[Air-L] Now accepting proposals: Project:Connect -- Summer Youth Programming Competition

[Sheryl Grant]

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*HASTAC/MacArthur Foundation Digital Media and Learning Competition 5
*
*Project:Connect -- Summer Youth Programming Competition*

The fifth Digital Media and Learning Competition, the Project:Connect --
Summer Youth Programming Competition, *is now accepting applications*.

 The Project:Connect -- Summer Youth Programming Competition calls for
summer event and programming proposals to excite and enable youth to engage
the web in civil, collaborative, productive, safe, and confidence-building
ways. The Competition supports single or multi-day participatory and
hands-on learning experiences (labs, hackathons, pop-up events) that
support youth working with peers, mentors, and educators on learning and
creating experiences toward a better web for all. Based on the principles
of Connected Learning<http://connectedlearning.tv/what-is-connected-learning>—learning
that is equitable, social, and participatory — Project:Connect Summer Youth
Programs will give young people hands-on experience creating, testing, and
investigating ways to make using the web a better place to learn, connect,
make, contribute, and share.

The Project:Connect -- Summer Youth Program Competition is administered by
HASTAC <http://hastac.org> and supported by the MacArthur
Foundation<http://www.macarthurfoundation.org/>,
in collaboration with the Born This Way
Foundation<http://bornthiswayfoundation.org/>and
Mozilla <http://mozilla.org>. A related Open International Competition
focused on Project:Connect will be announced on May 28th.  For the latest
news, connect with us in one of the ways listed below.

 *For full information: *dmlcompetition.net
<http://dmlcompetition.net/summer-youth-programming/summer-youth-programming-competition>

*Awards*: Up to $10,000 per institution (winners to be announced in early
July)

*Deadline*: Online applications are due June 10, 2013, at 5pm PST. How to
apply<http://dmlcompetition.net/summer-youth-programming/how-to-apply-to-the-summer-youth-programming-competition>
.

*Timeline*: Project:Connect -- Youth Summer Programs will be held
July-September, 2013. Full
timeline<http://dmlcompetition.net/summer-youth-programming/summer-youth-programming-competition-timeline>
.

Who is eligible to apply: U.S.-based non-profit learning development and
civic engagement institutions and organizations (including learning
development organizations such as museums, libraries, after school and
summer programs). Additional eligibility
requirements<http://dmlcompetition.net/summer-youth-programming/frequently-asked-questions-for-summer-youth-programming-competition>
.

Winning proposals will create:

   - Social Tools for Social Good – Enabling people to create a culture of
   kindness, respect, and safety that enhances civic participation for youth.
   - Social Tools that Enable Control of Information – Helping youth
   understand how to control their information, and manage privacy and
   security.
   - Social Tools that Enable Literacy – Helping youth build, access, and
   understand the web in ways that support interest-driven learning, and
   empower learners to connect in safe ways with resources, mentors, and peers.

Program participants may design or create:

   - Social apps – Create apps, including mobile apps, that promote and
   enable civic engagement with peers, community building, and kindness to
   others.
   - Badging programs – Create apps, including mobile apps, that leverage
   badging and other recognition and feedback methods to inspire youth to
   develop civic engagement with peers and community building in connected,
   cooperative, collaborative, safe, and respectful ways.
   - Learning content – Create learning content, curricula, media
   promotions, and other approaches about how to foster a more engaged,
   egalitarian, safe, and sharing internet.

Project:Connect -- Summer Youth Programs may include:

   - Hackathons, that involve youth in connection with mentoring developers
   and educators in designing, prototyping, and/or coding software; or
   developing learning programs that promote a better web for learning through
   connecting and connecting through learning.
   - Digital learning labs, that provide hands-on experience using digital
   tools for connecting safely, collaborating purposefully, and communicating
   effectively via the web.
   - Testing labs, that involve young people in evaluating software and
   online learning programs that promote good web citizenship, or a better web
   for learning and sharing.
   - Mentoring or leadership workshops, that identify potential peer
   instructors and mentors, and provide them with opportunities to learn how
   to support and mentor others effectively and respectfully in web-based
   connected learning programs and applications.
   - Journalism and communications labs, where young people – acting as
   reporters, bloggers, and podcasters – participate in the creation of public
   media that engages questions of equity, good citizenship, privacy,
   collaboration, and sharing on the web.
   - Badge development workshops, that provide youth with the tools to
   develop badges for recognizing and rewarding effective digital citizenship,
   promoting privacy, effective web participation, and connected learning
   opportunities.

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