evaluating YCI (Iván M. Jorrín-Abellán) Setting Cast of Characters Individuals Groups Machines The Show: Backstage Storyboard Scene 1: Reality Bites; Creating Unity Scene 2: Mapping Around the School Intermission Final Act: A Needle in a Haystack Applause 13. “It Takes a Community”: Community Inquiry as Emancipatory Scholarship, Indigenous Agency, Performative Inquiry, and Democracy Education ([Angela M. Slates] [Ann Peterson Bishop]) YCI as Indigenous Agency YCI as Emancipatory Scholarship YCI as Performative Inquiry YCI as Democracy Education Conclusion 14. Citizen Professional Toolkits: Empowering Communities Through Mass Amateurization ([Martin Wolske] [Eric Johnson] [Paul Adams]) Public Computing Centers: From Diffusion of Technology to Hubs of Social Change Equipping Public Computing Centers for New Roles The Citizen Professional Toolkits Computing Platform Video and Audio Recording Other Components Toolkit Use Scenarios Conclusion 15. Youth Community Informatics Curriculum ([Lisa Bouillion Diaz]) The Role of Curriculum Curriculum Uses—Current and Imagined References Contributors Index